Kanji N2

勇: courage, cheer up, be in high spirits

勇 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, written with 9 strokes. It is read ユウ (on) and いさむ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 勇気 (ゆうき, courage) and 勇ましい (いさましい, brave).

勇

Meanings

  • courage
  • cheer up
  • be in high spirits
  • bravery
  • heroism
Strokes9
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1319 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ユウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • いさむ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 勇

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 勇気ゆうき

    courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

    JLPT N3
  • 勇ましいいさましい

    brave; valiant; gallant; courageous

    JLPT N2
  • 勇敢ゆうかん

    brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic

    JLPT N1
  • 勇退ゆうたい

    retiring voluntarily

  • 義勇ぎゆう

    heroism; loyalty and courage

  • 勇み足いさみあし

    overeagerness; rashness

  • 武勇ぶゆう

    bravery; military prowess; valour; valor

  • 勇者ゆうしゃ

    hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.