勝って驕らず負けて腐らず (かっておごらずまけてくさらず) — in victory, remember your humility; in defeat, remember your fighting spirit | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

in victory remember your humility; in defeat and remember your fighting spirit

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Character: 1/12

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

勝って驕らず負けて腐らず

in victory, remember your humility; in defeat, remember your fighting spirit

かっておごらずまけてくさらず

勝

victory, win, prevail...

か.つ, -が.ち, ショウ

𰮤

力

power, strength, strong...

ちから, リョク, リキ

驕

pride, haughtiness

おご.る, キョウ

馬

うま, うま-, バ

灬

( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)

喬

たか.い, キョウ

夭

early death, calamity

わか.い, わかじに, ヨウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

口

くち, コウ, ク

冋

desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13

まきがまえ, えながまえ, キョウ

冂

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

キョウ, ケイ

口

くち, コウ, ク

負

defeat, negative, -...

ま.ける, ま.かす, フ

⺈

貝

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

腐

rot, decay, sour

くさ.る, -くさ.る, フ

府

borough, urban prefecture, govt office...

广

dotted cliff radical (no. 53)

厂

wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)

かりがね, カン

付

adhere, attach, refer to...

つ.ける, -つ.ける, フ

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

寸

measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little...

肉

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