Hanja Analyzer
譬

譬 — bi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
비유할 비
Romanization
bi
English
metaphor, simile, example
Mandarin
pì
Japanese on'yomi
ヒ
Japanese kun'yomi
たと.える たと.え
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
20
Radical
言 (149, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
辟(벽)
Unicode
U+8B6C

Parts that make up 譬

  • 辟 물리칠 벽, 피할 피sound 법을 집행하는 모습‘벽·피·비’ 계열의 소리
  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일

How 譬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 譬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辟, 言.

Korean example words with 譬

  • 비유되다譬喩 Korean gloss: 어떤 현상이나 사물이 직접 설명되지 아니하고 다른 비슷한 현상이나 사물에 빗대어져 설명되다
  • 비유담譬喩談 Korean gloss: 우화처럼 도덕적 교훈을 담고 있는 짧은 이야기. 우화가 주로 의인화된 생물이나 사물이 주인공인 이야기라면, 비유담의 주인공은

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 譬

  • 譬喩歌ひゆか metaphorical poem (of the Man'yōshū)

Characters sharing the phonetic 辟

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “벽” in Korean.

Other hanja read “비”

Other hanja with radical 言

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences