What 勝 means
It means to prevail or outdo someone.
Documented forms include bronze inscriptions from the late Warring States period, then manuscripts from the state of Chu, Qin writing slips (narrow strips used as pages), and clerical script, a style of Chinese writing. The Han-era Chinese dictionary Shuowen records older senses such as “bear” and “handle,” alongside meanings tied to victory.
A standalone 勝 can be a slogan: Yokohama DeNA used it as its 2013 season slogan.
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Who writes 勝
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Combination ideas
1In Japanese, a contest or match, not victory alone.
Questions people ask
1Why does 勝 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 勝
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- shèng · katsu · shō · masaru · win · victory
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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HTML
勝CSS
\52DDCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\52DD";
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URL encoded
%E5%8B%9D
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UTF-8 bytes
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