Today’s #kanji is 負, which is listed under the radical of #かい（貝, money/wealth）. 負 is a compound ideograph made of 貝 anｄ 人 (a person) depicting a person holding money.
Meaning: to bear, to carry, to be burdened with a responsibility, etc.
Reading: フ（ブ）、ま、お
負（フ）: a negative number, a minus sign
負荷（フカ）: a burden, a load
負債（フサイ）: a debt, liabilities, arrears
負傷（フショウ）する: to get injured, to sustain an injury, to be wounded
自負（ジフ）する: to be self-confident, to be proud of oneself; to pride oneself
勝負（ショウブ）: victory or defeat; a match, a bout
正負（セイフ）: positive and negative, plus and minus
抱負（ホウフ）: (an) aspiration, (an) ambition, (a) plan
負（ま）ける: to lose, to be defeated; to surrender, to consede; to be overcome, to yield
負（お）う: to bear, to carry… on one’s back; to be burdened with (a responsibility), to become responsible for…; to incur, to suffer; to owe
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財
賛
資
負
費
責
貧
貸
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