勇敢

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Chinese

brave dare
trad. (勇敢)
simp. #(勇敢)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (28)
Final () (7) (143)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter yowngX kamX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨoŋX/ /kɑmX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jioŋX/ /kɑmX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ioŋX/ /kɑmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/juawŋX/ /kamX/
Li
Rong
/ioŋX/ /kɑmX/
Wang
Li
/jĭwoŋX/ /kɑmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯woŋX/ /kɑmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yǒng gǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jung5 gam2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yǒng gǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ yowngX › ‹ kamX ›
Old
Chinese
/*loŋʔ/ /*ˁamʔ/
English brave dare

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 15449 3674
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*loŋʔ/ /*klaːmʔ/
Notes

Adjective

勇敢

  1. brave; courageous; undaunted

Synonyms

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 4
かん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ゆう)(かん) (yūkan-na (adnominal (ゆう)(かん) (yūkan na), adverbial (ゆう)(かん) (yūkan ni))

  1. brave, courageous

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

(ゆう)(かん) (yūkan

  1. bravery, courage

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

勇敢 (yonggam) (hangeul 용감)

  1. hanja form? of 용감 (bravery, courage)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

勇敢

  1. chữ Hán form of dũng cảm (brave; courageous).