baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
荷 centers on a physical load carried by a person: baggage, cargo, freight, or a burden borne on the shoulders. The shoulder-pole and gun-shouldering senses are specific carrying applications of that same load-bearing idea.
荷 combines 艹 (grass/plant) with 何, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of carrying. The character originally referred to a load carried on the shoulder, often using a pole, and the plant component may relate to the material of the load or pole.
The grass crown 艹 sits on top of 何, like a bundle of cargo tied to a carrying pole. Picture a person bearing a heavy load of grass or baggage on their shoulder.
For カ, imagine a car overloaded with baggage: car -> カ, and the car struggles to bear the heavy freight.
luggage; baggage; package
arrival of goods; goods received
shipping; shipment; forwarding; sending (goods); delivery
burdening; bearing; shouldering; imposing
load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)
load; loading; weight (of a load)
heavy load
hand luggage; hand baggage
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.)
packing; baling; crating
electric charge; charge
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
load; freight; cargo
collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.); cargo booking
cart; wagon
unloading; landing
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga); myoga ginger; mioga ginger
handling cargo; loading and unloading; cargo work