Kanji

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

Radical

Radical:

Reading: だい

Meaning: big, very

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

礼する(しつれいする)   be impolite

業する(しつぎょうする)   become unemployed

望する(しつぼうする)   be disappointed

敗する(しっぱいする)   fail

言(しつげん)   improper words

(そうしつ)   loss

(かしつ)   mistake, error, accident

う(うしなう)   lose

Onyomi Examples

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

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

トクシツ advantages and disadvantages, plus and minuses

テキシツ error made by the enemy or opposing team

Kunyomi Examples

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.)

せる うせる to disappear, to vanish, to fade away, to go, to leave, to die