失 — Chinese character
失
shī
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- Pinyin
- shī
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 丿 夫
- Formation
- ideographic — Something 丿 falling from a hand 夫
- Japanese
- 失 as a kanji
Common words with 失
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 损失 (損失) | sǔn shī | loss; damage |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope |
| 失业 (失業) | shī yè | unemployment; to lose one's job |
| 失踪 (失蹤) | shī zōng | to be missing; to disappear |
| 丧失 (喪失) | sàng shī | to lose; to forfeit |
| 失误 (失誤) | shī wù | lapse; mistake |
| 失控 | shī kòng | to go out of control |
| 流失 | liú shī | (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded |
| 失效 | shī xiào | to fail; to lose effectiveness |
English words written with 失
失 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 17 · Analects 17 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 34 · Zhuangzi 80 · Great Learning 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 26
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 29
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 33
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 64
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 73
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