Read Edit View history Discussion 御 yùyà HSK7 to govern, to resist Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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. Pinyin Separate values with commas yù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 御 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 禦 ×御 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a pestle. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 御 Simp strokes 御 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a kneeling person. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 御 Simp strokes 御 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 御 Simp strokes 御 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 御 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 278, 824 ], [ 296, 802 ], [ 301, 783 ], [ 274, 737 ], [ 195, 643 ], [ 131, 591 ] ], [ [ 256, 609 ], [ 281, 576 ], [ 281, 567 ], [ 233, 473 ], [ 149, 359 ], [ 43, 252 ] ], [ [ 226, 420 ], [ 243, 363 ], [ 239, 190 ], [ 229, 102 ], [ 235, 53 ] ], [ [ 441, 812 ], [ 472, 782 ], [ 453, 706 ], [ 400, 599 ], [ 352, 544 ] ], [ [ 426, 603 ], [ 518, 621 ], [ 590, 647 ], [ 631, 648 ] ], [ [ 307, 442 ], [ 344, 435 ], [ 360, 438 ], [ 562, 497 ], [ 643, 506 ] ], [ [ 477, 590 ], [ 504, 569 ], [ 505, 286 ], [ 500, 268 ], [ 489, 259 ] ], [ [ 532, 378 ], [ 543, 391 ], [ 565, 398 ], 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380 684 164 Q 681 -23 698 -49 Q 704 -56 711 -54 Q 724 -45 731 11 Q 738 87 736 165 Q 733 229 736 481 Q 736 535 747 567 C 751 582 751 582 728 596 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.