承 chéng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
承载
chéngzài
to carry; to bear; to embody
Characters in this word
载 zǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 哉 final exclamatory particle 车 cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一座老火车站往往承载着城市迁徙与工业化的集体记忆。 Yí zuò lǎo huǒchēzhàn wǎngwǎng chéngzài zhe chéngshì qiānxǐ yǔ gōngyèhuà de jítǐ jìyì. An old railway station often carries a city's collective memory of migration and industrialisation.
- 这座桥可以承载三十吨的重量。 Zhè zuò qiáo kěyǐ chéngzài sānshí dūn de zhòngliàng. This bridge can bear a weight of thirty tons.
- 老照片承载着一家人的温暖回忆。 Lǎo zhàopiàn chéngzài zhe yì jiā rén de wēnnuǎn huíyì. Old photos carry a family's warm memories.
Related words
- 承担 chéngdān to take on
- 承认 chéngrèn to admit
- 承受 chéngshòu to bear; to endure
- 承办 chéngbàn to organize; to undertake
- 继承 jìchéng to inherit; to carry on
- 承诺 chéngnuò to promise, to commit
- 传承 chuánchéng to inherit and carry forward
- 秉承 bǐngchéng to inherit and carry on; to uphold
- 承包 chéngbāo to contract for; to undertake a contracted project
- 承接 chéngjiē to connect with; to carry on; to undertake
- 记载 jìzǎi to record
- 下载 xiàzài to download