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勇

yǒng

brave

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components
甬 sound component

甬  Sound component

yǒng, tǒng

  

path

力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

Evolution

勇 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
勇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
勇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
勇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

勇  

yǒng

brave, courageous, fierce; brave

Most common words with 勇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

勇敢

brave

勇气

courage

勇

brave

勇士

a warrior

英勇

heroic

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

踴

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*loŋʔ

yowngX

yǒng

brave


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 31.8437% of movies

1109th most common character in movies

1206th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+52C7

Shuowen

“勇，气也。从力，甬聲。，勇或从戈、用。恿，古文勇从心。”


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