Chinese symbol for “courageous”
果敢
guǒ gǎn
courageous; resolute and daring
The closest CC-CEDICT match for courageous is 果敢 (guǒ gǎn), defined as: courageous; resolute and daring.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “courageous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勇敢 | yǒng gǎn | brave; courageous |
| 胆气 (膽氣) | dǎn qì | courageous; bold |
| 僩 | xiàn | courageous; valiant |
| 有胆量 (有膽量) | yǒu dǎn liàng | courageous |
| 惈 | guǒ | courageous; resolute and daring |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 果敢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 结果 (結果) | jiē guǒ | to bear fruit |
| 效果 | xiào guǒ | result; effect |
| 苹果 (蘋果) | píng guǒ | apple; 个 (gè),颗 (kē) |
| 成果 | chéng guǒ | result; achievement |
| 勇敢 | yǒng gǎn | brave; courageous |
| 敢于 (敢於) | gǎn yú | to have the courage to do sth; to dare to |
| 胆敢 (膽敢) | dǎn gǎn | to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “courageous”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.