cánh

From Proto-Vietic *kɛːŋʔ.

Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895) records the now obsolete form written as kiến. Considering that this dictionary is based on Southern Vietnamese when the /n > ŋ/ shift already occurred, the form intended here would be etymologically spelled as kiếng (cf. the "kiến" for "glass" entry right below). This kiếng/cánh pair represents the diphthongized and undiphthongized variants respectively, in the same vein of miếng - mánh.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kajŋ̟˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛɲ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kan˦˥]

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cánh • (𫅩, 𦑃)

1. (anatomy) wing
2. (botany) petal

   cánh hoa ― petal

3. (of a star symbol) point

   sao vàng năm cánh ― a five-pointed golden star

4. (of a football/soccer pitch/field) side
5. (literary) clothes; clothing

   Hắn diện một bộ cánh lỗi mốt hết cỡ.

   He wears/wore a super out-of-style set of clothes.

cánh

1. Indicates doors, windows, gates, kites, bows, forests and agricultural fields (of maize/corn, rice, etc.)

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