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vảy

Pronunciation Northern /va̰j˧˩˧/ Central /jaj˧˩˨/ Southern /jaj˨˩˦/
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scales
Noun
scales
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
scales

The small, thin, and hard plates that cover and protect the skin of many fish and certain other animals.

vi Con cá này có những cái vảy màu bạc lấp lánh.

en This fish has shiny silver scales.

Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𩺩
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OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𩺩
Candidates by syllable
vảy 𩺩
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
váy / vầy / vấy / vậy …
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Easily confused

Same spelling, different tone
Starts with this word

vảy nến/vảy nám

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đóng vảy
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Words containing this

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Common expressions

cánh vảy vảy cá vảy mại đánh vảy vảy nến
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