Hanja Analyzer
勝

勝 — seung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이길 승
Romanization
seung
English
victory; excel, be better than
Mandarin
shèng
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
か.つ -が.ち まさ.る すぐ.れる かつ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#185 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
力 (19, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
朕
Unicode
U+52DD

Parts that make up 勝

  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다
  • 劵 게으를 권, 고달플 권, 수고로울 권

How 勝 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 勝 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 朕, 力.

Korean example words with 勝

  • 승부勝負 Korean gloss: 이김과 짐
  • 승운勝運 Korean gloss: 이길 운수
  • 승경勝景 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 경치
  • 필승必勝 Korean gloss: 반드시 이김
  • 승전勝戰 Korean gloss: 싸움에서 이김
  • 전승戰勝 Korean gloss: 싸움에서 이김
  • 건승健勝 Korean gloss: 탈 없이 건강함
  • 승지勝地 Korean gloss: 경치가 좋은 곳
  • 승국勝國 Korean gloss: 바로 전대의 왕조
  • 승기勝機 Korean gloss: 이길 수 있는 기회
  • 승적勝跡 Korean gloss: 이름난 고적(古跡)
  • 명승名勝 Korean gloss: 훌륭하고 이름난 경치

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 勝

  • 優勝ゆうしょう overall victory; championship; winning the title
  • 決勝けっしょう decision of a contest; finals
  • 勝利しょうり victory; triumph; win
  • 勝負しょうぶ victory or defeat; match; contest
  • 勝るまさる to excel; to surpass; to exceed
  • 連勝れんしょう consecutive victories; series of victories; winning streak
  • 勝ちかち win; victory
  • 準決勝じゅんけっしょう semifinal
  • 勝ち越しかちこし having more wins than losses; taking the lead (in points, goals, etc.)
  • 全勝ぜんしょう complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
  • 勝敗しょうはい victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
  • 逆転勝ちぎゃくてんがち comeback victory; comeback

Characters sharing the phonetic 朕

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “승”

Other hanja with radical 力

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