gạch

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See also: gach, Gach, and gách

Vietnamese

gạch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cục, hòn, viên) gạch (, , , 󱌔)

  1. brick (hardened block used for building)
  2. (by extension) tile (mostly rectangular shaped sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces)
    gạch lát nềnfloor tiles
    gạch ốp tườngwall tiles
    gạch lát hèpavers
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to strike; a stroke, SV: hoạch).

Verb

gạch

  1. to draw a line, especially over text to delete it

Noun

gạch

  1. any punctuation mark that is a line; a hyphen, a dash, a slash, etc.

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Certain sources seem to suggest that this is derived from etymology 1. How about the reverse, where the word for "brick" came from the color of crustaceans' hepatopancreas?”

Noun

gạch (𥗌)

  1. (of crustaceans) tomalley; hepatopancreas
    gạch cuacrab fat
    gạch tômshrimp hepatopancreas