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Kotomora

失

lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 500Strokes5

Readings

On'yomi

  • シツ

Kun'yomi

  • うしな.う
  • う.せる

Meaning

失 centers on losing something or being at a disadvantage: a loss, a mistake, or a fault that puts one in a worse position.

Most common words using 失

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  • 失敗しっぱい
    N4

    failure; mistake; blunder

  • 失礼しつれい
    N4

    discourtesy; impoliteness

  • 失ううしなう
    N3

    to lose

  • 損失そんしつ
    N1

    loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

  • 喪失そうしつ
    N1

    loss; forfeit

  • 失点しってん

    lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal

  • 失格しっかく
    N1

    disqualification; elimination; incapacity

  • 失業しつぎょう
    N3

    unemployment

  • 失踪しっそう

    disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

  • 失望しつぼう
    N3

    disappointment; despair

  • 過失かしつ
    N2

    accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder

  • 失恋しつれん
    N2

    disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

  • 紛失ふんしつ
    N1

    loss; going missing

  • 失神しっしん

    fainting; losing consciousness; passing out

  • 失態しったい

    blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

  • 失速しっそく

    stall

  • 失脚しっきゃく

    losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

  • 失明しつめい

    loss of eyesight; loss of sight; going blind; blindness

  • 失墜しっつい

    abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

  • 失策しっさく

    blunder; slip; error

  • 見失うみうしなう
    N1

    to lose sight of; to miss

  • 失意しつい

    disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity

  • 失敬しっけい
    N1

    rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

  • 栄養失調えいようしっちょう
    N1

    malnutrition

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Etymology

失 is thought to combine 手 (hand) and a mark indicating something slipping away, representing the idea of losing or dropping something.

Meaning mnemonic

The left stroke looks like something falling away from the larger right part 夫. Imagine a person (夫) dropping something important and losing it.

Reading mnemonic

For シツ, imagine losing a sheet of important paper: sheet -> シツ, and the loss is a fault.