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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

447 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

Kunyomi: うしな.う, う.せる

Onyomi: シツ

Composition: 丿 夫

失

Radical

Radical: 大

Reading: だい

Meaning: big, very

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

失礼する(しつれいする)   be impolite

失業する(しつぎょうする)   become unemployed

失望する(しつぼうする)   be disappointed

失敗する(しっぱいする)   fail

失言(しつげん)   improper words

喪失(そうしつ)   loss

過失(かしつ)   mistake, error, accident

失う(うしなう)   lose

Onyomi Examples

失 (シツ) loss (of something), disadvantage, mistake, error, failure, flaw, defect, error

失業 (シツギョウ) unemployment, losing one's job, becoming unemployed

得失 (トクシツ) advantages and disadvantages, plus and minuses

敵失 (テキシツ) error made by the enemy or opposing team

Kunyomi Examples

失う (うしなう) to lose, to miss (a chance, opportunity), to lose (a loved one), to be bereaved of, to concede (goals, points, etc.)

失せる (うせる) to disappear, to vanish, to fade away, to go, to leave, to die

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