dấu cá

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu +‎ (cá refers to the reading of or ).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəw˧˦ kaː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəw˨˩˦ kaː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəw˦˥ kaː˦˥]

Noun

dấu

  1. (writing, linguistics) the 𖿰, a signifier commonly placed to the right of a phonogram in a Nôm text, indicates that this character should not be read with its Sino-Vietnamese reading or should be read with an alternative reading.

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