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

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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

18 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
Variants:
post, employment, work
On:
ショクソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 職 【ショク】 job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill
  • 職員 【ショクイン】 staff member, employee, worker, personnel
  • 住職 【ジュウショク】 chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
  • 休職 【キュウショク】 temporary retirement, leave of absence, suspension from office
  • 職 【ショク】 job, work, employment, occupation, position, duties, trade, skill
  • 有職 【ユウショク】 holding a job, being employed, gainful employment, being learned, being knowledgeable, having great artistic talent, being a skilled performer, being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi2
Korean:
jig

Spanish

  • puesto
  • empleo
  • ocupación

Portuguese

  • posto
  • emprego
  • trabalho

French

  • poste de travail
  • emploi
  • travail
819 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
743 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
721 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
335 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3718 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
432 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
839 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2734 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
385 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
386 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
513 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1586 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1803 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
960 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1297 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
832 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29183 Morohashi
1425 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4742 New Nelson (John Haig)
824 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
887 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
253 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
823 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3259 2001 Kanji
6e12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-12 SKIP code
1315.0 Four corner code
1-31-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8077 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code