brave; courageous
勇 · 9 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.
敢 · 11 strokes
Depicts a hand holding a hunting weapon (攵) catching a wild boar (豕). 甘 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to hunt; to pursue". The meaning later shifted to "brave" and "to dare".