勇
勇 — yong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 날랠 용
- Romanization
- yong
- English
- brave, courageous, fierce
- Mandarin
- yǒng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ユウ, ヨウ, ユ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- いさ.む
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,319 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 力 (19, 7 residual)
- Unicode
- U+52C7
How 勇 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 勇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 甬, 力.
Korean example words with 勇
- 진용眞勇 Korean gloss: 참된 용기
- 용담勇膽 Korean gloss: 용감한 담력
- 용사勇士 Korean gloss: 용감한 군사
- 효용驍勇 Korean gloss: 사납고 날쌤
- 용자勇者 Korean gloss: 용맹스러운 사람
- 용장勇將 Korean gloss: 용맹스러운 장수
- 용명勇名 Korean gloss: 용감하고 사납다는 명성
- 만용蠻勇 Korean gloss: 분별없이 함부로 날뛰는 용맹
- 용력勇力 Korean gloss: 씩씩한 힘. 또는 뛰어난 역량
- 무용武勇 Korean gloss: 무예와 용맹을 아울러 이르는 말
- 용략勇略 Korean gloss: 용기와 지략을 아울러 이르는 말
- 용전勇戰 Korean gloss: 용감하게 싸움. 또는 그런 싸움
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 勇
- 勇気ゆうき courage; bravery; valour
- 勇ゆう bravery; courage; heroism
- 勇退ゆうたい retiring voluntarily; resigning one's post (to make way for others); stepping down
- 義勇ぎゆう heroism; loyalty and courage
- 勇敢ゆうかん brave; courageous; gallant
- 勇壮ゆうそう heroic; brave; majestic
- 勇み足いさみあし overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
- 勇断ゆうだん resolute decision
- 勇者ゆうしゃ hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
- 武勇ぶゆう bravery; military prowess; valour
- 勇士ゆうし brave warrior; hero; brave man
- 蛮勇ばんゆう foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour
Characters sharing the phonetic 勇
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “용” in Korean.
Other hanja read “용”
Other hanja with radical 力
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences