勇

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 甬 + semantic 力 (“strong”) – brave and strong.

Han character

勇 (radical 19 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓月大尸 (NBKS), four-corner 1742₇, composition ⿱甬力)

1. brave, courageous, fierce
2. A (typically male) given name

See also

• 男

References

• KangXi: page 147, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2360
• Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 372, character 7
• Unihan data for U+52C7

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		勇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng, Yǒng (yong³, Yong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ, ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁵, jung⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): ióng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yung³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yung³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeong
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁵, jung⁶
    • Yale: yúhng, yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁵, jung⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ¹³/, /jʊŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (勇, reconstructed)
Character (勇), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 鍾 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 余隴切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨoŋX/	/i̯woŋX/	/ioŋX/	/jioŋX/	/juawŋX/	/jĭwoŋX/	/ioŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (勇, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
勇								yǒng								‹ yowngX ›								/*loŋʔ/								brave
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
勇					15449					用					東					0					勇					/*loŋʔ/

Compounds

• 勇敢
• 勇悍
• 勇建
• 勇决
• 勇力
• 勇猛
• 勇气
• 勇士
• 勇往直前
• 勇武
• 勇毅
• 勇于
• 勇壮

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Japanese

Kanji

勇

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. courage

Readings

• Goon: ゆ (yu), ゆう (yū)
• Kan’on: よう (yō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: いさ.ましい (isa.mashii), いさ.む (isa.mu)
• Nanori: いさむ (isamu), お (o), はや (haya)

Compounds

Compounds

勇敢 勇気 勇姿 勇者 勇壮 勇退 勇猛

Proper noun

勇 (hiragana いさむ, romaji Isamu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

勇 (yong) (hangeul 용, revised yong, McCune-Reischauer yong, Yale yong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勇 (dũng, xõng, dõng, rụng)

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Compounds

• dũng cảm [勇敢]