喩 — kanji meaning “metaphor”
喩
metaphor, compare
- Meanings
- metaphor, compare
- On'yomi
- ユ (yu)
- Kun'yomi
- たと.える、さと.す
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- yù
Words with 喩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 比喩 | ひゆ hiyu | simile; metaphor; allegory |
| 暗喩 | あんゆ an'yu | metaphor |
| 隠喩 | いんゆ in'yu | metaphor |
| 直喩 | ちょくゆ chokuyu | simile |
| 諷喩 | ふうゆ fuuyu | hint; insinuation; indirect suggestion |
| 比喩的 | ひゆてき hiyuteki | figurative |
| 換喩 | かんゆ kan'yu | metonymy |
| 引喩 | いんゆ in'yu | allusion |
| 譬喩歌 | ひゆか hiyuka | metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū) |
| 比喩表現 | ひゆひょうげん hiyuhyougen | figurative expression; metaphorical expression |
| 提喩 | ていゆ teiyu | synecdoche |
| 寓喩 | ぐうゆ guuyu | allegory |
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