Where does “hình” come from?

hình (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 型.

hình (Vietnamese): image; a figure or a silhouette; a photo; a...

Definitions

  1. image; a figure or a silhouette; a photo; a...

Ancestry of “hình”, step by step

hình traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 型

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via Chinese 形

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Words derived from “hình”

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