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喩 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
ユゆ · yu
Kun
たと.える・さと.すtato.eru · sato.su
Meaning
metaphor; liken to

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mouth plus passing through smoothly: making something understood by likening it to another.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onユゆyu比喩ひゆ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 比喩ひゆ

    metaphor; simile

  • 隠喩いんゆ

    implicit metaphor

More words with this kanji

  • 譬喩ひゆ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

比喩(ひゆ)を使(つか)って分(わ)かりやすく説明(せつめい)した。

I explained it clearly using a metaphor.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

比喩隠喩喩比to com…隠hide𠮟scold呂spine呪spell咽throat唄song湧gush由reason油oil肬a wart臾a shor…
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Compound

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