勝 — victory, win, prevail

しょう勝 victory

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes war sports

U+52DD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #185 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1294 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

victory
win
prevail
excel

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しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

勝(しょう) shou victory 勝(しょう) 負(ぶ) shoubu match 決(けっ) 勝(しょう) kesshou finals 勝(しょう) 者(しゃ) shousha winner 勝(しょう) 利(り) shouri victory 連(れん) 勝(しょう) renshou consecutive victories 勝(しょう) 敗(はい) shouhai victory or defeat 必(ひっ) 勝(しょう) hisshou certain victory

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

勝(か) つ katsu to win 勝(か) ち kachi win 勝(か) てる kateru to be able to win 勝(か) ち取(と) る kachitoru to win

まさ masa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

勝(まさ) る masaru to surpass

かっ・がっ ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

勝(かっ) 手(て) katte selfish 使(つか) い勝(がっ) 手(て) tsukaigatte usability 自(じ) 分(ぶん) 勝(かっ) 手(て) jibunkatte selfish

Appears in idioms

自分勝手四字熟語

self, divide, victory, hand

先手必勝四字熟語

previous, hand, invariably, victory

Stroke order

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Components

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つき月 month #74

劵 weary (component)

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勝 — victory, win, prevail

Meanings

word

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

まさ masa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

かっ・がっ ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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勝 — victory, win, prevail

Meanings

word

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

まさ masa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

かっ ・がっ ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

かっ・がっ ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).