U+55BB "喻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

喻

U+55BB "喻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese logograph (hanzi) that primarily means "to explain," "to illustrate," or "to metaphorically compare," often used in contexts of analogy or parable. It is a commonly used character in both classical and modern Chinese, appearing in words such as "比喻" (bǐyù, meaning "metaphor" or "simile") and "喻示" (yùshì, meaning "to imply" or "to suggest"). Structurally, it combines the "mouth" radical (口, kǒu) with the phonetic component "俞" (yú), reflecting its semantic link to speech and reasoning. This character is also found in the name of the ancient Chinese philosopher Hui Shi's concept of "喻言" (yùyán) or "allegorical speech," and it remains relevant in contemporary written Chinese for conveying complex ideas through comparison.

General Properties

Code Point	U+55BB
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	喻
HTML Hex Encoding	喻
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x96 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x55BB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000055BB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u55bb

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	B3EB
kCCCII	213672
kCNS1986	1-5E51
kCNS1992	1-5E51
kCangjie	ROMN
kCantonese	jyu6
kCowles	4897
kDaeJaweon	0421.200
kDefinition	metaphor, analogy; example; like
kEACC	213672
kFanqie	羊戍
kFourCornerCode	6802.1
kGB0	5187
kGB1	5187
kGradeLevel	6
kGSR	0125c
kHanYu	10657.080
kHanyuPinyin	10657.080:yù,yú
kHKGlyph	0638
kIICore	AGTHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	0421.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10657.080
kIRGKangXi	0201.121
kIRG_GSource	G0-5377
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B3EB
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-008501
kIRG_TSource	T1-5E51
kIRG_VSource	V1-4F66
kJapanese	ユさとすたとえる
kTGH	2013:2644
kJapaneseKun	SATOSU SATORU TATOERU
kJapaneseOn	YU
kKangXi	0201.121
kKorean	YU
kMainlandTelegraph	0827
kMandarin	yù
kMatthews	7629
kMeyerWempe	3643
kMojiJoho	MJ008501 MJ008501:E0100 MJ008502:E0101
kPhonetic	1611
kRSUnicode	30.9
kSBGY	365.22
kSMSZD2003Index	111.07
kSMSZD2003Readings	yù粵jyu6
kTaiwanTelegraph	0827
kTang	iò
kTGHZ2013	449.120:yù
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kVietnamese	dụ
kXerox	261:102
kXHC1983	1416.070:yù