Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

載: ride, board

Also: get on, place, spread, 10**44, record, publish

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

車 carries the meaning · 𢦏 is drawn in

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 掲載けいさいpublication (e.g. of an article in a…
  • 連載れんさいserialization; serialisation; serial story
  • 記載きさいmention (in a document); record; entry
  • 搭載とうさいloading (on a ship)
  • 積載せきさいloading; carrying
  • 登載とうさいrunning (an article); carrying; printing

のるnoru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 載るのるto be placed on; to be set on

Also read のせる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Look down on the world's first machines! This character shows the wheels and the frame of an ancient wagon.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
載 ride · 𢦏
vs軽 lightly · 圣
載 has 𢦏 where 軽 has 圣.
In ChineseSimplified 载 · traditional, as in Japanese · zài

Japan keeps the traditional form 載; mainland China simplifies it to 载.

Simplified
载 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
載 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zài most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

One click tells us. No sign-up.