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禦 = 御 + 示

禦 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fend off”. It is built from 御 (honorable) and 示 (show). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2643.

Keyword
fend off
RTK frame
2643
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ギョ, ゴ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふせ.ぐ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
defend, отбиваться
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
禦 defend

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 御 honorable
  2. 示 show

How to find 禦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “honorable” + “show”. 禦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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