Taxonomy of meanings for 禦:　　

  • 禦 yù (OC: ŋaʔ MC: ŋiɔ) 魚巨切 上 廣韻：【禁也止也應也當也説文祠也 】
    • DEFEND
        • subject>SOLDIER
          • against possible attack>SAFEGUARD
            • object enemy>FEND OFF
              • vtoNward off, hold at bay, stop, hinder
              • vt(oN)figurativeto ward off, protect against (excessive heat, cold, etc.)
            • feature of successful defendent>>>EQUAL
            • =御CONTROL
              • vtoNto fend off N and have it under controlLZ
            • =御HAND UP

              Additional information about 禦

              說文解字: 【禦】，祀也。从示、御聲。 【魚舉切】

                Criteria
              • DEFEND

                1. The standard general word for defending a community is wèi 衛 (ant. gōng 攻 "attack").

                2. The standard word for defending a place is shǒu 守 (ant. gōng 攻 "attack").

                3. Yù 禦 is to hinder attack effectively and successfully. See HINDER

                4. Fáng 防 refers to defending a concrete or abstract thing successfully.

                5. Hàn 扞 / 捍 is to try to resist an outside attack successfully.

                6. Bǎo 保 is to try to ensure the safety of one's place against a threat from outside.

                7. Shù 戍 put up a (not necessarily successful) military defense.

                8. Bèi 備 is to make defensive arrangements.

                9. Yù 豫 is to make defensive arrangements well ahead in time or in good time. [See also PREPARE][CA]

                10. Kàng 亢 typically refers to the mounting of a vigorous and energetic offensive defence against a violent attack.

              • FORBID

                1. The current dominant general word referring to public prohibition is jìn 禁 (ant. quàn 勸 "encourage").

                2. Yù 御 / 禦 (ant. sòng yǒng 慫恿 "leave free to do what one wants") refers to putting an end to practice by authority, but not necessarily through formal public prohibition of the practice.

                3. È 遏 refers more narrowly to putting a legal stop to the further development of something.

              • FEND OFF

                1. The current general word for keeping someone or something at a distance or hindering an advance against one is yù 禦 / 御.

                2. Jù 拒 concentrates on the maintenance of physical distance by some superior force.

                3. Dǐ 抵 refers to a defensive way of preventing something from getting close to one.

                4. Kàng 抗 refers to keeping something at a distance by force.

                Word relations
              • Object: (FEND OFF)蠱/BEWITCH The standard word for bewitchment through supernatural obnoxious influences is gǔ 蠱.