Chinese symbol for “imperial”
御
yù
(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imperial is 御 (yù), defined as: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “imperial”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 銮 (鑾) | luán | imperial |
| 帝国 (帝國) | dì guó | empire; imperial |
| 庙 (廟) | miào | temple; ancestral shrine |
| 御用 | yù yòng | for use by the emperor; imperial |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 御.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 防御 (防禦) | fáng yù | defense; to defend |
| 抵御 (抵禦) | dǐ yù | to resist; to withstand |
| 御史 | yù shǐ | imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official) |
| 御用 | yù yòng | for use by the emperor; imperial |
| 御姐 | yù jiě | (ACG) mature, assertive, and usu. sexy woman |
| 防御工事 (防禦工事) | fáng yù gōng shì | fortification; defensive structure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imperial”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.