hạt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hat"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːt̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haːk̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haːk̚˨˩˨]
• Homophone: hạc

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Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 核 (“seed”, SV: hạch). Doublet of hạch.

Alternative forms

• hột

Noun

hạt • (曷, 涸, 籺, 紇)

1. a small hard piece; a seed, a grain, a nut, etc.

   hạt bụi ― a dust speck

   hạt đậu ― a bean

   hạt dẻ ― a chestnut

   hạt giống ― a seed

   hạt cải dầu ― rapeseed

   hạt điều ― cashew nut

   hạt điều màu ― annatto seed

2. (literary, of liquid) drop
3. (physics) particle

Derived terms

• phản hạt (“antiparticle”)

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Sino-Vietnamese word from 轄?”

Noun

hạt

1. an administrative division that translates to English county

   Synonym: quận