# 失 — Fault

Frequency rank 411 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 門 (Gates), less common than 姿 (Figure).

- On’yomi: しつ
- Kun’yomi: うしな
- Radical: 大 Big (Kangxi 37)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The character 失 (fault) looks like a person dropping something — an arm reaching out as an object slips away, a fault, a mistake, a loss.

In words:

- 失敗 しっぱい — failure,mistake
- 失う うしなう — to lose,to part with
- 失望 しつぼう — disappointment,despair

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