EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 7
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to lose

    ミスで財産を失った。
    My mistake cost me my fortune.
  2. to miss (a chance, opportunity)

  3. to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of

  4. to concede (goals, points, etc.)

Also written 喪う【うしなう】

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Characters in this word

1
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

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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