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Kanji: 失
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KANJI

失

5 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓	うしなう
	うせる

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	大 Radical name: だい
Meaning:	Lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 450 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	失敗(しっぱい)	failure, mistake
N3	失(うしな)う	to lose, to part with
N3	失業(しつぎょう)	unemployment
N3	失望(しつぼう)	disappointment, despair
N2	過失(かしつ)	error, blunder, accident
N2	失恋(しつれん)	disappointed love, broken heart, unrequited love, be lovelorn
N1	失格(しっかく)	disqualification, elimination, incapacity (legal)
N1	失調(しっちょう)	lack of harmony
N1	損失(そんしつ)	loss
N1	紛失(ふんしつ)	losing something

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