負 — kanji meaning “defeat”
負
defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
- Meanings
- defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
- On'yomi
- フ (fu)
- Kun'yomi
- ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #443 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 154
- Chinese reading
- fù — Chinese character page
Words with 負
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 負け | まけ make | defeat; loss; losing (a game) |
| 負担 | ふたん futan | burden; load; responsibility |
| 勝負 | しょうぶ shoubu | victory or defeat |
| 負傷 | ふしょう fushou | injury; wound |
| 負債 | ふさい fusai | debt; liabilities |
| 負う | おう ou | to carry on one's back; to bear; to shoulder |
| 負ける | まける makeru | to lose; to be defeated; to be beaten |
| 請負 | うけおい ukeoi | contract (for work); contracting; undertaking |
| 負荷 | ふか fuka | burdening; bearing; shouldering |
| 背負う | せおう seou | to carry on one's back |
| 自負 | じふ jifu | pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself |
| 抱負 | ほうふ houfu | aspiration; ambition; plan |
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