勇

勇 U+FA76, 勇 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA76 ← 冀 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 勺 →

勇 U+2F825, 勇 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F825 ← 㔕 CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 勉 →

Note that in Japanese and Korean, the character is written 龴+田+力, as found in the Kangxi dictionary. In traditional Chinese (Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Vietnamese script, the character is written 龴+用+力. In modern simplified Chinese, the character is written similar to the traditional Chinese form but the lower right hook of 用 is missing.

勇 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓月大尸 (NBKS), four-corner 1742₇, composition ⿱甬力(GHTV) or ⿱龴男(JK))

• 𠋀, 𤸝, 𠁜, 䞻, 𩜳, 𫍃, 𢰭, 踴, 愑, 𪰵, 𬍺, 湧, 𪳆, 𨺳, 𧍛

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 147, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2360
• Dae Jaweon: page 332, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 372, character 7
• Unihan data for U+52C7

• Unihan data for U+FA76

• Unihan data for U+2F825

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loŋʔ) : phonetic 甬 (OC *loŋʔ) + semantic 力 (“strong”) – brave and strong.

勇

1. brave; courageous; valiant

   勇敢  ―  yǒnggǎn  ―  brave

   • 民勇於公戰，怯於私鬥，鄉邑大治。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民勇于公战，怯于私斗，乡邑大治。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Mín yǒng yú gōngzhàn, qiè yú sīdòu, xiāng yì dàzhì.

     The people were brave in the state's military campaigns, and fearful in private disputes; the villages and the towns were both governed well.

2. ^† courage; bravery; valor

   • 見義不為，無勇也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     见义不为，无勇也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jiàn yì bù wéi, wú yǒng yě.

     To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage.

   • 勇，志之所以敢也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǒng, zhì zhī suǒyǐ gǎn yě.

     Courage is that by which intent is daring.

3. ^† soldier
4. (Hokkien) strong
5. (Hokkien) healthy
6. (Hokkien) sturdy; durable
7. a surname

• “勇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	勇
Kyūjitai [1]	勇󠄁 勇+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	勇󠄃 勇+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. courage

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)、ゆう (yū, Jōyō)^{←ゆう (yuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←よう (you, historical)}
• Kun: いさむ (isamu, 勇む, Jōyō)、いさましい (isamashii, 勇ましい)
• Nanori: いさ (isa)、いさお (isao)、いさまし (isamashi)、いさみ (isami)、いさむ (isamu)、お (o)、さ (sa)、そよ (soyo)、たけ (take)、たけし (takeshi)、とし (toshi)、はや (haya)、よ (yo)

From Middle Chinese 勇 (MC yowngX).

• (Tokyo) ゆう (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

勇(ゆう) • (yū) ^{←ゆう (yuu)?}

1. bravery

勇(いさむ) • (Isamu) 

1. a male given name

勇 (eumhun 날쌜 용 (nalssael yong))

1. hanja form^? of 용 (“bravery; courage”)

勇: Hán Nôm readings: dũng

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