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Chinese symbol for “winning”

优胜
yōu shèng
Traditional: 優勝
(of a contestant) winning; superior; excellent

The closest CC-CEDICT match for winning is 优胜 (yōu shèng), defined as: (of a contestant) winning; superior; excellent.

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

优 yōu
superior; elegant
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
胜 shèng
victory; to excel, to truimph
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 优胜.

WordPinyinMeaning
优秀 (優秀)yōu xiùoutstanding; excellent
优势 (優勢)yōu shìsuperiority; dominance
优惠 (優惠)yōu huìprivilege; favorable (terms)
优先 (優先)yōu xiānto have priority; to take precedence
优质 (優質)yōu zhìexcellent quality
优化 (優化)yōu huàto optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff
胜利 (勝利)shèng lìvictory; 个 (gè)
战胜 (戰勝)zhàn shèngto prevail over; to defeat

See also: Japanese symbol for “winning”.

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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