The Radical: 失


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Meaning
to lose    失

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
iron, steel
kurogane, TETSU
Left: metal (Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: to lose (I emphasize (=accent ) it is the husband who loses) [husband = big person with extra-caring arms ]
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron.

Vocabulary
JLPT 3Joyo 4
to lose, disappear
ushinau, SHITSU
Upper left: accent for emphasis, rest: husband (= big person with extra-caring arms )
I emphasize: The husband is losing.

Vocabulary
JLPT 1Joyo 7
regularity, order, system, salary
CHITSU
Left: rice plant , right: to lose, disappear (I emphasize (= accent ) it is the husband who will lose.) [husband = = big person with extra-caring arms ]
Rice plants have been lost! We need more regularity!

Vocabulary
JLPT 1Joyo 7
transfer, change, alternation, reshuffle
TETSU
Left: movement , right: lose/disappear (I emphasize (= accent) it is the husband who will lose.) [husband = big person with extra-caring arms ]
(Think of a pendulum) There is a loss in movement (momentum) in the transfer/change.

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