dấu nháy

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu +‎ nháy.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəw˧˦ ɲaj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jəw˨˩˦ ɲaj˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jəw˦˥ ɲa(ː)j˦˥]

Noun

dấu nháy

1. (writing, linguistics) the 𖿱, a small diacritic (or signifier) placed to the right of a phonogram in a Nôm text, chiefly to indicate that this character should not be read with its Sino-Vietnamese value, and can also function as iteration mark; like other diacritical marks/signifiers in other Sino-Xenic languages, such as Japanese ゛, its pre-modern usage was very inconsistent

See also

• dấu cá