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赢

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to beat; to win; to profit

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
17
Radical
貝 +13
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
贏
Common rank
#2,872
Unicode
U+8D62

Formation & memory

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How 赢 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

money

Components 吂 ⺼ 贝 ? unknown part

How to remember it

win · Heisig RSH #1723

perish + 口 mouth + flesh + oyster + 凡 ordinary

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 赢

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
赢家通吃 yíng jiā tōng chī winner takes all
赢家 yíng jiā winner
赢面 yíng miàn chance of winning
赢利 yíng lì gain; profit; to make a profit
打赢 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent)
赢得 yíng dé to win; to gain
赢球 yíng qiú (ball sports) to win a match
双赢 shuāng yíng profitable to both sides; a win-win situation
共赢 gòng yíng mutually profitable; win-win
赢余 yíng yú variant of 盈餘|盈余[ying2 yu2]
跑赢 pǎo yíng (finance) to outperform (the market); to outpace (inflation)
输赢 shū yíng win or loss; outcome
躺赢 tǎng yíng to win without needing to even lift a finger; victory presented on a platter