# 御 the honorific "o"

(goleft) + 竹 (bamboo) + 正 (correct) + (fingerprint)
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12 strokes
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## Onyomi

O or GO |

## Mnemonic

| It is the honorable, correct thing to GO to the cops and give them your fingerprints. At least that's what they make foreigners do at the airport!

## Jukugo

御飯(ごはん) | rice ★★★★☆ KANA 御 (the honorific "o") + 飯 (rice / meal) = 御飯 (rice) two meanings - 1) cooked rice, 2) a meal
御手洗い(おてあらい) | toilet, man. Toilet!!!!!!! ★★★☆☆ F 御 (the honorific "o") + 手 (hand) + 洗 (wash) = 御手洗い (toilet, man. Toilet!!!!!!!) a shitter
御覧(ごらん) | please look sir ★★☆☆☆ F 御 (the honorific "o") + 覧 (view) = 御覧 (please look sir) a formal way of asking your superior to view something. either 'ごらん ください' or 'ごらん に なる.'
御免なさい(ごめんなさい) | sorry ★☆☆☆☆ KANA 御 (the honorific "o") + 免 (exemption / license) = 御免なさい (sorry) sorry (usually KANA, but it's worth learning to see the roots of the expression: 'Honorably exempt me (from your wrath!)')

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
暇 | free time | DAY | 日
喫 | enjoy a drink and a smoke | MOUTH | 口
潔 | honorable | WATER | 水
御 | the honorific "o" | GO | 行

I'm free TODAY, to enjoy a drink with my MOUTH.

I'm honorable so I'll share my WATER .

As for 御, it is easy because the left radical means GO in English, and it's pronounced GO!!!