The kanji 勝: meaning, readings and stroke order

勝

Meaning: win
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: か（つ） katsu、まさ（る） masaru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 力 power, force
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thắng
Japanese: かつ。
Korean: 이기다 (승)
Chinese: 赢、胜利 (胜)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading

決けっ勝しょう
final (match)
明日はいよいよ 決けっ勝しょうです。
Tomorrow is the final at last.

か（つ） katsu · kun reading

勝かつ
to win
はじめて兄に 勝かちました。
I beat my big brother for the first time.

まさ（る） masaru · kun reading · less common

勝まさる
to be better than
実力は相手に 勝まさります。
We are more skilled than the other team.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.