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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Cantonese

Hanzi

勇 (jyutping jung5, jung6, Yale yung5, yung6)

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Japanese

Kanji

勇 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: いさましい (isamashii), いさむ (isamu)

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

勇 (pinyin yǒng (yong3), Yǒng (Yong3), Wade-Giles yung³, Yung³)

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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Vietnamese

Han character

勇 (dũng, xõng, dõng, rụng)

Compounds

• dũng cảm [勇敢]