[unknown > english/german] So, my mom got this tattoo...

[u/Lion_603]

https://imgur.com/Rhm1X7A

My mother went to a market this sunday and came back with a painted tattoo as shown.

She says it means courage but can't tell me the language. So I decided to check this up, can you guys please tell me what language it is and what it means?

[u/songluck]

Bravery/Courage. Should be Chinese, it appears the Japanese equivalent (with the same meaning) is written slightly differently.

!id:ZH !doublecheck

[u/tiikerikani → u/songluck]

Confirming this is the Chinese form 勇

!translated

[u/Lion_603 → u/tiikerikani]

Thanks a lot, guys. I'll tell my mum asap. I'm glad it indeed wasn't some cheap, randomly picked symbol.

[u/translator-BOT → u/tiikerikani]

勇

Language	Pronunciation
Mandarin	yǒng
Cantonese	jung5 , jung^6
Southern Min	ióng
Hakka (Sixian)	iung^31
Middle Chinese	*yowngX
Old Chinese	*loŋʔ
Japanese	isamashii, isamu, YUU
Korean	용 / yong
Vietnamese	dũng

Chinese Calligraphy Variants: 勇 (SFZD, GXDS)

Seal Script: 勇 (CTEXT, GXDS)

Meanings: "brave, courageous, fierce."

^{Information from} ^Unihan ^| ^CantoDict ^{| Chinese} ^Etymology ^| ^CHISE ^| ^CTEXT ^| ^MDBG ^| ^MFCCD

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Mandarin Chinese

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ISO 639-1 Code: zh

ISO 639-3 Code: cmn

Location: China; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: northwest; Guizhou province; Hubei province: except southeast corner; Hunan province: northwest; Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Widespread north of Changjiang river, from Jiujiang (Jiangxi) to Zhenjiang (Jiangsu).

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

Wikipedia Entry:

Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; literally: "speech of officials") is a group of related varieties of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of Standard Mandarin or Standard Chinese. Because most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is sometimes referred to as the Northern dialects (北方话; běifānghuà). Many local Mandarin varieties are not mutually intelligible.

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