Memory phrase for the Kanji: 御

御

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Meaning respectful expression, handle, drive, control

Pronunciation

GYO, GO
o(n)-, mi-

Explanation

Left: go 彳, right: wholesale 卸 (A noon-午-break 止 for the bowed person 卩 from the wholesale)

Mnemonic
 
I go (to the wholesaler) at noon, stop and bow, because I am respectful.

Radicals

彳 to walkRadical gyounin This is the half form of 行 gyougamae
午 noonCompare with "box" 缶 [かま, カン], which shows a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. Just as the pestle is vertical in the mortar, the sun is vertical at noon.
卩 bending personThis radical is typically described as "seal". However for the mnemonics the meaning "bending person" appears to be better.
止 to stopAt top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."
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 Vocabulary

御飯 ごはん  rice (cooked), meal
朝御飯 あさごはん  breakfast
晩御飯 ばんごはん  dinner, evening meal
御握り おにぎり  onigiri, riceball
御辞儀 おじぎ  bow
昼御飯 ひるごはん  lunch, midday meal
御 お  honourable
御世辞 おせじ  flattery, compliment
御中 おんちゅう  and Company, Messrs.

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