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

13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly
Kun:
ほこ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1272 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誇張 【コチョウ】 exaggeration
  • 誇大 【コダイ】 exaggeration, hyperbole

Kun reading compounds

  • 誇る 【ほこる】 to boast of, to be proud of, to take pride in

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kua1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • orgullo
  • jactancia
  • alarde
  • exageración
  • enorgullecerse
  • alardear
  • ostentar
  • exagerar

Portuguese

  • contar vantagem
  • estar orgulhoso
  • orgulho
  • triunfantemente

French

  • vantardise
  • orgueil
  • fierté
  • triomphant
1233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1157 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4354 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1202 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1753 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1629 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
950 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1679 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1921 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1022 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1381 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1252 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35474 Morohashi
1522 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5605 New Nelson (John Haig)
1244 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1332 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1666 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3052 2001 Kanji
7a6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
1-7-7 SKIP code
0462.7 Four corner code
1-24-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a87 Unicode hex code