驮
馱duò
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load carried by a pack animal
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
驮 has 马 horse for the meaning and 大 dà for the sound, though the link is not obvious in modern Mandarin. Read tuó it first meant hauling loads with a pack animal, then 'to carry on the back'. Read duò it means the load itself.
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