覇 means “supremacy, championship”

は · ha

Also: hegemony, leadership, champion

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はたがしら

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハ, ハク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 19 strokes

The story

Leather (革) and the moon (月) under a cover (覀): 覇 once named the moon's first faint light, and today it names the ruler who outshines the rest. Sports pages love it: 制覇 is winning it all, 連覇 back-to-back titles, and Okinawa's capital is 那覇.

Used in 制覇 (seiha, conquest/winning the title), 連覇 (renpa, consecutive titles), and 覇権 (haken, hegemony)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.