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Translingual
Han character
喻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口人一弓 (ROMN), four-corner 68021, composition ⿰口俞(GT))
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
- Dae Jaweon: page 421, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 657, character 8
- Unihan data for U+55BB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 褕
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*low, *lo
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| 偷
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*l̥ʰoː
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| 媮
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*l̥ʰoː, *lo
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| 鍮
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*l̥ʰoː
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| 緰
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*l'oː, *slo
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| 牏
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*l'oː, *l'os, *lo
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| 揄
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*l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
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| 窬
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*l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
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| 歈
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*l'oː, *lo
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| 俞
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*l̥ʰus, *lo
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| 隃
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*slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
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| 毹
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*sro
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| 輸
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*hljo, *hljos
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| 鄃
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*hljo, *lo
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| 腧
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*hljos
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| 逾
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*lo
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| 榆
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*lo
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| 愉
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*lo
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| 渝
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*lo
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| 瑜
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*lo
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| 蕍
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*lo
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| 覦
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*lo, *los
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| 蝓
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*lo
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| 踰
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*lo
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| 崳
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*lo
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| 羭
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*lo
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| 堬
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*lo
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| 瘉
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*lo, *loʔ
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| 萮
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*lo
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| 騟
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*lo
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| 愈
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*loʔ
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| 貐
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*loʔ
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| 喻
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*los
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| 諭
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*los
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *los) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- ū/jī - literary;
- lū/jū - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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喻
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ yuH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lo-s/
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| English
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understand; metaphor
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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喻
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15880
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Phonetic
component
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俞
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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裕
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Old
Chinese
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/*los/
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| Notes
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同諭
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Definitions
喻
- to inform; to notify; to explain
- to understand; to know
- to draw an analogy; to liken; to use a metaphor
- a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
喻
- † Alternative form of 愉 (yú, “happy”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
喻
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 喩)
- Extended shinjitai form of 喩
Readings
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 喻 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 喻, is an extended shinjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
喻 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
喻: Hán Việt readings: dụ, du
喻: Nôm readings: dụ, dầu, dẫu, dỗ, nhủ, rủ, dẩu
- chữ Hán form of dụ (“allegory, metaphor, to explain”).
References