metaphor

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

辟 sound component

  Sound component

  

law

Evolution

譬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
譬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

metaphor, simile, example; to give an example

Most common words with 譬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

譬如

for example

to give an example

譬喻

analogy