赢家
yíng jiā · HSK 7
winner
🏆 赢 (win) + 家 (-er, the person suffix as in 玩家 player) = the winner
家 here is the agent suffix meaning the one who does it, the same 家 in 玩家 (player) and 专家 (expert). Stack it on 赢 win and you get the win-person: the winner. Sound: ying jia.
赢 — 亡 + 口 + 月 + 貝 + 凡
赢 is a complex compound traditionally analyzed as five parts representing qualities needed to win: 亡 (caution about loss), 口 (communication), 月 (time/patience), 貝 (money/resources), and 凡 (an ordinary, balanced mind). Originally meaning to gain or have a surplus, it came to mean 'to win' or 'profit'.
家 — roof 宀 + pig 豕
Originally a pictograph of a pig under a roof, since domesticated pigs were kept in or under the home in ancient China. Over time the meaning broadened from 'household' to 'family,' and by extension 'home' or a specialist (as in 专家, 'expert').