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Kanji for Victory
The kanji for “victory” is 勝, read shou and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
victory
Victory and excellence; winning against the odds.
12 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading かつ、がち、まさる (katsu, gachi, masaru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: victory, win, prevail, excel
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ka, katsu, shou, masa
In Japan it appears in about 587 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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