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Kanji Information Sheet for 勝 ( 
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| English: victory win prevail excel | On-Yomi: ショウ | Kun-Yomi: か.つ -が.ち まさ.る すぐ.れる かつ かち と よし |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
力 (ちから) – strong
肋 (キ, はだ) – texture; skin; body; grain
肉 (にく) – meat
力 (ちから) – strong
肋 (キ, はだ) – texture; skin; body; grain
肉 (にく) – meat
Henshall Mnemonic: with effort, two fires can surpass moon
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #185 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #185 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 優勝 [ゆうしょう]
(n,vs) overall victory; championship [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝ち [かち]
(n) win; victory [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 勝敗 [しょうはい]
(n) victory or defeat; issue (of battle) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝負 [しょうぶ]
(n,vs) victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 決勝 [けっしょう]
(n) decision of a contest; finals (in sports) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝る [まさる]
(v5r) to excel; to surpass; to outrival [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝手 [かって]
(adj-na,n) kitchen; one's own convenience; one's way; selfishness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝利 [しょうり]
(n) victory; triumph; conquest; success; win [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 全勝 [ぜんしょう]
(n) complete victory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 連勝 [れんしょう]
(n,vs) consecutive victories; series of victories [K] [D] [Jisho] - 景勝 [けいしょう]
(n) picturesque scenery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大勝 [たいしょう]
(n) great victory; crushing victory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 逆転勝ち [ぎゃくてんがち]
(vs) winning after defeat seems certain; coming from behind to win [K] [D] [Jisho] - 必勝 [ひっしょう]
(n) certain victory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決勝点 [けっしょうてん]
(n) winning point (goal); finishing line [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝ち越し [かちこし]
(n) more wins than losses (sport) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝ち越す [かちこす]
(v5s) to have more wins than losses; to lead (someone) by (three) matches [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝ち星 [かちぼし]
(n) (mark indicating) a win [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝ち負け [かちまけ]
(n) victory or defeat [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝因 [しょういん]
(n) cause of victory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 準決勝 [じゅんけっしょう]
(n) semifinal (in sports) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝者 [しょうしゃ]
(n) winner; victor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝訴 [しょうそ]
(n) winning a lawsuit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勝率 [しょうりつ]
(n) winning percentage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 圧勝 [あっしょう]
(n,vs) complete victory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 快勝 [かいしょう]
(n,vs) sweeping victory; easy victory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 戦勝 [せんしょう]
(n) victory; triumph [K] [D] [Jisho] - 殊勝 [しゅしょう]
(adj-na,n) admirable; laudable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 辛勝 [しんしょう]
(n) narrow victory [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.