yù
metaphor
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 喻
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to compare | ||
an analogy | ||
unreasonable | ||
it goes without saying | ||
a household name |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lo-s | yuH | yù | understand; metaphor |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.8968% of movies
2274th most common character in movies
2273rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+55BB |
Sources
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