Japanese Kanji
負fu
defeat · negative · -
Grade 3 · JLPT N2 · 9 strokes
Defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility.
負 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 9 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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