失
lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
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
24 of 279- 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
Study
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.