cánh

Etymology
From.

Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895) records the now obsolete form written as. Considering that this dictionary is based on Southern Vietnamese when the shift already occurred, the form intended here would be etymologically spelled as  (cf. the "" for "glass" entry right below). This kiếng/cánh pair represents the diphthongized and undiphthongized variants respectively, in the same vein of -.

Noun

 * 1)  wing
 * 2)  petal
 * 3)  point
 * 4)  side
 * 5)  clothes; clothing
 * 1)  clothes; clothing

Classifier

 * 1) Indicates doors, windows, gates, kites, bows, forests and agricultural fields (of maize/corn, rice, etc.)