Hanja Analyzer
負

負 — bu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
질[荷] 부
Romanization
bu
English
load, burden; carry, bear
Mandarin
fù
Japanese on'yomi
フ, ブ
Japanese kun'yomi
ま.ける ま.かす お.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#443 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
貝 (154, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+8CA0

Parts that make up 負

  • 𠂊 꾸릴 포, 쌀 포variant of 勹 몸을 굽혀 감싼 팔감싸고 두르는 일
  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다

How 負 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 負 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 貝.

Korean example words with 負

  • 승부勝負 Korean gloss: 이김과 짐
  • 부상負傷 Korean gloss: 몸에 상처를 입음
  • 부역負役 Korean gloss: 백성이 부담하는 공역
  • 부담負擔 Korean gloss: 어떠한 의무나 책임을 짐
  • 부채負債 Korean gloss: 남에게 빚을 짐. 또는 그 빚
  • 부목負木 Korean gloss: 절에서 땔나무를 하여 들이는 사람
  • 부상負商 Korean gloss: 물건을 등에 지고 다니며 파는 사람
  • 부대負袋 Korean gloss: 종이, 천, 가죽 따위로 만든 큰 자루
  • 포부抱負 Korean gloss: 마음속에 지니고 있는, 미래에 대한 계획이나 희망
  • 부심負心 Korean gloss: 어떠한 것에 대하여 그 가치나 능력을 믿고 당당히 여기는 마음
  • 부판負板 Korean gloss: 슬픔을 등에 짊어진다는 뜻으로, 상복(喪服)의 등 뒤에 늘어뜨리는 베 조각
  • 과부하다誇負 Korean gloss: 뽐내며 자부하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 負

  • 負担ふたん burden; load; responsibility
  • 勝負しょうぶ victory or defeat; match; contest
  • 負けまけ defeat; loss; losing (a game)
  • 負債ふさい debt; liabilities
  • 抱負ほうふ aspiration; ambition; plan
  • 負傷ふしょう injury; wound
  • 負うおう to carry on one's back; to bear; to shoulder
  • 負い目おいめ (feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
  • 自負じふ pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself
  • 気負いきおい eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor
  • 請け負ううけおう to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work)
  • 負ふ negative; minus

Characters sharing the phonetic 負

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “부” in Korean.

Other hanja read “부”

Other hanja with radical 貝

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