• 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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  • 1530th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zōng (zong1)footprint • trace • tracks

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zōng (zong1)The component is pronounced as 'cóng' (cong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zōng (zong1)The component is pronounced as 'zu' (zu5). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for zōng (zong1)The component is pronounced as 'cōng' (cong1). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for zōng (zong1)The component is pronounced as 'zòng' (zong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
5. Pronunciation clue for zōng (zong1)The component is pronounced as 'zǒu' (zou3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

失踪 (失蹤)
跟踪 (跟蹤)
追踪 (追蹤)

Uncommon

无影无踪 (無影無蹤)
行踪 (行蹤)
踪影 (蹤影)
踪迹 (蹤跡)

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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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