喻
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#2,268 most
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surname Yu
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
喻 combines 口 mouth with 俞 yú, which supplies the sound. The mouth gives the first sense, 'to explain'. From explaining came 'analogy, metaphor' and then 'to describe'.
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