Translingual

Han character

荷 (radical 140 艸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿人一口 (TOMR), four-corner 4422₁, composition ⿱艹何)

1. lotus, water lily
2. abbreviation for Holland

References

• KangXi: page 1032, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31000
• Dae Jaweon: page 1491, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3220, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8377

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 荷
Small seal script

Pronunciation

Noun

荷

1. (botany) lotus or the leaves of the flowering plant

Compounds

• (lotus): 荷花 (héhuā), 荷月 (Héyuè)
• 蘘荷 (ránghé, “myoga”)

Proper noun

荷

1. Abbreviation of 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán): Holland

Pronunciation

Noun

荷

1. load, burden
2. (physics) load, charge

Compounds

• (burden): 負荷／负荷 (fùhè), 荷負／荷负, 荷載／荷载
• (charge): 荷質比／荷质比, 電荷／电荷 (diànhè)

Verb

荷

1. to carry (a load on one's shoulder), to hold
2. to shoulder, to bear (e.g. responsibilities)

Compounds

• (to carry): 荷槍實彈／荷枪实弹, 荷擔／荷担
• (to bear): 荷負／荷负, 荷擔／荷担

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. load, cargo
2. luggage

Readings

• Goon: が (ga)
• Kan’on: か (ka)
• Kun: に (ni), になう (ninau)

Compounds

Counter

荷 ‎(hiragana か, romaji -ka)

1. loads that can be carried on one's shoulders

Suffix

荷 ‎(hiragana か, romaji -ka)

Korean

Hanja

荷 • ‎(ha) (hangeul 하, revised ha, McCune-Reischauer ha, Yale ha)

1. (짐): a load, burden; a cargo, freight
   • 하물 (荷物, hamul, “a cargo, freight”)
   • 하주 (荷主, haju, “the owner or consignor of a cargo”)
   • 하중 (荷重, hajung, “load, weight”)
   • 하치 (荷置, hachi, “to unload”)
   • 선하 (船荷, seonha, “a shippped cargo”)
   • 입하 (入荷, ipha, “the arrival of a cargo”)
2. (멜): to bear; to undertake, to take charge; to owe
   • 부하 (負荷, buha, “to be loaded”)
3. (연): lotus, water lily (same as 蓮)
   • 하엽 (荷葉, hayeop, “a leaf of lotus”)

Compounds

• 양하 (蘘荷, yangha, “myoga”)

Vietnamese

Han character

荷 (hà)

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