負 is the Japanese kanji for defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う and its on reading is フ.
Stroke order
Words with 負
- 負negative, minus
- 負うto carry on one's back, to bear, to shoulder
- 負けるto lose, to be defeated, to be beaten
- 負けdefeat, loss, losing (a game)
- 負担burden, load, responsibility
- 勝負victory or defeat
Practice 負 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.