Memory phrase for the character: 失

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Top left: accent ノ (for emphasis), rest: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)

I emphasize: the husband will lose.

失	to lose, to fail
夫	husband	The big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)
丶	dot	In many languages (such as French), short strokes are used above the letters to express an emphasis. This stroke 丶 is used in the mnemonics accordingly.
ノ	bent stroke	emphasis, accent

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失去	shī qù	to lose
损失	sǔn shī	loss; damage; to lose; to damage
消失	xiāo shī	to disappear; to fade away
丧失	sàng shī	to lose; to forfeit
失业	shī yè	unemployment
失踪	shī zōng	missing; lost; unaccounted for
丢失	diū shī	to lose; lost
失眠	shī mián	(suffer from) insomnia
惆怅若失	chóu chàng ruò shī	to feel despondent (idiom)
惆怅若失	chóu chàng ruò shī

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