荷 — Chinese character
荷
hé
lotus, water lily; burden, responsibility; Holland
- Pinyin
- hé
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 艹 何
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flower; meaning component 艹; sound component 何
- Japanese
- 荷 as a kanji
Common words with 荷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 负荷 (負荷) | fù hè | load; burden |
| 电荷 (電荷) | diàn hè | electric charge |
| 荷尔蒙 (荷爾蒙) | hé ěr méng | (loanword) hormone |
| 薄荷 | bò he | mint (plant); Taiwan pr. [bo4he2] |
| 荷花 | hé huā | lotus |
| 荷包 | hé bāo | embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse |
| 荷叶 (荷葉) | hé yè | lotus leaf |
| 载荷 (載荷) | zài hè | load |
| 荷载 (荷載) | hè zài | load; to carry a load; to bear a burden or responsibility |
| 超负荷 (超負荷) | chāo fù hè | excess load; an overload |
| 荷包蛋 | hé bāo dàn | poached egg; egg fried on both sides |
| 荷枪实弹 (荷槍實彈) | hè qiāng shí dàn | (idiom) armed; carrying a loaded firearm |
English words written with 荷
荷 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.