喻

to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,219 U+55BB

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 俞 (phonetic, yú)

components: 口俞

figure of speech · Heisig RSH #1628

slaughterhouse + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 俞

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 俞 (yú) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
俞 sound component	yú	to consent, to approve; surname
输	shū	to carry, to haul, to transport
偷	tōu	to steal; burglar, thief
榆	yú	elm tree
愈	yù	to recover, to heal; more and more
谕	yù	to proclaim; to instruct; edict
瑜	yú	flawless gem or jewel
渝	yú	to change; Chongqing
逾	yú	to jump over; to exceed, to surpass
愉	yú	pleasant, delightful; to please
揄	yú	to lift, to raise; to praise; to hang, to flap
蝓	yú	snail
嵛	yú	a county in the Shandong province
腧	shù	acupoint
觎	yú	to covet, to desire, to long for
毹	shū	blanket, rug
窬	yú	door, window; a hole in a wall

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不可理喻	bù kě lǐ yù	(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
不可言喻	bù kě yán yù	inexpressible (idiom)
不言而喻	bù yán ér yù	(idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident
喻世明言	Yù shì Míng yán	another name for 古今小說\|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍…
比喻义	bǐ yù yì	figurative meaning (of a word)
提喻法	tí yù fǎ	synecdoche
自喻	zì yù	to refer to oneself as
借古喻今	jiè gǔ yù jīn	to borrow the past as a model for the present
风喻	fēng yù	see 諷喻\|讽喻[feng3 yu4]
理喻	lǐ yù	to reason with sb
明喻	míng yù	simile
言喻	yán yù	to describe; to put into words
转喻	zhuǎn yù	metonymy
比喻	bǐ yù	to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
家喻户晓	jiā yù hù xiǎo	understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
暗喻	àn yù	metaphor
换喻	huàn yù	metonymy
隐喻	yǐn yù	metaphor
借喻	jiè yù	to use sth as a metaphor
逆喻	nì yù	oxymoron