TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
載
載 ＝ 車 ＋ 𢦔
ㄗㄞˋ · zài
verb — to carry, load; to record (記載, read zǎi)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𢦔聲zāi — the buried phonetic, hidden across the 車
Tzāi → zài — the donor reads zāi, 載 lands on zài
A cart (車) threaded through 𢦔 zāi, the phonetic — the cart piled with goods: 裝載、載貨. The 𢦔 is hard to see, split around the 車, but it is the sound-piece, and it runs through a whole family: 哉、栽、裁、戴. From loading a cart came loading words onto a page — 記載, to record.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一輛車（車），把貨一件件裝上去——載得滿滿的。
The cart (車) takes the goods piece by piece — loaded full.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)裝載、載貨— to carry, load onto a cart常用
→載重、超載— to bear a load (weight)常用
⇒記載、登載— to record, set down (read zǎi)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension