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負 (Kangxi radical 154,貝+2, 9 strokes,cangjie input弓月山金 (NBUC),four-corner27806,composition⿱⺈貝(GHTJV) or⿱勹貝(K) or⿱刀貝)
| trad. | 負 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 负 | |
| alternative forms | 伏 | |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): ⺈(“person”) + 貝(“cowry”).
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*bə(q)(“carry, shoulder”).
| Variety | Location | 負 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /fu⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /fu²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /fu⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /fu²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /fu⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /fu³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /fu⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /fv̩⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /fu¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /fu¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /fu²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /fu³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /fu¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /fu²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /fu²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /fu⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /fu⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /fu⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /xu³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /fu⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /vu²³/ /vɤ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /vu³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /vu¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /vu³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /fu²²/ |
| Tunxi | /fu⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fu⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɸu⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fu²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fu⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /fu⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fu²²/ |
| Nanning | /fu²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /fu²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hu²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hou²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xu⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /hu³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /fu³³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 負 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房久切 |
| Baxter | bjuwX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biəuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buwX/ |
| Li Rong | /biuX/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭəuX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ə̯uX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fau6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 負 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjuwX › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]əʔ/ |
| English | carry on the back |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 負 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3558 |
| Phonetic component | 負 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 婦 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯʔ/ |
負
| Shinjitai | 負 | |
| Kyūjitai [1][2] | 負󠄂 負+ 󠄂?(Adobe-Japan1) |  |
| 負󠄄 負+ 󠄄?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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| Kanji in this term |
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| 負 |
| ふ Grade: 3 |
| kan'yōon |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 負 |
| おい Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of負 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,負, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 負 |
| ま(け) Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of負 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,負, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
FromMiddle Chinese負 (MC bjuwX).