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Chinese symbol for “valiant”

英勇
yīng yǒng
heroic; gallant; valiant

The closest CC-CEDICT match for valiant is 英勇 (yīng yǒng), defined as: heroic; gallant; valiant.

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

英 yīng
petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes
勇 yǒng
brave, courageous, fierce
radical 19 ⼒ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “valiant”

WordPinyinMeaning
枭 (梟)xiāoowl; valiant
英烈yīng lièhero; martyr
悍hànheroic; intrepid
悍勇hàn yǒngintrepid; valiant; dauntless
飒 (颯)sàsound of wind; valiant

Related words

Other words that share a character with 英勇.

WordPinyinMeaning
英雄yīng xiónghero; 个 (gè)
精英jīng yīngcream; elite
英尺yīng chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
英里yīng lǐmile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
英寸yīng cùninch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
勇气 (勇氣)yǒng qìcourage
勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave; courageous
勇士yǒng shìa warrior; a brave person

See also: Japanese symbol for “valiant”.

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.