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勝

JLPT N3 SL3 12 strokes Frequency: #185

Meanings

Victory, Win, Prevail, Excel

Radicals

力

Decomposition

⿰月劵

Etymology

Pictophonetic: flesh

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom

2 hook bottom-to-top

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 dot right-to-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

12 diagonal right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ shou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すぐ sugu

かつ katsu

か ka

まさ masa

Words Using This Kanji

269 words total

Other (20 words)

to win

勝手にかってに

arbitrarily

勝利者しょうりしゃ

winner

勝ち通すかちとおす

to win straight victories

勝楽しょうらく

Cakrasamvara

勝訴しょうそ

winning a (legal) case

勝たれぬかたれぬ

unable to win

勝ち味かちみ

sign of victory

勝者しょうしゃ

winner

勝負しょうぶ

victory or defeat

勝ち越しかちこし

having more wins than losses

勝ち目かちめ

chance (of success)

勝手かって

one's own convenience

勝利しょうり

victory

勝ち抜くかちぬく

to win through (e.g. to the next round)

勝算しょうさん

prospects of victory

勝敗しょうはい

victory or defeat

勝報しょうほう

news of a victory

真剣勝負しんけんしょうぶ

fighting with real swords

我勝ちにわれがちに

scrambling

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