Chữ Hán
Chinese characters used in Vietnamese writing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally 'Han characters', Vietnamese pronunciation: [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ haːn˧˦])[1] is the term for Chinese characters in Vietnamese. Chữ Hán are used to write Literary Chinese (Hán văn; 漢文) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in the Vietnamese language. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region was incorporated into the Han dynasty and continued to be used until the early 20th century (111 BC – 1919 AD) where usage of Literary Chinese was abolished alongside the Confucian court examinations causing chữ Hán to fall into obscurity.
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Chữ Hán Chữ Nho | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 3rd century BC – 20th century AD, present (limited usage) |
Direction | Top-to-bottom, columns from right to left (traditional) |
Languages | Literary Chinese, Vietnamese (written in chữ Nôm) |
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Parent systems | |
Child systems | Chữ Nôm |
Sister systems | Kanji, Hanja, Zhuyin, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Khitan script, Jurchen script, Tangut script, Yi script |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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