載
zai4Mathews: 6653GSR: 943a
Dictionary Definition
(to) carry (on), hold up, uphold, sustain, bear, keep, transport, haul, convey, load, contain, deliver, supply, honor, obey, support, enjoy, receive, undertake, pick up, start work, initiate, achieve, fill, fill in; publish, record (s, ed, ing); (a, the) load, undertaking, achievement; cargo, freight, transport(ation), conveyance; at first; (to be) coveyed
Radical: 159+6 | First occurrence: Hexagram 09.6
Concordance & Context (7 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 09.6
6th Line★
(already) contained, conveyed, achieved
既雨既處，尚德載。婦贞厲。月幾望，君子征凶。
It has already rained, it is already settled
Value the merits already conveyed
The woman’s persistence is difficult
as the moon approaches full
The noble young one’s expedition fails
Stats: 159+6→ 14.2
2nd Line
undertake, carry, transport, haul, load (ing)
大車以載，有攸往，無咎。
The great wagon is for loading
Have somewhere to go
Nothing is wrong
→ 38.6
6th Line
( ^) haul, transport, convey, cart (s, ing)
睽孤，見豕負塗，載鬼一車。先張之弧，後説之弧。匪寇，婚媾。往遇雨，則吉。
Estranged and alone
Watching a hog, covered with muck
Once a wagon transporting demons
At first stringing that bow
But later unstringing the bow
It is not an adversary but a marital suitor
In going, greet the rain
After this, all is well
→ 02.T
Tuan Zhuan
carries, upholds, sustains, bears, conveys
至哉坤元，萬物資生，乃順承天。坤厚載物，德合無疆，含弘光大，品物咸亨。牝馬地類，行地無疆，柔順利贞。君子攸行，先迷失道，後順得常。西南得朋，乃與類行；東北丧朋，乃終有慶。安贞之吉，應地無疆。
How consummate (is) receptivity’s source!
The myriad beings (are) provided with life
And so, (in) acceptance, inherit the sky
Accepting (with) generosity upholds the outer world
Character accommodates without drawing boundaries
Comprehending vastness, exemplifying wholeness
The varieties of beings (are) joined in fulfillment
The mare (is) the earth’s kindred spirit
(And) wanders an earth with no borders
Gentleness (and) acceptance reward persistence:
The noble young one’s purpose in going
To initiate confusion (is) to stray from the way
To follow (with) acceptance (is) to learn the principles
West (to) south, find companions:
And so, with the help of one’s kind, make progress
East (to) north, forgo companions:
Although, in the end, there will be rewards
Securing the certain holds promise:
The response to a world without limits
→ 02.X
Xiang Zhuan
upholds, sustains, carries, bears, honors
地勢坤，君子以厚德載物。
The earth’s capacity is acceptance
The noble young one, with tolerance of character,
Upholds the outer world
→ 23.6x
Xiao Xiang 6
convey, uphold (s) (one) ; (the) conveyance
君子得於民所載，小人剝廬，終不可用也。
23.6x The noble young one gains ground:
The people (are) those who uphold (one)
* (As) the common people tear down (their own) shacks:
In the end not fit to be used
→ 09.6
Xiao Xiang 6
(and) conveyed
既雨既處，德積載也。君子征凶，有所疑也。
09.6x (It has) already rained, (it is) already settled
The merits (already) gathered (and) conveyed
* The noble young one’s expedition fails:
There is a place for uncertainty
Homophones (zai)
哉zai1here, indeed, in fact; now, currently, this day; (a, the) admiration, surprise, wonder; (to) begin; (most) certainly, emphatically; indeed, really, surely, truly; will ... ?; at all !; (how/so (very) / such / what) ... !; exclamatory particle災zai162.6 adversity, disaster, suffering, calamity災zai1(a, the) disaster, calamity, adversity, hurt, misfortune, crisis, accident, injury, harm, misery, distress, affliction, suffering, disease, misfortune; divine judgment, chastisement, scourge; (to be) adverse, harmful, injurious, unfortunate, ill-omened, ill-timed; (to) suffer (s, ed, ing)在zai4(to be) (still) in, within, inside, amidst; at, here; present, current, placed, positioned, situated, stationed, located (in), by, to, on, upon, over, across, above; therein, herein; in this, involved with; (to) exist, consist, lie (in, within), live, dwell, reside, abide in/on/upon, remain, await, belong (to), rest with, depend (on, upon), sit, stay; happen, occur (s, ed, ing) (in); (a, the) presence, existence, place, locus; here is; is that of, are those of; is from; when, now, then再zai4(to ask) two, twice; again; (the) second
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