Kanji N3

失: lose, error, fault

失 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning lose, error, fault, written with 5 strokes. It is read シツ (on) and うしなう, うせる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 失業 (しつぎょう, unemployment) and 失敗 (しっぱい, failure).

失

Meanings

  • lose
  • error
  • fault
  • disadvantage
  • loss
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#447 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うしなう
  • うせる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 失

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 失業しつぎょう

    unemployment

    JLPT N3
  • 失敗しっぱい

    failure; mistake; blunder

    JLPT N4
  • 失ううしなう

    to lose

    JLPT N3
  • 失望しつぼう

    disappointment; despair

    JLPT N3
  • 損失そんしつ

    loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 過失かしつ

    accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder

    JLPT N2
  • 失格しっかく

    disqualification; elimination; incapacity

    JLPT N1
  • 紛失ふんしつ

    loss; going missing

    JLPT N1

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