Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
447 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
sil

Spanish

  • pérdida
  • error
  • defecto
  • fallo
  • perder
  • malograr
  • errar

Portuguese

  • erro
  • falta
  • desvantagem
  • perda

French

  • perdre
  • erreur
  • faute
  • désavantage
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)
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

10 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
regularity, salary, order
On:
チツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1275 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 秩序 【チツジョ】 order, discipline, regularity, system, method
  • 秩序維持 【チツジョイジ】 maintaining order (e.g. in a courtroom)

Readings

Japanese names:
ちち、 ちっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
jil

Spanish

  • regularidad
  • orden
  • rango

Portuguese

  • regularidade
  • salário
  • pedido

French

  • ordre
  • régularité
  • salaire
1580 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1458 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3276 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1722 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1585 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1119 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1508 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1609 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
954 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1435 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1489 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
786 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
912 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24998 Morohashi
1158 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4135 New Nelson (John Haig)
903 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
969 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1376 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2263 2001 Kanji
5d5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
2593.0 Four corner code
1-35-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79e9 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
iron
Kun:
くろがね
On:
テツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway, railway enthusiast
  • 鉄製 【テッセイ】 made of iron
  • 国鉄 【コクテツ】 national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
  • 新日本製鐵 【シンニッポンセイテツ】 Nippon Steel Corporation

Kun reading compounds

  • 黒金 【くろがね】 iron

Readings

Japanese names:
けん、 てっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tie3
Korean:
cheol

Spanish

  • hierro
  • acero

Portuguese

  • ferro

French

  • fer
283 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
374 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
327 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4844 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
242 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
976 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1948 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
312 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
312 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1814 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2147 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1527 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
854 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40285 Morohashi
1711 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6253 New Nelson (John Haig)
846 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
909 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
449 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
422 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2863 2001 Kanji
8a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8513.0 Four corner code
1-37-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9244 Unicode hex code

8 strokes (also 7)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
transfer, alternation
On:
テツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1907 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 迭立 【テツリツ】 alternate succession (e.g. to throne)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
die2
Korean:
jil

Spanish

  • por turno
  • alternancia

Portuguese

  • transferir
  • alternar

French

  • transférer
  • alternance
1627 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1879 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4672 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1623 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1806 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1507 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1608 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1745 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
683 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3818 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1956 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
855 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38800P Morohashi
3077 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6029 New Nelson (John Haig)
847 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
910 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1217 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2463 2001 Kanji
2q5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
3530.3 Four corner code
1-37-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fed Unicode hex code