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御

Mandarin · pinyin yù

(bound form) imperial; royal
(literary) to drive (a carriage)
(literary) to manage; to govern

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御: yù · drive, ride; chariot; manage

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4 · yu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu6 · ngaa6

Cantonese word readings for 御. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(prefix) royal, imperial
to manage; to govern; to control
to drive a chariot or carriage; to ride (on an animal or a vehicle drawn by animals)
driver of a carriage
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 禦 (yù, “to defend against”)

character · Etymology 2

(literary, obsolete) to meet, greet and welcome (someone)

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