荷 - Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

荷 - Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Old Chinese
*ɡ·raːlʔ
*kaːl
*kaːl, *ɡaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːl
*kaːlʔ
*kaːlʔ
*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
*kʰaːl
*kʰaːlʔ
*kʰaːlʔ
*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
*qʰaːl
*qʰaːl
*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːl
*ɡaːls
*qaːl
*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
*qaːl, *kʰraːls
*qaːl
娿 *qaːl, *qaːlʔ
*qaːl
*kʰraːlʔ
*qʰraːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ) : semantic (grass; plant) + phonetic (OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): (he2)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
  • Cantonese
    • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho4
    • (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho3
  • Gan (Wiktionary): ho2
  • Hakka (Sixian, PFS):
  • Jin (Wiktionary): he1
  • Min Bei (KCR): ǒ̤
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): / hô͘ / ô /
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): o5 / ho5
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 3hhu
  • Xiang (Wiktionary): ho2
  • Middle Chinese: /ɦɑ/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaj/
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl/

Definitions

  1. lotus
  2. lotus leaf
  3. Short for 荷蘭荷兰 (Hélán, “Netherlands”).
  4. a surname

Compounds


Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): he (he5)
    • (Zhuyin): ˙ㄏㄜ
  • Cantonese
    • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho4
    • (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho3
  • Hakka (Sixian, PFS):
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): / hǒ͘
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): ho3
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaːls/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 薄荷 (bòhé).

Compounds

  • 薄荷精

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): (he4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ
  • Cantonese
    • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho6
    • (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho5
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): / hō͘ / hǒ͘
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): o6
  • Middle Chinese: /ɦɑX/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤajʔ/
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːlʔ/

Definitions

  1. to carry (a load on one's shoulder); to hold
  2. to shoulder; to bear (e.g. responsibilities)
  3. load; burden
  4. (physics) load; charge

Compounds

  • 不堪負荷不堪负荷
  • 戴笠荷鋤戴笠荷锄
  • 擔荷担荷
  • 為荷为荷
  • 荷懼荷惧
  • 荷擔荷担
  • 荷槍實彈荷枪实弹 (hèqiāngshídàn)
  • 荷負荷负
  • 荷質比荷质比
  • 荷載荷载
  • 荷鋤荷锄
  • 負荷负荷 (fùhè)
  • 負荷量负荷量
  • 載荷载荷
  • 電荷电荷 (diànhè)

荷 - Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. load, cargo
  2. luggage

Readings

Compounds

Counter

() (-ka) 

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

Suffix

() (-ka) 

荷 - Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ha̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []

Hanja

(eumhun (mel ha))

  1. Hanja form? of (load; burden; cargo; freight).
  2. Hanja form? of (to bear; to undertake; to take charge; to owe).

Compounds


Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ha̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []

Hanja

(eumhun 연꽃 (yeonkkot ha))

  1. Hanja form? of (lotus; water lily).

Compounds

荷 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings:

Meaning and Definition of 荷
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