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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 形聲, composed of 形 (“image; shape”) and 聲 (“sound”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hïŋ˨˩ tʰajŋ̟˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hɨn˦˩ tʰɛɲ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hɨn˨˩ tʰan˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun[edit]
- a phono-semantic compound, one of the six types of Han characters, containing characters comprising a part that indicates the meaning, and a part that indicates the pronunciation.
See also[edit]
- lục thư (六書, “The six types of Han characters”)