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

Radical: 贝 HSK 6 v, b, m ideographic

Components & Etymology

负 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 负

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 负.

不负
bù fù
亏负
kuī fù
减负
jiǎn fù
孤负
gū fù
抱负
bào fù
担负
dān fù
欺负
qī fu
正负
zhèng fù
税负
shuì fù
肩负
jiān fù
背负
bēi fù
胜负
shèng fù

Related characters (radical 贝)

Characters that share the radical .

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