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Hán tự (漢字, lit. Chinese character) is the Vietnamese word for Chinese character. Also known as Chinese hànź, Japanese kanji, Korean hanja. Hán tự were not only used for writing classical Chinese (see chu nho). In the Chu nom writing system hán tự were also adapted to represent native Vietnamese words. Chinese characters created in Vietnam are sometimes referred to as chữ thuần nôm (lit. proper nom character) instead of hán tự.
See also
- hanzi (Chinese character)
- chu nho (classical Chinese writing in Vietnam)
- chu nom (vernacular Vietnamese in Chinese characters)
External links
- 漢字 Hán tự: A Vietnamese-Chinese wordlist (http://picard.ups-tlse.fr/~tienzung/Hantu/hantu_index.html)