譬喻 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pìyù

liken

pì metaphor

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

辟 Sound component

pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjieH	pʰek-s	example
Zhengzhang		pʰeɡs
Unicode	piɛ̀

說文解字

諭也。从言辟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

yù, yú metaphor

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

俞 Sound component

yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yuH	lo-s	understand; metaphor
Zhengzhang		los
Unicode	iò

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica