chấm phẩy

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəm˧˦ fəj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəm˦˧˥ fəj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cəm˦˥ fəj˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

chấm (“dot”) +‎ phẩy (“comma”).

Noun

chấm phẩy

  1. (figurative) punctuation (dots and commas)
  2. a semicolon

Etymology 2

chấm (“dot stroke (㇔)”) +‎ phẩy (“left-falling stroke (㇒)”).

Examples

𳁓 quan, originally written as 觀, but the 雚 component was replaced with the dot and bend.
𱍬 (𱍬) quét, originally written as 𪩺, but the 帚 component was replaced with the dot and bend.
𱘫 (𱘫) nhiều, originally written as 𬲢, but the 飠 component was replaced with the dot and bend.

Noun

chấm phẩy

  1. (historical) abbreviation of a character by replacing a component of a character with a dot and bend stroke (𬼀).
    • 2024, Trịnh Khắc Mạnh, Chữ Hán dị thể ở Việt Nam [Chinese character variants in Vietnam], Thế Giới Publishers, page 123:
      Đỗ Thị Bích Tuyển (trong "Graphic abbreviation of Chinese characters in Vietnam: A case study of “dot and bend” in Sino-Nom texts") gọi "𬼀" là "dot and bend" (chấm phẩy) và cho rằng phù hiệu này là kí tự viết tắt của 錢, 饒, 食, 金, 君, 镸, 雚.
      Đỗ Thị Bích Tuyển (in "Graphic abbreviation of Chinese characters in Vietnam: A case study of “dot and bend” in Sino-Nom texts") calls "𬼀" a "dot and bend" and considers that this symbol is an abbreviated character for 錢, 饒, 食, 金, 君, 镸, and 雚.
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