mức

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˦˥]

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• Homophone: mứt (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam)

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 墨 (“ink”, SV: mặc). Doublet of mực (“ink”).

Ink lines (dây mực) are traditionally used in medieval Vietnam (as well as East Asia) as reference lines, hence the shift in meaning.

mức • (墨, 𣞪)

1. level; degree; extent; measure; standard

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

(classifier cây, quả, trái, bông, hoa) mức

1. Wrightia annamensis

   Synonyms: lòng mức, lực mực, thừng mực