shī

to lose

How it’s built

Pictograph of something falling out of the hand.

iconic

hand

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iconic

characterless component — Depicts an object falling out of the hand.

Through the ages

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 失 as a component, most common first.

铁tiěiron 秩zhìorder 迭diérepeatedly 轶yìto surpass 鉄zhíiron 軼yìto surpass

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