Dong Chinese dictionary

zài, zǎi

to load

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 𢦔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 載.

Components

𢦔 Sound component

zāi

disaster, calamity

车 Meaning component

chē, jū

vehicle

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

zài

load; carry; transport, convey; to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously

zǎi

to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zài]; year

Most common words with 载

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