Chinese Character Wiki

禦

yù

drive

Components
御 sound component

御  Sound component

yù

  

to govern, to resist

示 meaning component

示  Meaning component

shì

  

show

spirit

Evolution

禦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
禦 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
禦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

御 (禦) 

yù

defend, resist, hold out against; to defend; to resist

Most common words with 禦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

防御

defense

御

to resist

抵御

to resist

御用

imperial

御医

imperial physician

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qʰ(r)aʔ

ngjoX

yù

ward off, withstand; sacrifice


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

17

Simplified

御

Unicode

U+79A6

Shuowen

“禦，祀也。从示，御聲。”


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