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失 — 5 strokes / Radical「大」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 5 strokes / Radical「大」
On
シツしつ · shitsu
Kun
うしな(う)ushina(u)
Meaning
to lose; miss; fail

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A character showing something slipping from the hand, hence "to lose."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシツしつshitsu失望しつぼう失敗しっぱい消失しょうしつ
Kunうしなうushinau失ううしなう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 失敗しっぱい

    failure; mistake

  • 失礼しつれい

    rudeness; impoliteness

More words with this kanji

  • 遺失物いしつぶつ
  • 失恋しつれん
  • 紛失ふんしつ
  • 喪失そうしつ
  • 失踪しっそう
  • 過失かしつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

計算(けいさん)で失敗(しっぱい)した。

I made a mistake in the calculation.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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