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
How to remember it
defeated · Heisig RSH #64
bound up + 贝 shellfish + oyster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 负
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |