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to lose, to fail 失
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Used in these characters:
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铁
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| iron (metal)
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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.
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失
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to lose, to miss, to fail
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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.
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秩
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| order, orderliness
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Left: rice plant 禾, right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
Rice plants were lost, we need more order!
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跌
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to tumble, to drop, to fall
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Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
If a foot (or a step) is 'lost', you: tumble.
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迭
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JLPT no HSK |
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| alternately, repeatedly, iteration
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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.
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佚
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JLPT no HSK |
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| lazy, idle
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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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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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List of the characters |
List of the radicals
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