Jisho

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負

9 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
ハ 勹 目 貝
defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
Kun:
ま.ける、 ま.かす、 お.う
On:
フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
443 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 負 【フ】 negative, minus
  • 負荷 【フカ】 burden, load (electrical, CPU, etc.)
  • 正負 【セイフ】 positive and negative, +-, plus and minus
  • 非負 【ヒフ】 non-negative

Kun reading compounds

  • 負ける 【まける】 to lose, to be defeated, to succumb, to give in, to surrender, to yield, to be inferior to, to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.), to reduce the price, to give a discount, to throw in (something extra) for free
  • 負けるが勝ち 【まけるがかち】 he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day, sometimes you have to lose to win, losing is winning
  • 負かす 【まかす】 to defeat
  • 負う 【おう】 to carry on one's back, to bear, to shoulder, to take (responsibility), to assume, to accept, to bear (the blame, costs, etc.), to have (a duty, obligation, etc.), to become responsible for, to be burdened with (work, debt, etc.), to suffer (an injury), to sustain (a wound), to receive, to incur (a loss, damage, etc.), to owe (a debt of gratitude to), to be indebted to, to have (something) behind one, to be backed by
  • 負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る 【おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる】 some things can be learned from the young, a fool may give a wise man counsel, to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • llevar
  • tomar a su cargo
  • deber
  • ser derrotado
  • llevarse la victoria

Portuguese

  • derrotar
  • negativa
  • menos
  • carregar
  • dever a
  • assumir uma responsabilidade

French

  • défaite
  • perdre
  • moins
  • négatif
  • assumer
  • porter sur le dos
  • devoir à quelqu'un
  • faire un rabais
312 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
406 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
383 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
473 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4488 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
503 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
918 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
981 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
510 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
717 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1722 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2594 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1327 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1799 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
63 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36660X Morohashi
2091 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5769 New Nelson (John Haig)
63 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
67 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
346 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2561 2001 Kanji
2n7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
2780.6 Four corner code
1-41-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ca0 Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

抵

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
扎 氏
resist, reach, touch
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1182 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 抵触 【テイショク】 infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.), contravention, running afoul, conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.), inconsistency, incompatibility, contradiction, collision, contact, touching
  • 抵抗 【テイコウ】 resistance, opposition, standing up to, reluctance, repulsion, repugnance, resistance, drag, friction, electrical resistance, resistor
  • 抗抵 【コウテイ】 resistance, opposition
  • 角觝 【カクテイ】 strength contest, sumo wrestling

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di3
Korean:
jeo, ji

Spanish

  • resistir
  • ir contra
  • chocar
  • casi igual

Portuguese

  • resistir
  • alcançar
  • tocar

French

  • résister
  • parvenir
  • toucher
1612 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1347 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1154 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1343 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
797 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
560 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
569 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
746 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
879 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
377 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
239 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1849 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11921 Morohashi
319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2120 New Nelson (John Haig)
1832 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1974 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1183 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1356 2001 Kanji
3c5.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5204.0 Four corner code
1-36-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62b5 Unicode hex code

抗

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
亠 几 扎
confront, resist, defy, oppose
Kun:
あらが.う
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
666 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 抗 【コウ】 anti-
  • 抗菌 【コウキン】 antibacterial, antimicrobial
  • 拮抗 【キッコウ】 rivalry (between two equally strong sides), struggle for supremacy, competing (with), vying (with), contending (with), being an equal match (for)
  • 無抵抗 【ムテイコウ】 nonresistance

Kun reading compounds

  • 抗う 【あらがう】 to go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kang4
Korean:
hang

Spanish

  • enfrentarse
  • resistir
  • desafiar
  • oponerse

Portuguese

  • confrontar
  • resistir
  • desafiar
  • opor

French

  • s'opposer à
  • confrontation
  • résister
  • contester
  • nier (évidence)
  • anti-
1246 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
784 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1852 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1320 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
824 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
843 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
747 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
858 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
188 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
655 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11889 Morohashi
252 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2091 New Nelson (John Haig)
648 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
700 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1125 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1357 2001 Kanji
3c4.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5001.7 Four corner code
1-25-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6297 Unicode hex code