Mnemonic
A hook tears open your safe, and all your money spills into a rushing river. You watch helplessly as your wealth is swept away — total defeat. You collapse to your knees, the cruel hook of loss weighing you down, broke and beaten.
Additional thoughts
Picture the hook ripping through metal, coins and bills cascading into churning water. The weight of financial ruin is the burden of defeat — you owe everything and have nothing left.Quick recall
A hook rips your money away into the river — utter defeat.Details
The keyword for 負 is defeat. This kanji conveys the idea of losing, being beaten, or suffering a loss in a competition or conflict. It also carries the extended meanings of bearing a burden, owing something, or taking on a responsibility, as in shouldering a debt or obligation. The sense of defeat ties into the notion of being weighed down or coming out on the losing side.
- On'yomi
- ふ
- Kun'yomi
- ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う