The Chinese Radical: 失


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Meaning
to lose, to fail    失

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
iron (metal)
tiě
Left: metal 钅/金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ (= accent ノ) it is the husband 夫 who loses) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron.  
HSK 4
to lose, to miss, to fail
shī
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.  
HSK 5
order, orderliness
zhì
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
Rice plants were lost, we need more order!  
HSK 6
to tumble, to drop, to fall
diē
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
If a foot is 'lost', you: tumble.  
no HSK
alternately, repeatedly, iteration
dié
Left: movement 辶, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
(Think of a pendulum:) Movement gets lost in alternations.  
no HSK
lazy, idle

Left: person 亻, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
A person will lose, if he is lazy.  

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