yǒng
adjective #8,378

Meanings

  1. 1 brave; courageous
  2. 2 bold

Examples

Yǒnggǎn miànduì kùnnan.
Bravely face difficulties.
Yǒngqì kějiā.
The courage is commendable.

Tips

usage
勇敢 = brave, 勇气 = courage.

Components

radical
strength; force
Strength radical underneath — the indexing radical, depicting a flexed arm or a plough handle. It carries the meaning: bravery is muscular force put behind a decision. Sits in the same physical-effort family as (move), (strive), (help), (toil).
phonetic
yǒng
bronze bell; passageway (here phonetic)
Top supplies the sound yǒng directly with no drift. It originally pictured a hanging bronze bell — the ringing call to muster troops sits comfortably underneath this character. Same phonetic anchors (gush up), (leap), (pass through) — all carrying a forward, surging energy.

Stroke Order

yǒng