As a result of the calculation, the answer became negative.
This experiment produced a negative result.
This fiscal year's growth rate turned negative.
This particle is negatively charged.
不 and 負 are both read ふ, but 不 is a negation prefix meaning 'not/un-' while 負 specifically denotes a mathematical negative value.
burden; load; responsibility · bearing; shouldering
victory or defeat; outcome · match; contest; game; bout
injury; wound
burden; imposition; bearing · load; stress; workload · stress testing; provocative testing
debt; liabilities
pride; self-confidence
aspiration; ambition; resolution
positive and negative (numbers); plus and minus (signs) · positive and negative (poles); plus and minus (poles)
entrusting with a responsibility; mandate; charge
Standard kanji spelling for the mathematical and abstract sense of negative or minus.
The kanji 負 originally means 'to bear' or 'to lose', and its use for 'negative' in mathematics is a semantic extension from the idea of a deficit or loss.
great match; memorable contest
unlucky in the morning, lucky in the afternoon; day to avoid judgment and haste
negative value
minus sign; negative sign
negative properties; negativity
negative number
negative electrode; negative pole; anode
land near a castle
negative quantity; minus quantity
non-negative