Where does “chúa” come from?

chúa (Vietnamese) comes from Middle Chinese 字 — letter, symbol, character; character.

chúa (Vietnamese): the retired father of a monarch of feudal...

Definitions

  1. the retired father of a monarch of feudal...

Ancestry of “chúa”, step by step

chúa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 字

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1Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character

via Chinese 註

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1Chinese註—

via Middle Chinese 助

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1Middle Chinese助—

Words derived from “chúa”

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