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负

to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #899 U+8D1F

How 负 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 人 carrying a lot of money 贝

components: ⺈ 贝

How to remember it

defeated · Heisig RSH #64

bound up + 贝 shellfish + oyster

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 负

WordPinyinMeaning
正负电子 zhèng fù diàn zǐ positrons and electrons
皇天不负苦心人 Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to …
电负性 diàn fù xìng electronegativity
负外部性 fù wài bù xìng negative influence, effect that people's doings or behavior have on others (society)
后果自负 hòu guǒ zì fù to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior; to have only oneself to bla…
负相关 fù xiāng guān negative correlation
不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched; to come out even; to tie; t…
身负重伤 shēn fù zhòng shāng seriously injured
非负数 fēi fù shù a nonnegative number (i.e. positive or zero)
负一层 fù yī céng (architecture) basement level 1; floor B1
正负号 zhèng fù hào (math.) plus or minus sign; ±
负心汉 fù xīn hàn traitor to one's love; heartless rat
负离子 fù lí zǐ negative ion; anion (physics)
不负 bù fù to live up to
负能量 fù néng liàng negative energy; negativity
负心 fù xīn ungrateful; heartless; to fail to be loyal to one's love
自负 zì fù conceited; to take responsibility
负有 fù yǒu to be responsible for
负气 fù qì in a pique; sulky; cross
负电 fù diàn negative electric charge