御 Honorable

Radical Combination

• 彳

  Loiter
• 午

  Noon
• 止

  Stop
• 卩

  Stamp

Meaning

Primary

Honorable

Mnemonic

You loiter at noon near a stop sign to get a stamp of approval from someone honorable. This honorable personage drives by at noon every day, and because they have to stop at the stop sign, people loiter here for a chance to get their honorable stamp of approval.

Hints

Imagine feeling nervous as the honorable person pulls up at the stop sign. Hear yourself humbly asking for their stamp as you hand the written request to them. And just who is this honorable being, anyway?

Readings

On’yomi

ご, ぎょ

Kun’yomi

お, おん, み

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The honorable personage is Godzilla (ご). Actually, you're requesting Godzilla's stamp of approval for a new demolition job in downtown Tokyo. Godzilla is the god of urban demolition, what with all those cities it's destroyed, and you need its honorable approval to continue.

Hints

Imagine the relief you'd feel as Godzilla hands the request back to you with its personal stamp — some kind of webbed claw print that basically blacks out the whole paper. Thank you, O honorable Godzilla.