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失 means 'lose'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 424   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-10    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 24    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 105 words   Used in 242 words   Used in 12 names   Component in 17 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シツ
Kun
   うしなう to lose
Additional readings
Kun    うせる
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 失 is used 13 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 失 is used 238 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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シツ : 133 words FIND ALL
し つ ぎ ょ う 0
unemployment  (see also: 無職)
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シツ (read as しっ) : 77 words FIND ALL
し っ ぱ い 0
failure; mistake; blunder
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うしなう : 19 words FIND ALL
う し な う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to lose; to part with
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うせる : 9 words FIND ALL
Nidan verb (lower class) with `su' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
to disappear; to vanish  (see also: 失せる; archaic)
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An additional 4 less common words include 失 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 529 (originally: 501)  Joy o' Kanji : 501  Key to Kanji: 454 

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失
シツ   うしなう to lose   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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