# 御 — honourable; control

御 means “honourable; control”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ゴ (go), ギョ (gyo). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: honourable; control
- On'yomi: ゴ (go), ギョ (gyo)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N2 · set A bit of everything 1

## How to remember 御

Parts: 彳 stepping · 卸 wholesale

## Don't confuse it with

[卸](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/wholesale/)

## More in the “A bit of everything 1” set

[募](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/recruit/) · [績](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/achievement/) · [勤](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/go-to-work/) · [雇](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/employ/) · [御](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/honourable/) · [漁](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/fishing/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/honourable/. Last updated 2026-11-01.