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喩 = 口 + 俞
喩 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “metaphor”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 俞 (meeting of butchers). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 308.
- Keyword
- metaphor
- RTK frame
- 308
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ユ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- たと.える, さと.す
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- метафора
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 喩 metaphor
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 喩 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “meeting of butchers”. 喩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 喩 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.