胜 shèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胜利
shènglì
victory
Characters in this word
利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我们胜利了。 Wǒ men shèng lì le. We won.
- 胜利属于你。 Shèng lì shǔ yú nǐ. Victory belongs to you.
- 他取得胜利。 Tā qǔ dé shèng lì. He wins a victory.