Onyomi: シツ · Kunyomi: う.せる, うしな.う · Meanings: disadvantage, error, fault, lose, loss
Kanji for disadvantage, error, fault, lose, loss
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差 is made from 羊, meaning “sheep,” on top, and 工, meaning “work” or “tool,” on the bottom. The image shows a sheep being examined or measured carefully with tools. This sense of distinguishing or noticing differences developed into the meaning of difference, distinction, or gap. From this idea, 差 came to mean difference, variation, or discrepancy.
差 shows examining a sheep with tools, representing difference or distinction.
Picture comparing two sheep carefully with a measuring tool. The gap or difference you notice is 差.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 失 | しつ | loss (of something), disadvantage | Noun |
| 失業 | しつぎょう | unemployment | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 無くす | なくす | to lose (something) | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 失恋 | しつれん | disappointed love, broken heart, unrequited love, being lovelorn | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 失敗 | しっぱい | failure, mistake, blunder | common JLPT-N4 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 無くなる | なくなる | to be lost (e.g. luggage), to be missing | common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 失う | うしなう | to lose | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 失望 | しつぼう | disappointment, despair | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 失格 | しっかく | disqualification, elimination, incapacity | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb |
| 失明 | しつめい | loss of eyesight, loss of sight, going blind, blindness | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |