Taxonomy of meanings for 載:
- 載 zài (OC: sklɯɯs MC: tsəi) 作代切 去 廣韻：【年也事也則也乗也始也盟辭也又姓風俗通云姬姓之後作代切又材代切六 】
- 載 zài (OC: sɡlɯɯs MC: dzəi) 昨代切 去 廣韻：【運也昨代切七 】
- DRIVE
- and pack> HEAP
- vttoN1(.+N2)load N1 on the contextually determinate N2CH
- object> VEHICLE
- ncarriage, vehicle transportTC
- vt[oN]load the vehicleDS
- concrete> CARRY
- vtoNpick up to carryCH
- use vehicle> TRANSPORT
- vt(oN)load the contextually determinate object on a carriage or boat
- vtoNload into a vehicle; load up; transport, bring along; take along in a vehicle
- vtoNmiddle voicebe carried along (in the mind etc)
- vtoNpassivebe transported; be loaded onto vehiclesDS
- figurative: "drive in" so as to crowd out> FILL
- and pack> HEAP
- grammaticalised> BEGIN
- =再
- =戴
- DRIVE
- 載 zǎi (OC: skɯɯʔ MC: tsəi) 作亥切 上 廣韻：【年也出方言又音再 】
- YEAR
- nyear, (number of years) something has lasted
- npost-V{NUM}.adNV number of years oldCH
- years of age> AGE
- nabfeatureage
- exocentric: record concerning a year, generalised> RECORD
- vt+prep+Nrecord in N, record on N
- vtoNrecord, make a record of
- vtoNpassivebe properly recorded
- generalised> DOCUMENT
- npost-Han: formal record
- adverbial: some years> SOMETIMES
- padV載...載 sometimes... at other times
- grammaticalised> THEN
- padV.post-Sthereupon
- YEAR
- zàiACT
- nabcontinuativeactionsCH
Additional information about 載
說文解字:
- Criteria
- YEAR
1. The most current general word for the year is the basically agricultural nián 年. This word can refer to the years of age as well as to the time-span of a year as such. After a number word nián 年 always refers to a number of years as such and not to a person's age.
2. Suì 歲, named after the star Juppiter, can refer to years in general, but after a number word suì 歲 typically refers to years of age and not to number of years as such. (Cf. 年十三歲 )This term is astronomical in origin and defines the year primarily in terms of the revolutions of the planets.
3. Zǎi 載, probably named after the recurrent period of growth (cái 才 ) refers quite generally to the length of a year as such, and never to years of age.
4. Sì 祀 is an archaic periphrastic way of referring to the year as defined by the annual sacrifices.
5. Qiū 秋, more rarely and later also chūn 春 are occasionally used in elevated stylistic contexts to refer to a year.
6. Chūn qiū 春秋 refers specifically to years of age.
- RECORD
1. The most current general word for noting something down so as to prevent it from being forgotten is jì 記.
2. Zhì 志 as well as the late and rare lù 錄 refer to making a record of something for the inspiration of others.
3. Zǎi 載 is a rare word and refers to making a due formal, sometimes even ritual record of something in the proper literary place.
4. Jǔ 舉 refers to not omitting something from the record and bringing it up there as one should.
5. Jì 紀 is sometimes used interchangeably with jì 記, but the specific force of jì 紀 is to focus not just on recording but on the compilation and redaction of a comprehensive record.
- Word relations
- Assoc: (RECORD)紀/RECORD
Jì 紀 is sometimes used interchangeably with jì 記, but the specific force of jì 紀 is to focus not just on recording but on the compilation and redaction of a comprehensive record. - Synon: (RECORD)記/RECORD
The most current general word for noting something down so as to prevent it from being forgotten is jì 記. - Oppos: (SUPPORT)覆/COVER
The current general word for any mode of covering something for any purpose or in any way is fù 覆. The covering agent can be animate or inanimate, but typically the purpose of the covering is protection.