Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'u' ending

    to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out

    彼は気を失いあお向けに倒れた。
    He fainted and fell on his back.
  2. to lose motivation; to get discouraged

    Archaic

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

Kun
いき
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
113 of 2500
Radical
steam
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-4-2, 2-2-4SKIP code
0a6.8The Kanji Dictionary
8041.7Four corner code
2356deroo
6c17Unicode hex code
1-21-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2480Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3025New Nelson (John Haig)
3194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3960Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1885Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
319Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
144Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17046PMorohashi
11A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59sakade
67Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
68henshall3
52Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
55crowley
246Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
1150Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1903Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

Kun
うしな.うう.せる
On
シツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
447 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-5-4SKIP code
0a5.28The Kanji Dictionary
2503.0Four corner code
2463deroo
5931Unicode hex code
1-28-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
178Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1141New Nelson (John Haig)
3511New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4325Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2189Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2947Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
845Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
908Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
523A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
238Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5844Morohashi
501A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
311Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
311Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
418sakade
447Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
529henshall3
452Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
346crowley
594Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.13busy_people
413Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
853Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi1Pinyin reading
silKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level