• 375th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 204 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (shi1)to lose • to miss • to fail

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

失去 
失败 (失敗)
失望 
失眠 
消失 

Uncommon

丢失 (丟失)
丧失 (喪失)
失地 
失意 
失态 (失態)
失恋 (失戀)
失控 
失败者 (失敗者)
失业 (失業)
失落 
失误 (失誤)
失调 (失調)
失踪 (失蹤)
得失 
患得患失 
损失 (損失)
流失 
缺失 
走失 
迷失 
过失 (過失)
遗失 (遺失)
错失 (錯失)

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  • 496th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 183 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (la4)to leave out • to be missing • to leave behind or forget to bring • to lag or fall behind
2. lào (lao4)see 落[luo4]
3. luò (luo4)to fall or drop • (of the sun) to set • (of a tide) to go out • to lower • to decline or sink • to lag or fall behind • to fall onto • to rest with • to get or receive • to write down • whereabouts • settlement

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lào (lao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

低落 
堕落 (墮落)
失落 
落下 
落地 
落后 (落後)
角落 
部落 

Uncommon

丢三落四 (丟三落四)
冷落 
利落 
回落 
坐落 
坠落 (墜落)
大起大落 
掉落 
散落 
数落 (數落)
日落 
村落 
段落 
没落 (沒落)
流落 
沦落 (淪落)
滑落 
磊落 
空落落 
脱落 (脫落)
落伍 
落入 
落寞 
落实 (落實)
落差 
落幕 
落得 
落户 (落戶)
落日 
落枕 
落水 
落泪 (落淚)
落汤鸡 (落湯雞)
落空 
落脚 (落腳)
落叶 (落葉)
落魄 
着落 (著落)
跌落 
遗落 (遺落)
降落 
降落伞 (降落傘)
陨落 (隕落)
飘落 (飄落)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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