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勝

勝

勝 U+52DD, 勝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52DD
← 勜
[U+52DC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 勞 →
[U+52DE]
See also: 胜

Translingual

Han character

勝 (radical 19 力+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月火手尸 (BFQS), four-corner 79227, composition ⿰月劵)

References

  • KangXi: page 148, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2409
  • Dae Jaweon: page 335, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2090, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+52DD

Chinese

trad. 勝
simp. 胜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
黱 *l'ɯːs
朕 *l'ɯmʔ
鰧 *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣 *l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚 *l'ɯmʔ
眹 *l'ɯnʔ
騰 *l'ɯːŋ
滕 *l'ɯːŋ
縢 *l'ɯːŋ
儯 *l'ɯːŋ
幐 *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤 *l'ɯːŋ
謄 *l'ɯːŋ
膡 *l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐 *l'ɯːŋ
勝 *hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂 *hljɯŋs
榺 *hljɯŋs
塍 *ɦljɯŋ
媵 *ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸 *ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs) : phonetic 朕 ‎(OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 力 ‎(“strength”).

Graphically, the character decomposes as 月 + 劵, though this is not the etymology.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 勝 勝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 識蒸切 詩證切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕɨŋ/ /ɕɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕɨŋ/ /ɕɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕieŋ/ /ɕieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕiŋ/ /ɕiŋH/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiəŋ/ /ɕiəŋH/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭəŋ/ /ɕĭəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯əŋ/ /ɕi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shēng shèng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勝 勝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shēng shèng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sying › ‹ syingH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥əŋ/ /*l̥əŋ-s/
English equal to, capable of overcome; surpass

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勝 勝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 17127 17128
Phonetic
component		 朕 朕
Rime
group		 蒸 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 升 勝
Old
Chinese		 /*hljɯŋ/ /*hljɯŋs/

Definitions

勝

  1. victory, success
  2. to beat

Antonyms

See also

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

勝

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Definitions

  1. (win a game): かつ, かち
  2. (be superior to): まさる

Readings

Compounds

  • 勝気 (かちき) ‎(kachiki)
  • 勝鬨 (かちどき) ‎(kachidoki)
  • 勝 (か)ちを千里 (せんり)の外 (ほか)に決 (けっ)す ‎(kachi o senri no hoka ni kessu)
  • 殘 (ざん)に勝 (か)ち殺 (さつ)を去 (さ)るべし ‎(zan ni kachi satsu o saru beshi)
  • 勝引 (かちびき) ‎(kachibiki)
  • 勝因 (しょういん) ‎(shōin)
  • 勝会 (しょうかい) ‎(shōkai)
  • 勝軍 (しょうぐん) ‎(shōgun)
  • 勝景 (しょうけい) ‎(shōkei)
  • 勝国 (しょうこく) ‎(shōkoku)

References

  • New Nelson: 553
  • Halpern: 1005
  • Halpern Learners: 686
  • Heisig: 1209
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4b8.4
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Counter

勝 ‎(hiragana しょう, romaji -shō)

  1. wins, victories

Antonyms

Proper noun

勝 ‎(hiragana まさる, romaji Masaru)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

勝 • ‎(seung) (hangeul 승, revised seung, McCune-Reischauer sŭng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勝 (thắng, sền)

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