Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
victory, win, prevail, excel
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 勝 【ショウ】 win, victory, beautiful scenery, scenic spot, counter for wins
  • 勝因 【ショウイン】 cause of victory, reason for (one's) success
  • 必勝 【ヒッショウ】 certain victory
  • 快勝 【カイショウ】 sweeping victory, easy victory

Kun reading compounds

  • 勝つ 【かつ】 to win, to gain victory
  • 褐色 【かちいろ】 dark indigo (almost black)
  • 勝る 【まさる】 to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate
  • 優るとも劣らない 【まさるともおとらない】 not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)
  • 優れる 【すぐれる】 to surpass, to outstrip, to excel
  • 勝つ 【かつ】 to win, to gain victory
  • 褐色 【かちいろ】 dark indigo (almost black)

Readings

Japanese names:
かち、 と、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng4, sheng1
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • ganar
  • sobresalir

Portuguese

  • vitória
  • vencer
  • prevalecer
  • superar

French

  • victoire
  • gagner
  • l'emporter
  • surpasser
250 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
335 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
319 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
197 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3787 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
266 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
373 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1613 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
509 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
518 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
263 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
224 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1268 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
918 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1217 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2409 Morohashi
1005 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
553 New Nelson (John Haig)
1209 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1294 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
419 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
401 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3945 2001 Kanji
4b8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
7922.7 Four corner code
1-30-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52dd Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
outline, condition, approximation, generally
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 概 【ガイ】 appearance, look, aspect, strong spirit, mettle
  • 概算 【ガイサン】 approximation, rough estimate, ballpark figure
  • 感慨 【カンガイ】 deep emotion, strong feelings
  • 気概 【キガイ】 strong spirit, mettle, backbone, guts, fighting spirit

Kun reading compounds

  • 概ね 【おおむね】 in general, generally, mostly, roughly, largely, mainly, on the whole, by and large, gist, point, main idea

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gai4
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • aproximadamente
  • generalmente
  • condición
  • situación

Portuguese

  • contorno
  • condição
  • aproximação
  • geralmente

French

  • grandes lignes
  • dans l'ensemble
  • approximation
  • en gros
  • en général
1072 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2344 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1196 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1443 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1459 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1553 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1107 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1322 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
717 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
959 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1494 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15217P Morohashi
1048 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2824 New Nelson (John Haig)
1482 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1594 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1709 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4191.4 Four corner code
1-19-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6982 Unicode hex code