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Translingual
Han character
𡗶 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一大卜一 (MKYM), composition ⿱天上)
Derived characters
Further reading
Middle Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *b-ləːj (“sky”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“sky, rain”).
Noun
𡗶 (trời)
- sky
Descendants
- Northern Vietnamese: giời (inland dialects), lời, tời (coastal dialects)
- Central Vietnamese: trời
- Southern Vietnamese: trời
→ Northern Vietnamese: trời
Vietnamese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 上 (“above”) + 天 (“sky, heaven”)
Han character
𡗶: Nôm readings: trời[1][2][3][4][5][6][7], giời[2][3], lời[2][3]
Noun
𡗶 • (trời)
- Nôm form of trời, giời (“sky, heaven, weather”).
References
Zhuang
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 天 (“sky”) + 上 (“up”) – up. Compare 𬻊 (“down”).
Postposition
𡗶
- Sawndip form of gwnz (“up; above”)
References
- 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN, page 218