Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1087 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: honorable, manipulate, govern

Kunyomi: おん- お- み-

Onyomi: ギョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぎょうにんべん

Meaning: step

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

する(せいぎょする)   control, restrain

する(ぼうぎょする)   defend, protect

両親(ごりょうしん)   parents [hon.]

家族(ごかぞく)   family [hon.]

自身(ごじしん)   oneself [hon.]

馳走(ごちそう)   feast [n.]

飯(ごはん)   rice (cooked), meal

存知(ごぞんじ)   know [hon.]

身(おんみ)   (polite term for) your body [hon.]

*日様(おひさま)   sun

*顔(おかお)   face [hon.]

*堂(みどう)   temple building [hon.]

Onyomi Examples

ギョ honorific affix, honorific prefix

ギョエン imperial garden

自動制 ジドウセイギョ automatic control

構成制 コウセイセイギョ configuration control

honorific/polite/humble prefix, honorific suffix

ゴショ imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace), imperial residence, residence of a shogun, minister, etc., emperor, ex-emperor, empress, imperial prince, shogun, minister

オイゴ (another person's) nephew

オオイゴ older lady