dấu cá

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dấu cá

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.

See also

• dấu nháy