漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
勇: courage, cheer up
Also: be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
JLPT N29 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- マ(sound)
- 男male(meaning)
男 carries the meaning · マ gives the sound
9 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 勇気ゆうきcourage
- 勇士ゆうしbrave warrior
- 武勇伝ぶゆうでんtale of heroic exploits
- 勇敢なゆうかんなbrave
- 勇退するゆうたいするretire voluntarily
いさむisamu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 勇ましいいさましいbrave
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flex your arm and feel the power! That's 力, representing the raw muscle and effort required to change the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
マ
Also built on マ
男
Also built on male (男)
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yǒng
Same form: 勇 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 勇 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 勇 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yǒng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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