Chinese Character 負 Meanings and components.

Form

負

Meaning

負 meaning[3] in English

To Bear.

To Carry (On One's Back).

To Turn One's Back On.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 負 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (⺈) , and surname Bei (貝)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with NBUC

How to write 負

To write負fu4to bear you should write a combination of ⺈⺈ , 貝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吕 shape:

⺈ + 貝 = 負

負 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 負 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 負, looks as follow:

負
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Bear . To Carry (On One'S Back) . To Turn One'S Back On . To Be Defeated . Negative (Math. Etc)
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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