载 zài to carry; to convey; to load
Made up of [车 chē vehicle radical 159, 十 shí ten; 10 radical 24, 戈 gē spear radical 62]Made with 10 strokes.
The radical is for a 'vehicle' and phonetic 'zai' which is conveniently composed of 'ten' and 'people' so both combine to suggest carrying a heavy load
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Also uses 车 chē component: 较 jiào (comparatively) 连 lián (to link) ; 辆 liàng (collective word for vehicles) ; 软 ruǎn (soft)
Also uses 十 shí component: 半 bàn (half) 德 dé (virtue) ; 盾 dùn (shield) ; 古 gǔ (ancient) ; 华 huá (splendid) ; 卖 mài (sell) ; 南 nán (south) ; 啤 pí (hops) ; 什 shén (what) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 直 zhí (straight) ; 支 zhī (to support)
Also uses 戈 gē component: 成 chéng (to succeed) 戴 dài (to respect) ; 或 huò (maybe) ; 戋 jiān (narrow) ; 我 wǒ (I (me)) ; 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) ; 武 wǔ (martial) ; 藏 zàng (treasury) ; 战 zhàn (to fight) ; 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Sounds same
再 zài (again) ; 在 zài (exist)Different tone
灾 zāi (disaster)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
水能载舟,亦能覆舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu, yì néng fù zhōu Events and people can have both positive and negative influences车载斗量 chē zài dǒu liáng Huge quantity. A very large number. Overabundant.