12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

metaphor, compare

Kun'yomi
  • to compare (something) to
  • さと
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

71.9%
たとえる 28.1%

Character Breakdown

metaphor, compare
ユ たと.える さと.す (11th)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
affirmative response, relaxed, at ease
ユ しかり (Kentei 1)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
river
ku radical
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

References

Unicode hex code 55A9
JIS X 0208 1-51-40
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 947
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 839
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 553
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 671
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 508
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 308
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2064
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3979
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2100
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d9.15
Four corner code 6802.1