御
御 — Honorable
honorable, manipulate, govern
On’yomiギョ (gyo)
On’yomiゴ (go)
Kun’yomiおん- (on)
Kun’yomiお- (o)
Kun’yomiみ- (mi)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 御
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 防御 | ぼうぎょ bougyo | defense; defence; safeguard |
| 制御 | せいぎょ seigyo | control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing |
| 御所 | ごしょ gosho | imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc. |
| 御苑 | ぎょえん gyoen | imperial garden |
| 御 | ご go | honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix |
| 御社 | おんしゃ onsha | your company; your shrine |
Study notes
御 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1087 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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