mức

Variant and doublet of mực (“ink”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 墨 (“ink”, SV: mặc). Ink lines (dây mực) are traditionally used in Vietnam (as well as East Asia) as reference lines, hence the shift in meaning.

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

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mức • (墨, 𣞪)

1. level; degree; extent; measure; standard