勇 — Chinese character
勇
yǒng
brave, courageous, fierce
- Pinyin
- yǒng
- Radical
- 19 ⼒ (Power)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 甬 力
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strength; meaning component 力; sound component 甬
- Japanese
- 勇 as a kanji
Common words with 勇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勇气 (勇氣) | yǒng qì | courage |
| 勇敢 | yǒng gǎn | brave; courageous |
| 勇士 | yǒng shì | a warrior; a brave person |
| 英勇 | yīng yǒng | heroic; gallant |
| 勇于 (勇於) | yǒng yú | to dare to; to be brave enough to |
| 勇猛 | yǒng měng | bold and powerful; brave and fierce |
| 义勇军 (義勇軍) | yì yǒng jūn | volunteer army |
| 奋勇 (奮勇) | fèn yǒng | dauntless; to summon up courage and determination |
| 勇往直前 | yǒng wǎng zhí qián | to advance bravely |
| 见义勇为 (見義勇為) | jiàn yì yǒng wéi | (idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action |
| 鼓起勇气 (鼓起勇氣) | gǔ qǐ yǒng qì | to summon one's courage |
| 义勇 (義勇) | yì yǒng | courageous in fighting for a just cause |
English words written with 勇
勇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Analects 16 · Art of War 7 · Mencius 15 · Zhuangzi 16 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 67
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 73
- Analects 2.24
- Analects 5.6
- Analects 8.2
- Analects 8.10
- Analects 9.28
- Analects 11.25
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