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Chinese symbol for “intrepid”

悍勇
hàn yǒng
intrepid; valiant; dauntless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intrepid is 悍勇 (hàn yǒng), defined as: intrepid; valiant; dauntless.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

悍 hàn
courageous, brave; violent
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes
勇 yǒng
brave, courageous, fierce
radical 19 ⼒ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “intrepid”

WordPinyinMeaning
悍hànheroic; intrepid
一身是胆 (一身是膽)yī shēn shì dǎndevoid of fear (idiom); intrepid

Related words

Other words that share a character with 悍勇.

WordPinyinMeaning
强悍 (強悍)qiáng hàntough; strong
凶悍 (兇悍)xiōng hànviolent; fierce and tough
彪悍biāo hàntough as nails; formidable
悍然hàn ránoutrageous; brazen
悍妇 (悍婦)hàn fùviolent woman; shrew
短小精悍duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn(of a person) short but plucky (idiom); (of an article) concise and forceful
勇气 (勇氣)yǒng qìcourage
勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave; courageous

See also: Japanese symbol for “intrepid”.

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.