Chinese symbol for “victorious”
胜
shèng
Traditional: 勝
victory; success; to beat; to defeat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for victorious is 胜 (shèng), defined as: victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胜利 (勝利) | shèng lì | victory; 个 (gè) |
| 战胜 (戰勝) | zhàn shèng | to prevail over; to defeat |
| 获胜 (獲勝) | huò shèng | to win |
| 胜出 (勝出) | shèng chū | to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc) |
| 胜过 (勝過) | shèng guò | to excel; to surpass |
| 胜任 (勝任) | shèng rèn | qualified; competent (professionally) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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