Where does “hệ” come from?

hệ (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 客 — guest.

hệ (Vietnamese): system

Definitions

  1. system

Ancestry of “hệ”, step by step

hệ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 客

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese客guest

via Middle Chinese 夏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese夏—

Words derived from “hệ”

Every word from Chinese 客 →