勇
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Translingual
| Japanese | 勇 |
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| 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))
Derived characters
- 𠋀, 𤸝, 𠁜, 䞻, 𩜳, 𫍃, 𢰭, 踴, 愑, 𪰵, 𬍺, 湧, 𪳆, 𨺳, 𧍛
References
- KangXi: 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
- Unihan data for U+FA76
- Unihan data for U+2F825
Chinese
| trad. | 勇 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 勇 | |
| alternative forms | 勈 | |
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, OC *loŋʔ) : phonetic 甬 (OC *loŋʔ) + semantic 力 (“strong”) – brave and strong.
Pronunciation
Definitions
勇
- brave
- 勇敢 ― yǒnggǎn ― brave
- 民勇於公戰，怯於私鬥，鄉邑大治。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Mín yǒng yú gōngzhàn, qiè yú sīdòu, xiāng yì dàzhì. [Pinyin]
- The people were brave in the state's military campaigns, and fearful in private disputes; the villages and the towns were both governed well.
民勇于公战，怯于私斗，乡邑大治。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † courage; bravery
- 見義不為，無勇也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jiàn yì bù wéi, wú yǒng yě. [Pinyin]
- To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage.
见义不为，无勇也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 勇，志之所以敢也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
- Yǒng, zhì zhī suǒyǐ gǎn yě. [Pinyin]
- Courage is that by which intent is daring.
- † soldier
- (Hokkien) strong
- (Hokkien) healthy
- (Hokkien) sturdy; durable
- a surname
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (勇):
- → Japanese: 勇 (yū)
- → Korean: 용(勇) (yong)
- → Vietnamese: dũng (勇)
Compounds
Derived terms from 勇
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References
- “勇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 勇 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] | 勇󠄁 勇+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) | |
| 勇󠄃 勇+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
勇
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- courage
Readings
- Go-on: ゆ (yu); ゆう (yū, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: よう (yō)
- Kun: いさむ (isamu, 勇む, Jōyō); いさましい (isamashii, 勇ましい)
- Nanori: いさ (isa); いさお (isao); いさまし (isamashi); いさみ (isami); いさむ (isamu); お (o); さ (sa); そよ (soyo); たけ (take); たけし (takeshi); とし (toshi); はや (haya); よ (yo)
Compounds
Compounds
- 勇敢
- 勇気
- 勇姿
- 勇者
- 勇壮
- 勇退
- 勇猛
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 勇 |
| ゆう Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 勇 (MC jɨoŋX).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ゆう [yúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝː]
Noun
勇 • (yū) ←ゆう (yū)?
- bravery
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 勇 |
| いさむ Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
Proper noun
勇 • (Isamu)
- a male given name
References
- 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 324 (paper), page 212 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
勇 (eumhun 날쌜 용 (nalssael yong))
- Hanja form? of 용 (“bravery; courage”).
Vietnamese
Han character
勇: Hán Nôm readings: dũng
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Compounds
- dũng cảm [勇敢]