<p>The Vietnamese word for <em>shop</em> is <strong>cửa hàng</strong>.</p>

<p><strong>Cửa</strong> is not <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_vocabulary" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sino-Vietnamese</a>, but a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietic_languages" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Vietic</a> morpheme. IF (and that's a big IF) <strong>cửa</strong> in <strong>cửa hàng</strong> means <em>door</em>, then <strong>cửa</strong> can be represented by「」, which just means <em>door</em>, and「舉」is not part of the meaning of <strong>cửa</strong>.</p>

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  <p>「」or「」(<strong>cửa</strong>) is made up of semantic「門」(<em>door</em>) and phonetic「舉」(<strong>cử</strong>).</p>
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<p>Chinese has a similar word:「門市」, which is <em>the front of a store</em>.</p>

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<p>I was looking up the Vietnamese word cửa hàng. Hàng Seems fairly straight forward as it used to be written with the Chinese character 行 and pronunciation is quite similar also. Cửa is not as simple; it seems to be a form of  (or perhaps ) but  there is very little info about it.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%A8%B7%B6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wiktionary</a> does say that it is a:</p>

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  <p>Han character</p>
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<p>举 and 门 makes me think that it's got something to do with being 'open' (i.e.: for business) but I'm not sure.</p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

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`Wiktionary does say that it is a Han character` This definition of "Han character" is very broad, and coincides with the first paragraph in  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters. I suppose, if *kokuji* and *gukja* are "Han characters", then there is no reason for *Chữ Nôm* and *Sawndip* not to be "Han characters". Well,  and  are definitely *Chữ Nôm*, and not a "Chinese" "Han character".
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I was looking up the Vietnamese word cửa hàng. Hàng Seems fairly straight forward as it used to be written with the Chinese character 行 and pronunciation is quite similar also. Cửa is not as simple; it seems to be a form of (or perhaps ) but there is very little info about it.

[Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%A8%B7%B6) does say that it is a:

> Han character

举 and 门 makes me think that it's got something to do with being 'open' (i.e.: for business) but I'm not sure.

Any ideas?

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> **username_1**: `Wiktionary does say that it is a Han character` This definition of "Han character" is very broad, and coincides with the first paragraph in  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters. I suppose, if *kokuji* and *gukja* are "Han characters", then there is no reason for *Chữ Nôm* and *Sawndip* not to be "Han characters". Well,  and  are definitely *Chữ Nôm*, and not a "Chinese" "Han character".  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-30. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The Vietnamese word for *shop* is **cửa hàng**.

**Cửa** is not [Sino-Vietnamese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_vocabulary), but a [Vietic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietic_languages) morpheme. IF (and that's a big IF) **cửa** in **cửa hàng** means *door*, then **cửa** can be represented by「」, which just means *door*, and「舉」is not part of the meaning of **cửa**.

> 「」or「」(**cửa**) is made up of semantic「門」(*door*) and phonetic「舉」(**cử**).

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Chinese has a similar word:「門市」, which is *the front of a store*.


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