# 搭 — get on board; load

搭 means “get on board; load”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: トウ (tou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: get on board; load
- On'yomi: トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Travel & transport

## How to remember 搭

Parts: 扌 hand · 艹 grass · 合 fit

## Don't confuse it with

[拾](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/pick-up/) · [塔](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/tower/) · [捨](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/throw-away/) · [創](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/originate/)

## More in the “Travel & transport” set

[艇](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/rowing-boat/) · [搭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/get-on-board/) · [軌](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/track/) · [搬](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/haul/) · [舶](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/ocean-liner/) · [帆](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/sail/) · [逓](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/relay/) · [舷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/side-of-a-ship/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/get-on-board/. Last updated 2026-11-01.