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勝

Win
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingか.つ、まさ.る

Verbs with «勝»

勝つ勝てる勝利する勝る優勝する勝ち取る勝負する

Meanings

  1. win
    彼は必ず試合に勝つだろう。It is certain that he'll win the game.tatoeba
  2. excel
  3. prevail
  4. victoryRtK
  1. beautiful scenery
  2. scenic spot
  3. counter for wins

Popular Usage

勝つ勝ち勝敗勝負決勝

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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edam · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · quarter · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1294

Compound words

彼は父に勝るとも劣らず利口だ。
He is not less clever than his father.tatoeba
彼は非常に強い、あまり強くてだれも彼には打ち勝てない。
He is very strong--so much so that no one can defeat him.tatoeba
彼は彼女の愛を勝ち得た。
He gained her affections.tatoeba
切った石を蒸した側が勝つ。
The player who steamed the hit stones won.wiki
物部氏と蘇我氏対立し、蘇我氏勝つ。
Soga clan emerges victorious after confrontation with Mononobe clanwiki
法探坊の勝ちと認められた。
As a result, Hotan-bo was admitted as a winner.wiki
双六は長谷雄が勝ち続けた。
Haseo won the sugoroku game in succession.wiki
転じて勝敗のない事である。
It also has the meaning derived from this that the outcome of a game is not decided.wiki
これを何回か行い勝敗を決める。
Usually the players play the best of several games.wiki
呉清源との勝負碁
Go Game with Seigen GOwiki
立合は役者同士の真剣勝負である。
Tachiai is a play performed in earnest by players.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

身勝手な行動により迷惑がかかる
みがってなこうどうによりめいわくがかかるSelfish behavior causes trouble.
優勝争いより降格がどのチームになるかに注目が集まった
ゆうしょうあらそいよりこうかくがどのちーむになるかにちゅうもくがあつまったAttention focused on which team would be relegated, rather than the title race.
こういう展開になったら主人公が勝つんだよなあ
こういうてんかいになったらしゅじんこうがかつんだよなあWith a development like this, the protagonist always wins.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Win. 月 + 劵 (strength of both hands) — putting in all your strength and winning.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 勝

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step