𡞕

𡞕 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, composition ⿰女备)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 265, character 28
• Unihan data for U+21795

• 𡢼

From Proto-Vietic *-bəːʔ, either from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(ʔ)boʔ (“mother”) or an early loan from Old Chinese 婦 (OC *bɯʔ).

𡞕 (ꞗợ)

1. wife
2. married woman

• Vietnamese: vợ

• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651), “ꞗợ”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, vợ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 备 (bị).

𡞕: Nôm readings: vợ^[1][2][3]

1. chữ Nôm form of vợ (“wife”)

• Nom Foundation