胜 shèng victory; success; to beat
Made up of [月 yuè moon; month radical 74, 生 shēng produce; bear radical 100]Alternative traditional form of character: 勝
Made with 9 strokes.
Sheng as right part provides phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 月 yuè component: 胆 dǎn (the gall) 服 fú (clothes) 肝 gān (liver) 湖 hú (lake) 胡 hú (beard) 胶 jiāo (to glue) 明 míng (bright) 能 néng (to be able to) 朋 péng (friend) 朋 péng (friend) 期 qī (phase) 前 qián (front) 青 qīng (green) 散 sàn (to scatter) 隋 suí (Sui) 阴 yīn (yin) 有 yǒu (have) 朝 zhāo (dynasty)
Also uses 生 shēng component: 姓 xìng (surname) 星 xīng (star)
Sounds same
圣 shèng (holy)Different tone
生 shēng (produce) 升 shēng 声 shēng (sound)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
哀兵必胜 āi bīng bì shèng Strong emotion galvanizes effort青出于蓝而胜于蓝 qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán Wise schooling has produced excellence beyond the teacher. The follower has surpassed the master.
事实胜于雄辩 shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn Better to act than just talk about it