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The traditional character "載" is structurally composed of the semantic component "車" meaning vehicle and the phonetic component "𢦏" indicating its sound, which originally conveyed the act of loading or carrying on a cart. This concrete meaning gradually extended to include the abstract sense of recording or inscribing information, and later acquired the temporal meaning of a year or era. The simplified form "载" retains the same phonetic element while substituting the radical "车" for "車", and the character's range of meanings persists in modern usage based on these historical developments.
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这辆车能载五人。
历史书上记载了很多事件。
货船载满了各种商品。
这篇文章转载自报纸。
下载文件需要一些时间。
飞船承载着人类的梦想。
他的功绩将永载史册。
这部著作记载了历史变迁。