# 荷 — luggage; load

荷 means “luggage; load”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: カ (ka). Kun'yomi: に (ni). You'll see it in words such as 荷 (ni, “load; baggage”).

- Meaning: luggage; load
- On'yomi: カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi: に (ni)
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Things 2

## How to remember 荷

Grass (艹) on your back, and what (何) a load.

Sounds like 何: both read カ.

Parts: 艹 grass · 何 what

## Words with 荷

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 荷 | に (ni) | load; baggage |

## Don't confuse it with

[何](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/what/) · [伺](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/ask-humbly/) · [苛](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/torment/) · [停](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/halt/)

## More in the “Things 2” set

[器](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/container/) · [具](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/tool/) · [筆](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/writing-brush/) · [荷](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/luggage/) · [箱](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/box/)

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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/n3-kanji/luggage/. Last updated 2026-11-01.