勇
용
용감할 용
甬 + 力 → "force welling from within." Not suppressing fear, but moving with it.
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Right now: Courage
The heart that takes one step forward in fear
Courage in the East is not absence of fear. It is the heart that takes one step in the middle of fear. The character 勇 (yong) shows force welling up from within — strength that comes from oneself, not from being told.
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剛
강
굳셀 강
岡 (mountain) + 刂 (blade) → "as firm as a mountain." Hard outside, gentle inside.
毅
의
굳셀 의
殳 + 豕 → "an unyielding will to the end." The 毅 of 毅然 (resolute).
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見義不爲 無勇也
"의로움을 보고도 행하지 않는 것은 용기가 없는 것이다"
Seeing what is right and not doing it — that is the lack of courage
— 논어 위정편 (Analects, Wei Zheng)
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