荷

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Holland

HSK 7 N2

Nature →Plants

hé

カ

に

하

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 何 represents the sound.

Components

艹 grass (top)+ 何 what =

荷 Holland

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

何 Phonetic component

hé what

what, why, where, which, how

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

荷

Regular

Modern

Chinese

荷 [Hé]

Holland; the Netherlands; abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰[Hélán]

荷 [hé]

lotus

荷 [hè]

to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility

Japanese

荷に同音

noun

load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
burden; responsibility

荷か同音

suffixcounter counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

船はその港で荷を下ろされた。

The ship was unloaded at the port.

Japanese Names

荷はす

Hasu unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (96)

荷尔蒙 [hé'ěrméng] #7,462

hormone (loanword)

荷尔蒙 [hé'ěrméng] #7,462

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JAPANESE WORDS (192)

⭐ 荷物 [にもつ] #1,532

luggage

⭐ 担う [になう] #5,403

to carry on one's shoulder

⭐ 荷台 [にだい] #11,044

(truck) load-carrying tray

to have a lot on one's shoulders

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KOREAN WORDS (5)

loading and unloading

하중

weight; load