gạch

See also: gach, Gach, and gách

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣat̚˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣat̚˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cục, hòn, viên) gạch • (甓, 劇, 壉坧, 󱌔)

brick (hardened block used for building)
(by extension) tile (mostly rectangular shaped sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces)
gạch lát nền ― floor tiles

gạch ốp tường ― wall tiles

gạch lát hè ― pavers

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

gạch

to draw a line, especially over text to delete it

Noun

gạch

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)

(of crustaceans) tomalley; hepatopancreas
gạch cua ― crab fat

gạch tôm ― shrimp hepatopancreas