Read Edit View history 失 shī HSK3 lose Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person with their hair loose. Based on the original meaning "leisure; carefree", now written as 佚. The meaning later shifted to "lose" and "fail". Pinyin Separate values with commas shī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 失 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 323, 702 ], [ 351, 666 ], [ 324, 597 ], [ 279, 524 ], [ 211, 460 ] ], [ [ 333, 557 ], [ 474, 573 ], [ 656, 622 ], [ 705, 620 ] ], [ [ 203, 349 ], [ 262, 343 ], [ 402, 372 ], [ 744, 421 ], [ 828, 403 ] ], [ [ 474, 820 ], [ 526, 775 ], [ 506, 427 ], [ 487, 317 ], [ 466, 255 ], [ 439, 202 ], [ 407, 159 ], [ 344, 104 ], [ 265, 61 ], [ 144, 22 ] ], [ [ 525, 349 ], [ 530, 321 ], [ 558, 286 ], [ 680, 142 ], [ 754, 72 ], [ 792, 55 ], [ 943, 25 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 340 575 Q 382 644 392 660 Q 402 673 387 687 Q 344 720 319 714 Q 309 711 311 697 Q 324 613 238 504 Q 229 501 201 460 Q 194 444 208 450 Q 259 459 326 554 L 340 575 Z", "M 540 564 Q 703 604 711 609 Q 721 618 716 627 Q 707 640 676 647 Q 643 653 611 640 Q 577 628 543 617 L 492 602 Q 423 586 342 576 Q 341 576 340 575 C 311 569 303 568 326 554 Q 335 545 372 537 Q 396 534 490 553 L 540 564 Z", "M 524 370 Q 618 383 763 386 Q 830 386 837 397 Q 841 410 824 425 Q 764 464 727 454 Q 651 436 529 412 L 478 403 Q 351 384 205 360 Q 183 357 199 339 Q 238 308 274 320 Q 364 347 471 362 L 524 370 Z", "M 521 357 Q 522 364 524 370 L 529 412 Q 538 553 540 564 L 543 617 Q 546 725 571 769 Q 578 787 568 799 Q 544 818 502 831 Q 475 838 466 831 Q 456 824 464 810 Q 489 770 491 720 Q 492 662 492 602 L 490 553 Q 487 496 478 403 L 471 362 Q 441 224 370 160 Q 301 94 152 35 Q 139 28 137 24 Q 138 20 150 17 Q 174 13 232 29 Q 331 53 402 117 Q 480 186 513 319 L 521 357 Z", "M 513 319 Q 604 183 724 38 Q 745 13 780 13 Q 901 12 939 17 Q 949 20 952 25 Q 953 31 937 39 Q 775 102 723 147 Q 629 234 521 357 C 501 379 496 344 513 319 Z" ] } 5 strokes 失 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 318, 707 ], [ 353, 667 ], [ 334, 618 ], [ 265, 508 ], [ 205, 458 ] ], [ [ 328, 560 ], [ 714, 623 ] ], [ [ 199, 353 ], [ 258, 343 ], [ 733, 421 ], [ 835, 406 ] ], [ [ 467, 823 ], [ 530, 771 ], [ 505, 416 ], [ 467, 255 ], [ 350, 110 ], [ 142, 25 ] ], [ [ 518, 350 ], [ 750, 75 ], [ 945, 26 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M340,575C369,620 384,650 392,660C398,670 397,679 387,687C358,710 335,719 319,714C312,713 309,707 311,697C319,641 301,587 238,504C226,490 214,478 201,460C193,451 198,448 208,450C241,458 283,490 326,554C335,568 335,568 340,575Z", "M540,564C649,589 706,606 711,609C718,615 719,622 716,627C710,636 696,643 676,647C654,652 632,649 611,640C588,632 565,624 543,617C509,607 509,607 492,602C461,593 367,577 340,575C332,574 319,559 326,554C332,548 347,542 372,537C387,535 427,540 490,553C523,560 523,560 540,564Z", "M524,370C586,380 666,385 763,386C807,387 833,390 837,397C840,406 836,417 824,425C784,453 751,461 727,454C676,442 610,427 529,412C495,406 495,406 478,403C393,389 302,376 205,360C190,358 187,350 199,339C223,317 249,313 274,320C333,339 399,352 471,362C506,367 506,367 524,370Z", "M522,357C522,362 523,366 524,370C527,398 527,398 529,412C535,470 538,537 540,564C542,599 542,599 543,617C547,689 555,740 571,769C576,781 575,792 568,799C552,813 530,823 502,831C484,837 472,836 466,831C459,827 458,820 464,810C480,784 490,754 491,720C492,682 493,642 492,602C491,569 491,569 490,553C488,515 488,465 478,403C473,376 473,376 471,362C455,270 416,204 370,160C323,117 250,76 152,35C142,32 137,27 137,24C136,22 141,18 150,17C238,16 340,63 402,117C454,163 495,230 514,319C519,344 519,344 522,357Z", "M514,319C574,229 643,135 724,38C737,22 756,14 780,13C860,13 913,13 939,17C945,19 950,22 952,25C953,29 948,35 937,39C829,82 757,117 723,147C659,205 594,275 522,357C514,367 506,329 514,319Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.