漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
負: defeat, negative
Also: -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
JLPT N39 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
貝 carries the meaning · 𠂊 is drawn in
9 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
フfu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 負債ふさいdebt, liabilities
- 負数ふすうnegative number
- 負担するふたんするbear a burden
- 負傷するふしょうするget injured, get hurt
- 勝負するしょうぶするplay, have a match
- 自負するじふするflatter oneself, feel proud
まけるmakeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 負けるまけるlose, be defeated [v.i.]
- 負け犬まけいぬunderdog, loser
まかすmakasu · kun'yomi
- 負かすまかすdefeat [v.t.]
おうou · kun'yomi
- 負うおうcarry, bear, be in debt
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)人 person, as ⺈ + 貝 cowry
Source: Wiktionary, 負 (rev. 92766228), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 负 · traditional, as in Japanese · fù
Japan keeps the traditional form 負; mainland China simplifies it to 负.
- Simplified
- 负 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 負 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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