喩

See also: 喻

喩 U+55A9, 喩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55A9 ← 喨 [U+55A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 喪 → [U+55AA]

Translingual

Traditional	喻
Simplified	喻
Japanese	喩
Korean	喩

Han character

喩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口人一女 (ROMV), composition ⿰口兪(JK))

1. metaphor

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 200, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3979
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 657, character 8
• Unihan data for U+55A9

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 喩 – see 喻 (“to inform; to notify; to explain; to understand; to know; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 喻).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	喻
Kyūjitai	喩

Kanji

喩

(common “Jōyō” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 喻)

1. metaphor

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ゆ (yu, Jōyō)
• Kun: さとす (satosu, 喩す); さとる (satoru, 喩る); たとえる (tatoeru, 喩える)
• Nanori: さとり (satori)

Korean

Hanja

Wikisource

喩 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu)

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