喻

Yù

Meanings

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Yù

1.surname Yu

yù

1.to describe sth as
2.an analogy
3.a simile
4.a metaphor
5.an allegory

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Wiktionary

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

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Etymology

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

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Stroke order

Components

喻口俞

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Related words

比喻 to compare 明喻 simile 换喻 metonymy 逆喻 oxymoron 言喻 to describe; to put into words 譬喻 analogy 隐喻 metaphor 转喻 metonymy 理喻 to reason with sb 风喻 see 讽喻[fěng yù]借喻 to use sth as a metaphor 暗喻 metaphor