Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 失
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失 |
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Meaning |
to lose, to miss, to fail |
Pronunciation |
shī |
Explanation |
Top left: accent ノ (for emphasis), rest: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.) |
Mnemonic
| I emphasize: the husband will lose. |
Radicals
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失
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to lose, to fail | |
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夫
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husband | (The big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)) |
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丶
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dot | (Like an accent on a character, this radical is understood as an emphasis.) |
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ノ
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bent stroke | (emphasis, accent) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 失去 |
shī qù |
to lose | | 损失 |
sǔn shī |
loss; damage; to lose; to damage | | 消失 |
xiāo shī |
to disappear; to fade away | | 丧失 |
sàng shī |
to lose; to forfeit | | 失业 |
shī yè |
unemployment | | 失踪 |
shī zōng |
missing; lost; unaccounted for | | 丢失 |
diū shī |
to lose; lost | | 失眠 |
shī mián |
(suffer from) insomnia | | 惆怅若失 |
chóu chàng ruò shī |
to feel despondent (idiom) |
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