喻

See also: 喩

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

Translingual

Traditional	喻
Simplified	喻
Japanese	喩
Korean	喩

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

trad.		喻
simp. #		喻
alternative forms		喩

Glyph origin

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／形声, OC *los) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 俞 (OC *l̥ʰus, *lo).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yi⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): ê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ū / jī / lū / jū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶
    • Yale: yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /øy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū
    • Tâi-lô: ū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: u
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
    • Tâi-lô: jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lū
    • Tâi-lô: lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jū
    • Tâi-lô: jū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ju
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu²²/

Note:

• ū/jī - literary;
• lū/jū - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ru⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jŭ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yu
    • MiniDict: yu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦy²³/

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• Middle Chinese: yuH

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
Baxter	yuH
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lo-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*los/

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

喻

1. to inform; to notify; to explain
2. to understand; to know

   • 子曰：「君子喻於義，小人喻於利。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「君子喻于义，小人喻于利。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ yù yú yì, xiǎorén yù yú lì.” [Pinyin]

     The gentleman comprehends according to right, the small man comprehends according to profit.

3. to draw an analogy; to liken; to use a metaphor
4. a surname

Compounds

• 不可理喻 (bùkělǐyù)
• 不可言喻 (bùkěyányù)
• 不知所喻
• 不言而喻 (bùyán'éryù)
• 借喻
• 告喻
• 呴喻
• 喻世明言
• 喻依
• 喻咀 (Yùzuǐ)
• 喻詞／喻词
• 喻體／喻体 (yùtǐ)
• 嘔喻／呕喻
• 多歧援喻
• 妙喻
• 妙喻取譬
• 家喻戶曉／家喻户晓 (jiāyùhùxiǎo)
• 引喻失義／引喻失义 (yǐnyùshīyì)
• 明喻 (míngyù)
• 暗喻 (ànyù)
• 比喻 (bǐyù)
• 比喻義／比喻义 (bǐyùyì)
• 理喻 (lǐyù)
• 略喻
• 百喻經／百喻经
• 直喻
• 罕譬而喻
• 自喻
• 舟水之喻
• 言喻 (yányù)
• 詭喻／诡喻
• 譬喻 (pìyù)
• 豆萁之喻
• 辭喻橫生／辞喻横生
• 遠引曲喻／远引曲喻
• 酒喻聖賢／酒喻圣贤
• 隱喻／隐喻 (yǐnyù)
• 難以言喻／难以言喻 (nányǐyányù)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/

Definitions

喻

1. ^† Alternative form of 愉 (yú, “happy”)

Compounds

• 呴喻
• 喻家山
• 嘔喻／呕喻
• 新喻 (Xīnyú)

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	喻
Kyūjitai	喩

Kanji

喻

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 喩)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 喩

Readings

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kun: さとす (satosu, 喻す)、さとる (satoru, 喻る)、たとえる (tatoeru, 喻える)
• Nanori: さとり (satori)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 喻 – see the following entry.

【喩】S [kanji] jōyō kanji [kanji] metaphor Kanji reading: ゆ, さとす, さとる, たとえる, さとり

(This term, 喻, is an extended shinjitai of the above term.)

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

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