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hegemony
Stroke count: 19

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hegemonyRtK
    彼は世界選手権で４連覇を成し遂げた。He won four successive world championships.tatoeba
    「スーパーソニック」は世界制覇すると思うかい。Do you think the Supersonics will go all the way to the world championships?tatoeba
  2. supremacy
  3. leadership
  4. champion
  1. supremacy (over a nation)
  2. domination
  3. championship

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old west · leather · flowers (艹) · car (車) · mouth (口) · ten (十) · needle (丨) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2043

Compound words

制覇せいは
conquest; domination; supremacy; mastery; winning (a championship)
覇気はき
spirit; drive; vigour; vigor; ambition
覇権はけん
hegemony
覇者はしゃ
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
連覇れんぱ
successive championships
争覇そうは
contending for victory
覇業はぎょう
domination
覇道はどう
military rule
争覇戦そうはせん
struggle for supremacy
覇王樹サボテン
cactus

Additional Examples

この地域に覇権を主張した国家がなかったという事実に注意を払わねばならない。
We must pay attention to the fact that no nation claimed sovereignty over this region.tatoeba
「スーパーソニック」は世界制覇すると思うかい。
Do you think the Supersonics will go all the way to the world championships?tatoeba

Stroke Order

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