喻

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See also: 喩
喻 U+55BB, 喻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BB
← 喺
[U+55BA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 喼 →
[U+55BC]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

喻 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口人一弓 (ROMN), four-corner 68021, composition ⿰口俞)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: 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[edit]

trad. 喻
simp. # 喻
alternative forms 喩

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (俞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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, OC *los): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • ū/jī - literary;
  • lū/jū - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 喻
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 以 (36)
    Final (韻) 虞 (24)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 羊戍切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/jɨoH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/jioH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ioH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/juə̆H/
    Li
    Rong         		/ioH/
    Wang
    Li         		/jĭuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/i̯uH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		yù
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		jyu6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 喻
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		yù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ yuH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*lo-s/
    English understand; metaphor

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 喻
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15880
    Phonetic
    component         		俞
    Rime
    group         		侯
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		裕
    Old
    Chinese         		/*los/
    Notes 同諭

    Definitions[edit]

    喻

    1. to inform; to notify; to explain
    2. to understand; to know
    3. to draw an analogy; to liken; to use a metaphor
    4. a surname

    Compounds[edit]

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    喻

    1. Same as 愉 (yú).

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    喻

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. Meaning: metaphor

    Readings[edit]

    • On (unclassified): ゆ (yu)
    • Kun: さとす (satosu), さとる (satoru), たとえる (tatoeru)

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    喻 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    喻: Hán Việt readings: dụ[1][2][3][4], du[3]
    喻: Nôm readings: dụ, dầu, dẫu, dỗ, nhủ, rủ, dẩu

    1. chữ Hán form of dụ (“allegory, metaphor, to explain”).

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Trần (2004).
    2. ^ Trần (1999).
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nguyễn (1974).
    4. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
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