勝 – victory, win, prevail

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#185 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 勝 means victory, win, prevail, excel. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.つ、-が.ち、まさ.る、すぐ.れる、かつ (katsu, gachi, masaru, sugureru, katsu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 力 (no. 19).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	か.つ	katsu
Kun’yomi	-が.ち	gachi
Kun’yomi	まさ.る	masaru
Kun’yomi	すぐ.れる	sugureru
Kun’yomi	かつ	katsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 力 (Kangxi radical 19). Components: 月・人・大・二・并・力.

Words using 勝

勝つかつto win勝ちかちwin優勝ゆうしょうoverall victory勝敗しょうはいvictory or defeat勝負しょうぶvictory or defeat勝しょうwin勝手にかってにarbitrarily決勝けっしょうdecision of a contest勝手かってone's own convenience勝利しょうりvictory勝るまさるto excel

Example sentences

この病気に勝てる人は少ない。

Not many survive this disease.

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試合は彼の勝ちに終わった。

The match ended in victory for him.

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トムが優勝したんでしょう。

Tom got first prize, didn't he?

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Kanji with the same radical

力動務加勢助労効努募勤功勉勧励勇

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