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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 (G T ))
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
Old Chinese
褕 *low, *lo
偷 *l̥ʰoː
媮 *l̥ʰoː, *lo
鍮 *l̥ʰoː
緰 *l'oː, *slo
牏 *l'oː, *l'os, *lo
揄 *l'oː, *l'oːʔ, *lu, *lo
窬 *l'oː, *l'oːs, *lo
歈 *l'oː, *lo
俞 *l̥ʰus, *lo
隃 *slo, *hljo, *hljos, *lo
毹 *sro
輸 *hljo, *hljos
鄃 *hljo, *lo
腧 *hljos
逾 *lo
榆 *lo
愉 *lo
渝 *lo
瑜 *lo
蕍 *lo
覦 *lo, *los
蝓 *lo
踰 *lo
崳 *lo
羭 *lo
堬 *lo
瘉 *lo, *loʔ
萮 *lo
騟 *lo
愈 *loʔ
貐 *loʔ
喻 *los
諭 *los
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 )
Character
喻
Reading #
1/1
Modern
yù
Middle
‹ yuH ›
Old
/*lo-s/
English
understand; metaphor
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
喻
Reading #
1/1
No.
15880
Phonetic
俞
Rime
侯
Rime
0
Corresponding
裕
Old
/*los/
Notes
同 諭
Definitions 喻
(alt. form 諭 ／ 谕 ) to inform ; to notify ; to explain
to understand ; to know
子 曰 ：「君子 喻 於 義 ，小人 喻 於 利 。」子 曰 ：「君子 喻 于 义 ，小人 喻 于 利 。」From: The Analects of Confuciusc. BCE Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ yù yú yì, xiǎorén yù yú lì.” The gentleman comprehends according to right, the small man comprehends according to profit. 低頭 獨 長嘆 ，此 嘆 無人 喻 ：一 叢 深色 花 ，十 戶 中人 賦 。低头 独 长叹 ，此 叹 无人 喻 ：一 丛 深色 花 ，十 户 中人 赋 。From: c. 810 ,白居易 ( Bai Juyi ) ,《買花 》 , translation based on Arthur Waley 's work Dītóu dú chángtàn, cǐ tàn wúrén yù : He bowed his head and let out a deep sigh, yet nobody else was able to read his thoughts:
to draw an analogy ; to liken ; to use a metaphor
a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions 喻
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of 愉 ( yú , “ happy ” )
Compounds
References “喻 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014– 莆田市荔城区档案馆 2022 ), “喻 ”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 292
Japanese
Kanji 喻
(Hyōgai kanji , shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 喩 )
Extended shinjitai form of 喩
Readings
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 喻 – see the following entry.
(This term, 喻
Korean
Hanja 喻 • (yu )hangeul 유 revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character 喻 : Hán Việt dụ du 喻 : Nôm dụ dầu dẫu dỗ nhủ rủ dẩu
chữ Hán dụ ( “ allegory , metaphor , to explain ” )
References