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成功

せいこう

success

Mnemonic

He carried the thing through to the end of itself, and the work and the power in it finally came out where people could see. Say せい it, co こう. Twenty years at one company: せいこう.

Built from

become, achieve
Built on 戈 a halberd, with a stroke carried through it. Seeing a thing all the way to the end of itself.
achievement, merit
工 carpenter's square + 力 power

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growth completion, finish

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