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Chinese symbol for “victory”

胜利
shèng lì
Traditional: 勝利
victory; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for victory is 胜利 (shèng lì), defined as: victory; 个 (gè).

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

胜 shèng
victory; to excel, to truimph
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes
利 lì
gains, advantage, profit, merit
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “victory”

WordPinyinMeaning
胜 (勝)shèngvictory; success
捷jiévictory; triumph
胜仗 (勝仗)shèng zhàngvictory; victorious battle
胜出 (勝出)shèng chūto come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 胜利.

WordPinyinMeaning
战胜 (戰勝)zhàn shèngto prevail over; to defeat
获胜 (獲勝)huò shèngto win
胜出 (勝出)shèng chūto come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc)
胜过 (勝過)shèng guòto excel; to surpass
胜任 (勝任)shèng rènqualified; competent (professionally)
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
利益lì yìbenefit; (in sb's) interest

See also: Japanese symbol for “victory”.

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.