搭 means “embark, board, load”

とう · tou

Also: load (a vehicle), ride

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) and grass (艹) over fit (合): picture hands fitting cargo into place. 搭 is boarding and loading: airports send you to the 搭乗口 with your 搭乗券, and a car sold as ナビ搭載 has navigation built in. Its twin 塔, tower, has 土.

Used in 搭乗 (toujou, boarding), 搭乗券 (toujouken, boarding pass), and 搭載 (tousai, being equipped with)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.