EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival

    睡眠は薬に勝る。
    Sleep is better than medicine.
  2. to outweigh; to preponderate

Also written 優る【まさる】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

victory, win, prevail, excel

Kun
か.つ-が.ちまさ.るすぐ.れるかつ
On
ショウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
185 of 2500
Radical
power
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

かちよし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4b8.4The Kanji Dictionary
7922.7Four corner code
3945deroo
52ddUnicode hex code
1-30-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3787Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
553New Nelson (John Haig)
1005New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1268Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
686Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
918Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1209Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1294Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
197A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1613Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
266Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2409Morohashi
319A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
509Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
518Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
250sakade
373Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
335henshall3
401Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
419crowley
263Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
224Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1217Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng4, sheng1Pinyin reading
seungKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level