負

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

负

🇨🇳

defeated

HSK 10 N2

Society →Economy

fù

フ

ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う

부

Depicts a person (人) carrying shells (貝) on their back.

Components

Traditional (負)

人 person+ 貝 shellfish =

負 defeated

人 Iconic component

rén person

man

貝 Iconic component

shellfish

Simplified (负)

人 person+ 贝 sea shell =

负 bear, carry

人 Iconic component

rén person

man

贝 Iconic component

bèi sea shell

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

負

Regular

Modern

Chinese

负 / 負 [fù]

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

Japanese

笈、負おい同音

noun wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

負ふ同音

nounadj-no negative; minus

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

あ、あれ？なんか・・・すっごい負のオーラを感じますよ？

E-eh? I somehow seem to feel a very threatening aura...

CHINESE WORDS (79)

to fail to live up (to expectations)

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

to carry on one's back

⭐ 負う [おう] #2,460

to carry on one's back

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KOREAN WORDS (10)