勇 – courage, cheer up, be in high spirits

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#1319 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 勇 means courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユウ (yuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いさ.む (isamu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 力 (no. 19).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ユウ	yuu
Kun’yomi	いさ.む	isamu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 力 (Kangxi radical 19). Components: 田・力・マ.

Words using 勇

勇気ゆうきcourage勇ましいいさましいbrave勇敢ゆうかんbrave

Example sentences

我々は彼女の勇気に感心する。

We admire her for her bravery.

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一人で原始林へ乗り込もうとは君はなんて勇ましいんだ。

How brave of you to go alone into the primaeval forest!

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彼は勇敢でかいかつな少年だ。

He is a brave and cheerful boy.

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Kanji with the same radical

力動務加勝勢助労効努募勤功勉勧励

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