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勝負

しょうぶ

match, contest

Mnemonic

Winning and losing bolted into the one word, which is what a contest actually is. Not-sorry しょう against the mackerel ぶ, and it has only just started: しょうぶ.

Built from

win, excel
力 power down in the bottom right. Whoever came out on top.
lose, bear
貝 a shell, money, with a figure bent over it. Carrying what you owe.

Words sharing these kanji

selfish, self-centered triumph, victory to lose to carry on one's back, to shoulder

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