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Kanji Detail for 勝 - "win, victory, excel"

勝

  • Meaning

    勝 means "win, victory, excel."

    1. Win - To triumph; to defeat.

    2. Excel - To surpass; to be superior.

    3. Overcome - To prevail; to conquer.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    victory; win; prevail; excel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    victory; excel, be better than

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    victory; to excel, to truimph

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Opposite of 敗 (defeat). Being superior to the enemy is called 勝. Such as 百戰百勝 (win every battle). | All superior things are called 勝. Such as 形勝 (strategic location), 名勝 (famous site), 勝景 (beautiful scenery), 勝概 (splendid view). | To surpass. Such as 略勝一籌 (slightly better), 聊勝於無 (better than nothing). | Hair ornament. Ancients cut colored paper into flowers to decorate hair, called 花勝. Such as 春勝 (spring ornament), 方勝 (diamond-shaped ornament). Now it's the ribbon bow that women wear. There's a bird called 戴勝 (hoopoe), meaning it has yellow feathers rising distinctly on its head like wearing an ornament. | A term for what has been defeated. Such as 勝朝 (former dynasty), 勝國 (conquered state), referring to the previous dynasty that has perished, meaning the state that the current government conquered. | To bear; to withstand. Being able to handle a task is called 勝任. Such as 弱不勝衣 (too weak to bear one's clothes). In correspondence, 不勝惶恐 (overwhelmed with trepidation), 不勝驚駭 (extremely shocked) mean it's so excessive that one cannot bear it.
  • Onyomitip

    shoh(しょう) しょう

  • Kunyomitip

    ka.tsu(かつ) かつ

    masa.ru(まさる) まさる

    sugu.reru(すぐれる) すぐれる

    ta.eru(たえる) たえる

  • Strokestip

    12 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords
    win victory triumph excel surpass overcome conquer prevail defeat superior champion succeed beat outdo master dominate vanquish outstanding supreme best

Sentences including 勝

  • He won't have a look-in.

  • Do you doubt that he will win?

  • The day is ours without doubt.

  • He is certain to win the game.

  • You shall not have your own way in everything.

  • He is ahead of us in english.

  • I'm sure that our team will win.

  • I am sure of winning the tennis match.

  • Which team is likely to win?

  • England is going to win the match.

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