Kanji
負
Defeat
Also: Bear, Negative, Minus, Lose
On'yomi
- ふ fu
Kun'yomi
- ま(ける) makeru
- お(う) ou
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 負
負 has 9 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 貝 (shell), number 154. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 3 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji