Kanji N2

荷: baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden)

荷 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), written with 10 strokes. It is read カ (on) and に (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 荷物 (にもつ, luggage) and 荷 (に, load).

荷

Meanings

  • baggage
  • shoulder-pole load
  • bear (a burden)
  • shoulder (a gun)
  • load
  • cargo
  • freight
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1230 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • に

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 荷

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 荷物にもつ

    luggage; baggage; package

    JLPT N5
  • 荷に

    load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods

    JLPT N1
  • 荷造りにづくり

    packing; baling; crating

    JLPT N1
  • 出荷しゅっか

    shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods)

  • 重荷おもに

    heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight

  • 集荷しゅうか

    collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.)

  • 荷台にだい

    (truck) load-carrying tray

  • 負荷ふか

    burdening; bearing; shouldering; imposing

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.