The Chinese Radical: 负




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Meaning
to bear; to carry    负

Explanation carry on one's back

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

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

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