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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yù, yú
Cantonese: jyu6
JapaneseKun: SATOSU SATORU TATOERU
JapaneseOn: YU
Korean: YU
Vietnamese: dụ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: metaphor, analogy; example; like

CE-Dict: to describe sth as/an analogy/a simile/a metaphor/an allegory

Soothill: Illustrate, example; to know 宗因喻q.v. The example (dṛṣṭānta (द्ड़्ष्टान्त)) in a syllogism.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) To realize, to understand, to apprehend, to be aware of. (2) To make others aware; to teach, to enlighten. (3) Awareness, enlightenment. (4) For example...; as compared to (比, 譬). (5) A metaphor, simile, allegory, parable, trope, figurative language. (6) To be joyful.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to explain; to make clear; to inform
2.to understand; to know
3.analogy

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: explain; inform; understand

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: explain; inform; understand

朱芾煌:法相辭典 因明入正理論雲:喻有二種。一者、同法。二者、異法。同法者:若于是處,顯因同品決定有性。謂若所作;見彼無常。譬如瓶等。異法者:若于是處,說所立無;因遍非有。謂若是常;見非所作。如虛空等。此中常言,表非無常。非所作言,表無所作。如有非有,說名非有。如疏四卷一頁釋。

Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism (佛光大辭典)  (一)梵語dr!s!t!a^ntah!。于一切法中,為顯示其道理而作之譬喻。佛典多處記載,釋尊說法,巧用譬喻,而令聞法者深領其理,例如法華經之三車喻、藥草喻及華嚴經之善畫師喻。另如以樹動說明風、舉指以示月等,皆為經典中之著名譬喻。于十二部經中,阿波陀那(梵avada^na )即是以譬喻來開示法義之一類經典。(參閱‘譬喻’6809)
 (二)梵語uda^haran!a 或 dr!s!t!a^ntah!。因明用語。為古因明‘五支作法’及新因明‘三支作法’中之第三支。喻,藉比況以說明所宗(主張、命題)之意。于因明論式中,喻支居于因支(理由)之後,作用在于舉出既知之事例以推證未被確定、認可之宗支。例如立‘聲為無常(宗),所作性故(因),譬如瓶等(喻)’之論式,若于古因明五支作法中,喻支僅相當于邏輯學上之類比推理作用而已,而另須依合支、結支之輔助才能證明宗支之論點,故證明力十分薄弱。然于新因明中,喻支中包含一種相等于邏輯學上大前題之普遍原理,使類比推理變成演繹推理,以增強其證明力,故新因明之喻支已具有邏輯學上大前題之作用。新因明中,喻支與因支皆為理由論據之一部分,故若能正確聯合兩者之作用,即可嚴密證明宗支之主張。通常喻支可分二類:一為同法喻,一為異法喻;同法喻之作法稱為‘合作法’,異法喻之作法稱為‘離作法’。又喻支本身系由‘喻體’與‘喻依’兩部分所構成者。
 此外,喻支之使用若不正確,將造成如下十種過失,即:(一)能立法不成過,(二)所立法不成過,(三)俱不成過,(四)無合過,(五)倒合過,(六)所立法不遣過,(七)能立法不遣過, (八)俱不遣過,(九)不離過,(十)倒離過。﹝因明入正理論、因明入正理論悟他門淺釋(陳大齊)﹞(參閱‘同法喻’2246)

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) (術語)因明三支作法之一。在因之次而助因使宗成立者。以既知之事實為喻。作推定未知事實之用。

CF-Dict: métaphore/ expliquer/illustrer/comprendre/savoir

Han-De-Dict: Allegorie, Sinnbild (u.E.) (S)/Yu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/jemanden über etwas in Kenntnis setzten (u.E.)