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This phrase creates an image of a warrior bravely advancing against an enemy regardless of the odds.
This phrase can also be translated as "indomitable spirit" or "march fearlessly onward".
See Also... Indomitable | Fortitude
Score: 2/100


Courage is bravery in the face of fear. You do the right thing even when it is hard or scary. When you are courageous, you don't give up. You try new things. You admit mistakes. Courage is the strength in your heart.
While the version shown to the left is commonly used in Chinese and Korean Hanja (and ancient Japanese Kanji), please note that the second character is written with slightly fewer strokes in modern Japanese. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the character to the right. Both styles would be understood by native Chinese, Japanese, and many (but not all) Korean people. You should choose character based on the intended audience for your calligraphy artwork. Or pick the single-character form of bravery/courage which is universal.
See Also... Warrior
Score: 2/100

This is not the most common way to say "courage" or "bravery", but you may see it used sometimes.
In Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean, this can often be confused or read as a short name for England (this character is the first syllable of the word for England, the English language, British Pound and other titles from the British Isles).
In some context, this can mean "outstanding" or even "flower". But it will most often read as having something to do with the United Kingdom.
I strongly recommend that you choose another form of courage/bravery.
Score: 2/100

This character can be translated as bravery, courage, or fearless in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. This is the simplest form to express courage or bravery, as there is also a two character form which starts with this same character.
This character can also be translated as brave, daring, fearless, plucky or heroic.
This is also a virtue of the Samurai Warrior
See our page with just Code of the Samurai / Bushido here
Score: 2/100


These characters can also be translated as: braveness, valor, heroic, fearless, and/or courage in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.
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The title says it all.
This could also be translated as:
"Never hesitate to do what is right".
See Also... Work Unselfishly For The Common Good | Justice | Bravery
Score: 2/100


This literally means "No Fear". But perhaps not the most natural Chinese phrase (see our other "No Fear" phrase for a more complete thought). However, this two-character version of "No Fear" seems to be a very popular way to translate this into Chinese, when we checked Chinese Google.
Note: This also means "No Fear" in Japanese and Korean, but this character pair is not often used in Japan or Korea (used somewhat by Korean Buddhists to mean fearlessness).
See Also... Never Give Up | No Worries | Undaunted | Bravery | Courage
Score: 2/100
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
| Title | Characters Simplified Traditional |
Japanese Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) | |||
| Advance Bravely / Indomitable Spirit | 勇往直前 勇往直前 | n/a | yǒng wàng zhí qián yong wang zhi qian | yong3 wang4 zhi2 qian2 yongwangzhiqian | ||
| Courage | 勇气 / 勇気 勇氣 | yuuki yuki | yǒng qì yong qi | yong3 qi4 yongqi | ||
| Courage / Bravery | 英 英 | ei | yīng ying | ying1 ying | ||
| Bravery / Courage | 勇 勇 | isamu / yu- isamu/yu- | yǒng yong | yong3 yong | ||
| Bravery | 勇敢 勇敢 | yuu kan yuukan yu kan | yǒng gǎn yong gan | yong3 gan3 yonggan | ||
| Courage to do what is right | 见义勇为 見義勇為 | n/a | jiàn yì yǒng wéi jian yi yong wei | jian4 yi4 yong3 wei2 jianyiyongwei | ||
| No Fear | 无畏 無畏 | mui | wú wèi wu wei | wu2 wei4 wuwei | ||
| If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "bravery courage" listings above. If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich. | ||||||
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