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負 = 貝 + 𠂊
負 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “defeat”. It is built from 貝 (shellfish) and 𠂊 (bound up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 67.
- Keyword
- defeat
- RTK frame
- 67
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- フ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ま.ける, ま.かす, お.う
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- поражение
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 負 load
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 負 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shellfish” + “bound up”. 負 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 負 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.