The Chinese Radical: 负


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Meaning
to bear; to carry    负

Explanation carry on one's back

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
to bear, load, to carry (on one's back), negative (math. etc)

A person bending down, below: money /貝 (here: a load , backpack or joke , person , cf. center )
The bent person with a backpack bears a load.
JLPT HSK 4
lazy, idle, inactive
lǎn
Left: feeling , right: depending on 赖 (bundle , to bear [With the load at the backpack the person bears a load])
The feeling when you give your bundle to the bent for money /貝 is: to be lazy.
JLPT HSK 6
to depend on, to trust, to renege, to blame
lài
left: bundle , right: carry load (With a load at the backpack the person bears a load)
The bundle needs sb. to carry the load: That's what it is depending on.

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