418 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
529 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
501 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
523 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
178 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
238 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
447 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
311 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
311 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
594 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
413 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4325 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2189 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2947 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
853 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5844 | Morohashi |
3511 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1141 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
845 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
908 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
346 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
452 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
447 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 失 【シツ】 loss (of something), disadvantage, mistake, error, failure, flaw, defect, error
- 失業 【シツギョウ】 unemployment, losing one's job, becoming unemployed
- 得失 【トクシツ】 advantages and disadvantages, plus and minuses
- 敵失 【テキシツ】 error made by the enemy or opposing team
Kun reading compounds
- 失う 【うしなう】 to lose, to miss (a chance, opportunity), to lose (a loved one), to be bereaved of, to concede (goals, points, etc.)
- 失せる 【うせる】 to disappear, to vanish, to fade away, to go, to leave, to die
Readings
- Korean:
- sil
Spanish
- pérdida
- error
- defecto
- fallo
- perder
- malograr
- errar
Portuguese
- erro
- falta
- desvantagem
- perda
French
- perdre
- erreur
- faute
- désavantage
2463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.28 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-4 | SKIP code |
2503.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5931 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
465 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 命 【メイ】 order, command, decree, life, destiny, fate
- 命運 【メイウン】 fate, destiny
- 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
- 十月革命 【ジュウガツカクメイ】 October Revolution
- 命婦 【ミョウブ】 title for high-ranking court ladies
- 延命 【エンメイ】 keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support
- 安心立命 【アンシンリツメイ】 spiritual peace and enlightenment, keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
Kun reading compounds
- 命 【いのち】 life, life force, lifetime, lifespan, most important thing, foundation, core, paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love), fate, destiny, karma
- 命からがら 【いのちからがら】 for dear life, barely escaping alive
- 貴い命 【たっといいのち】 precious life
- 露の命 【つゆのいのち】 life as evanescent as the dew
Readings
- Korean:
- myeong
Spanish
- orden
- mandato
- vida
Portuguese
- destino
- comando
- decreto
- vida
French
- destinée
- destin
- ordre
- décret
- vie
- nommer (à un poste)
519 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
416 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
394 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
388 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
430 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
387 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
411 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
671 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
578 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
587 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
997 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
325 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2553 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1772 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1412 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3473 | Morohashi |
2058 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
767 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1400 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
249 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
316 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2844 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
8062.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
547d | Unicode hex code |