Kanji1 / 9
負 kanji
defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
フ
Kun readings
まけるまかすおう
Words with 負
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2勝負Popularvictory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout; showdown
- N1負債Populardebt; liabilities
- N1負傷Popularinjury; wound
- N1負担Popularburden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
- —負Popularnegative; minus
- —自負Popularpride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
- —負荷Popularburdening; bearing; shouldering; imposing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; workload; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
- —抱負Popularaspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
- —正負positive and negative (numbers); plus and minus (signs); positive and negative (poles)
- —先負day that is unlucky in the morning and lucky in the afternoon (in the traditional calendar); day on which judgment and haste should be avoided
- —負号minus sign (-); negative sign
- —負性negative properties
- —負託charging (someone) with (a responsibility); entrusting (someone) with; entrusted responsibility; mandate
- —負数negative number
- —負極anode; negative pole; negative electrode
- —非負non-negative
- —負値negative value
- —負郭land near a castle
- —負量negative quantity; minus quantity
- —負傷者injured person; wounded person