負 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
- On
- フふ · fu
- Kun
- ま(ける)・ま(かす)・お(う)ma(keru) · ma(kasu) · o(u)
- Meaning
- to lose, to bear, to carry on back
Stroke order
Origin
人 (person) + 貝 (shell/money). A person carrying treasure on their back; it came to mean 'to bear' and later 'to lose'.
Readings and examples
| Onフふfu | 負担ふたん負傷ふしょう勝負しょうぶ |
|---|---|
| Kunまけるmakeru | 負けるまける負けまけ |
| Kunまかすmakasu | 負かすまかす |
| Kunおうō | 負うおう負い目おいめ背負うせおう |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 勝負しょうぶ
match, contest
- 負担ふたん
burden
- 負傷ふしょう
- 抱負ほうふ
- 負債ふさい
- 負笈ふきゅう
Example
しあいに 負けて くやしいです。
I lost the match and it stings.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)