勇

勇 U+FA76, 勇 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA76 ← 冀 [U+FA75] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 勺 → [U+FA77]

勇 U+2F825, 勇 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F825 ← 㔕 [U+2F824] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 勉 → [U+2F826]

Translingual

Japanese	勇
Simplified	勇
Traditional	勇

Alternative forms

Note that in Japanese and Korean, the character is written 龴+田+力, as found in the Kangxi dictionary. In traditional Chinese (Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Vietnamese script, the character is written 龴+用+力. In modern simplified Chinese, the character is written similar to the traditional Chinese form but the lower right hook of 用 is missing.

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		勇
simp. #		勇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋʔ) : phonetic 甬 (OC *loŋʔ) + semantic 力 (“strong”) – brave and strong.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒng (yong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yúng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̄ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒng
    • Wade–Giles: yung³
    • Yale: yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung⁵
    • Yale: yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̄ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng
    • Tâi-lô: ióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ióng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 勇
Mandarin	Beijing	/yŋ²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/yŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ʐuŋ¹³/ /yŋ¹³/
	Jinan	/yŋ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/iŋ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/yuŋ⁵³/
	Xi'an	/yŋ⁵³/
	Xining	/yə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/yŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ỹn⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/yŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ioŋ⁴²/
	Chengdu	/yoŋ⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ioŋ⁴²/
	Kunming	/ioŋ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ioŋ²¹²/
	Hefei	/iŋ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/yəŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/yŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ỹŋ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ioŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ioŋ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔioŋ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/j̠yɔ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/yʌ̃³⁵/
	Tunxi	/in³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ioŋ⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/in⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iuŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/iuŋ³¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʒuŋ³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/joŋ²³/
	Nanning	/juŋ²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/juŋ¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iɔŋ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/œyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ioŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zoŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: yowngX

Rime
Character	勇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余隴切
Baxter	yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/jioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawŋX/
Li Rong	/ioŋX/
Wang Li	/jĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*loŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*loŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ yowngX ›
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/
English	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	勇
Reading #	1/1
No.	15449
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勇
Old Chinese	/*loŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 勇

1. courage, bravery
2. brave

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Japanese

Kanji

勇

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. courage

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu); ゆう (yū, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: いさましい (isamashii, 勇ましい); いさむ (isamu, 勇む, Jōyō)
• 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(いさむ) or 勇(proper) • (isamu or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|いさむ]]

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

勇 (eumhun 용맹할 용 (yongmaenghal yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

勇: Hán Nôm readings: dũng

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Compounds

• dũng cảm [勇敢]