载荷 (zài hè) — load (mechanical, structural, or electrical — the force or weight that a system bears)

Definition

Engineering term for the load — the force or weight a structure or machine must bear. Distinct from 负载, which emphasizes the electrical load a circuit or power system carries.

noun
load (mechanical, structural, or electrical — the force or weight that a system bears)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 载荷。
    Zhè zuò qiáo de shè jì zài hè shì shí dūn.
    The design load of this bridge is ten tons.
  • 载荷。
    Fēi jī zài qǐ fēi shí de zài hè zuì dà.
    The load on an airplane is greatest during takeoff.
  • 载荷。
    Gōng chéng shī jì suàn le wū dǐng de xuě zài hè.
    The engineer calculated the snow load on the roof.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

载zǎiload
荷héburden

载 and 荷 both refer to carrying or bearing, naming the load a system bears.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 載; 载 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūchariot
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢦏
𢦏𢦏載zài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 載 has 車, a chariot, and 𢦏 gives the sound; 载 is its simplified form.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
何
何hé荷hé
Same sound today

荷 has 艸, the grass/plant form, to show a plant, and 何 to give the sound.

Open 荷 →

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