Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
Variants:
courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
Kun:
いさ.む
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 勇 【ユウ】 bravery, courage, heroism
  • 勇気 【ユウキ】 courage, bravery, valour, valor, nerve, boldness
  • 義勇 【ギユウ】 heroism, loyalty and courage
  • 武勇 【ブユウ】 bravery, military prowess, valour, valor

Kun reading compounds

  • 勇む 【いさむ】 to be in high spirits, to be encouraged, to be lively, to cheer up

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 はや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong3
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • valentía
  • audacia
  • heroísmo
  • estar en buen estado de animo
  • ser animado

Portuguese

  • coragem
  • torcer
  • estar em altos espíritos
  • heroísmo

French

  • courage
  • être en verve
  • remonter le moral
  • bravoure
  • héroïsme
524 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
622 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
592 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1167 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
825 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
371 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
908 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1386 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1474 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1154 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
218 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2592 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1326 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1798 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2360P Morohashi
2089 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
541 New Nelson (John Haig)
1407 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1509 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
535 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3545 2001 Kanji
2g7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
1742.7 Four corner code
1-45-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52c7 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
daring, brave, bold, sad, tragic, pitiful
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1859 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 敢闘 【カントウ】 fighting bravely
  • 敢行 【カンコウ】 decisive action, going through with, daring to do, carrying out
  • 勇猛果敢 【ユウモウカカン】 daring and resolute, having dauntless courage
  • 迅速果敢 【ジンソクカカン】 quick and decisive, fast and daring, swift and resolute

Kun reading compounds

  • 敢えて 【あえて】 purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.), daringly (doing something), deliberately, intentionally, not necessarily, not particularly, not especially, definitely not
  • 敢え無い 【あえない】 disappointing (end, result, etc.), sad, miserable, tragic, fleeting, transient

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan3
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • osado
  • atrevido

Portuguese

  • ousar
  • frágil
  • lamentável
  • trágico
  • triste
  • franzino

French

  • audace
  • triste
  • tragique
  • pitoyable
  • frêle
  • faible
1106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1812 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2054 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1713 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1390 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1687 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1691 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1807 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1622 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
942 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2142 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1522 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
834 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13260 Morohashi
1706 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2350 New Nelson (John Haig)
826 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
889 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1544 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3166 2001 Kanji
4i8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
1814.0 Four corner code
1-20-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6562 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
shield, escutcheon, pretext
Kun:
たて
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1476 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 相矛盾 【アイムジュン】 mutually contradictory
  • 形容矛盾 【ケイヨウムジュン】 contradictio in adjecto, contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 盾 【たて】 shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext
  • 楯突く 【たてつく】 to defy, to disobey, to rebel against, to oppose, to resist
  • 人間の盾 【にんげんのたて】 human shield
  • 円盾 【まるたて】 round shield, buckler

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dun4, shun3
Korean:
sun, don

Spanish

  • escudo
  • pretexto

Portuguese

  • escudo
  • brasão
  • escusa

French

  • bouclier
  • écu
  • prétexte
1375 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1640 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
215 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1814 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1559 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
984 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
772 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
786 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
956 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1381 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3729 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1907 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1870 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23171 Morohashi
3006 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3912 New Nelson (John Haig)
1853 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1997 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1286 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2679 2001 Kanji
5c4.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
7226.4 Four corner code
1-29-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76fe Unicode hex code