失

lose; error; fault; disadvantage; loss

5 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 447.

Readings

• シツ (on reading): 失敗 (しっぱい) failure; 失礼 (しつれい) discourtesy
• うしなう (kun reading): 失う (うしなう) to lose; 見失う (みうしなう) to lose sight of
• うせる (kun reading): 失せる (うせる) to disappear; 消え失せる (きえうせる) to disappear

Components

• 丿
• 夫
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 二 radical two
• 人 radical person
• 大 radical big

Kanji containing 失

• 鉄 iron
• 秩 regularity
• 迭 transfer
• 佚 lost
• 帙 Japanese book cover
• 跌 stumble
• 軼 pass along

Words using 失

• 失敗 (しっぱい) failure
• 失礼 (しつれい) discourtesy
• 失点 (しってん) lost point (in a game)
• 損失 (そんしつ) loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
• 失望 (しつぼう) disappointment
• 失う (うしなう) to lose
• 見失う (みうしなう) to lose sight of
• 銭失い (ぜにうしない) waste of money
• 失われた世代 (うしなわれたせだい) lost generation
• 色を失う (いろをうしなう) to turn pale
• 失せる (うせる) to disappear
• 消え失せる (きえうせる) to disappear
• 失せ物 (うせもの) lost article
• 失せ去る (うせさる) to disappear
• 逃げ失せる (にげうせる) to escape

280 words in all.

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