What 御 means
Its meaning changes with the language and word.
The early Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi explains 御 through directing horses and records 馭 as an older form. That is a historical written link, not just a visual resemblance.
Writing the Japanese honorific prefix as 御 feels more formal than the usual kana spelling.
The prefix is usually read お (o) or ご (go); おん, み, and ぎょ occur in more formal, sacred, or imperial words.
Who writes 御
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 御 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 御
- Search it as
- yu · yù · o · go · on · mi · gyo
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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HTML
御CSS
\5FA1Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\5FA1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%BE%A1
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.