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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 20

Pronunciation

Pinyin: pì
Cantonese: pei3
JapaneseKun: TATOERU TATOE
JapaneseOn: HI
Korean: PI
Vietnamese: thí

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: metaphor, simile, example

CE-Dict: give an example

Soothill: To compare, allegorize; like, resembling; parable, metaphor, simile.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an example; an analogy; simile

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》譬 諭也。从言辟聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】 譬
【唐韻】匹至切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】匹智切,𠀤嚭去聲。【說文】諭也。【徐曰】猶匹也。匹而諭之也。【詩·大雅】取譬不遠。【禮·學記】罕譬而喻。【註】比方之辭。【後漢·第五種傳】羽請住譬降之。【註】譬,諭也。 又猶曉也。【後漢·鮑永傳】言之者雖戒,而聞之者未譬。 又【集韻】或作辟。【詩·小雅】譬彼舟流。【箋】譬,本亦作辟。【孟子】譬若掘井。
考證:〔【禮·學記】罕譬而諭。【註】北方之辭。〕 謹照原文諭改喻。北方改比方。

CF-Dict: comparer/p.e.

Han-De-Dict: Metapher (u.E.) (S)