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負
JLPT N3 SL3 9 strokes Frequency: #443

Meanings

Defeat, Negative, -, Minus, Bear, Owe, Assume A Responsibility

Radicals

貝

Decomposition

⿱⺈貝

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 人 carrying a lot of money 貝

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 corner right-to-left
3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 diagonal bottom-to-top
9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
フ fu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
お o
ま ma

Words Using This Kanji

254 words total
Other (14 words)
名勝負 めいしょうぶ

excellent match

負の遺産 ふのいさん

negative legacy

負荷追従運転 ふかついじゅううんてん

load-following operation (e.g. of a power plant)

私道負担 しどうふたん

portion of a plot of land that is a private road

環境負荷低減 かんきょうふかていげん

environmental burden reduction

負担重量 ふたんじゅうりょう

impost

番勝負 ばんしょうぶ

multi-game competition

負け試合 まけじあい

lost game

負量 ふりょう

negative quantity

負けに不思議の負けなし まけにふしぎのまけなし

there are no mysterious losses

負けに不思議の負けなし まけにふしぎのまけなし

there are no mysterious losses

勝負なし しょうぶなし

draw

お負けに おまけに

to make matters worse

一六勝負 いちろくしょうぶ

gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"

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