Chinese Character Wiki
御

yù

to govern, to resist

Original meaning: 

to use, to control

Depicts a person (卩) using a pestle (午). 午 also represents the sound. The 辵 (walk) component was later added to emphasize action. Based on the original meaning, “to use, to control”. The meaning later shifted to “to govern”. In simplified Chinese 御 is also used to mean "to resist", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 禦.

Components
午 sound,iconic component

午  Sound Iconic component

wǔ

  

noon

Depicts a pestle.

卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a kneeling person.

辵 meaning component

辵  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

Evolution

御 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
御 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
御 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
御 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
御 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

御  

yù

to resist; imperial; (classical) to drive (a chariot); to manage; to govern

御 (禦) 

yù

defend, resist, hold out against; to defend

Most common words with 御
Freq.
Word
Meaning

防御

defense

御

to resist

抵御

to resist

御用

imperial

御医

imperial physician

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

禦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-[qʰ](r)aʔ

ngjoX

yù

ward off; withstand

*[ŋ](r)a-s

ngjoH

yù

drive a chariot (loan)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.1189% of movies

2232nd most common character in movies

1381st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

禦

Unicode

U+5FA1

Shuowen

“御，使馬也。从彳，从卸。馭，古文御。从又，从馬。”


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