Memory phrase for the Kanji: 負
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負 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| lose, defeat, bear, negative
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Pronunciation |
FU
makeru, ou |
Explanation |
Top: A person bending down ⺈, below: money 貝 (Image of a cone-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八) |
Mnemonic
| Bent by the money? He must have lost and now bears the burden of debt.
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Radicals
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⺈
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kneeling person | (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫) |
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貝
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money | shell a cowries-shell (used as money) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 負傷者 |
ふしょうしゃ |
injured |
| 負ける |
まける |
to lose, to be defeated |
| 負かす |
まかす |
to defeat |
| 負う |
おう |
to bear, to owe |
| 負担 |
ふたん |
burden, charge, responsibility |
| 勝負 |
しょうぶ |
victory or defeat, match, contest, game, bout |
| 背負う |
せおう |
to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder |
| 負け |
まけ |
defeat, loss, losing (a game) |
| 負債 |
ふさい |
debt, liabilities |
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