chữ Hán

See also: chūhàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

chữ (“character”) +‎ Hán (“Han”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ haːn˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨ˧˨ haːŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɨ˨˩˦ haːŋ˦˥]

Noun

chữ Hán (𡨸漢)

Chinese character(s), used to write Literary Chinese, which was the written language of government and scholarship in Vietnam until the early 20th century.

Further reading

History of writing in Vietnam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
chữ Hán on the Vietnamese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^vi

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