失 = ノ + 夫

失 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lose”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 夫 (husband). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 908. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: lose
RTK frame: 908
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): うしな.う, う.せる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: проигрывать, fault
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 失 lose

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 失

How to find 失 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “husband”. 失 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 失 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.