Chinese Character 失 Meanings and components.

Form

失

Meaning

失 meaning[3] in English

To Lose.

To Miss.

To Fail.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 失 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (丿) , and husband (夫)

Its radical[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with HQO

How to write 失

To write失shi1to lose you should write a combination of 丿pie3radical in … , 夫fu1husband arranged in a + shape:

丿 + 夫 = 失

失 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 失 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 失, looks as follow:

失
Pinyin:shi1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Lose . To Miss . To Fail
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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