Onyomi: カ · Kunyomi: に · Meanings: baggage, bear (a burden), cargo, freight, load, shoulder (a gun), shoulder-pole load
Kanji for baggage, bear a burden, cargo, freight, load
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荷 is made from the grass radical 艹 and the character 何. In the past, goods and loads were often tied together with plants or straw. Things that are carried or loaded became associated with this shape, so 荷 came to mean baggage, load, or cargo.
荷 means a load of goods carried together.
Imagine a traveler carrying a heavy bundle ????, tied with grass and rope on their back. That carried load is 荷.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 荷 | に | load, baggage, cargo, freight, goods | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 荷 | か | counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders) | Suffix, Counter |
| 荷物 | にもつ | luggage, baggage, package | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 荷造り | にづくり | packing, baling, crating | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 担う | になう | to carry on one's shoulder, to shoulder, to bear | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 荷台 | にだい | (truck) load-carrying tray, (bicycle) luggage carrier, roof rack | common Noun |
| 加担 | かたん | support, participation, assistance, complicity, conspiracy | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 荷札 | にふだ | label, tag | common Noun |
| 荷車 | にぐるま | cart, wagon | Noun |
| 荷解き | にほどき | unpacking (esp. after moving house) | Noun, Suru verb |