shèng

victory

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

生 sound component

  Sound component

shēng

  

life

Evolution

胜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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shèng

victory; excel, be better than; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task)

Most common words with 胜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

胜利

victory

victory

战胜

to defeat

获胜

victorious

胜过

to excel