The kanji 失: meaning, readings and stroke order

失

Meaning: lose
On reading: シツ shitsu
Kun reading: うしな（う） ushinau
Strokes: 5
Radical: 大 big, very
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đánh mất (thất)
Japanese: うしなう。なくす。
Korean: 잃다 (실)
Chinese: 失去、丢失

Readings, words and example sentences

シツ shitsu · on reading

失しっ敗ぱい
failure, not going well
失しっ敗ぱいしても練習を続けます。
Even if I fail, I keep practicing.

うしな（う） ushinau · kun reading · less common

失うしなう
to lose
大切な物を 失うしないました。
I lost something precious.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.