Chu nho
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Chữ nho (字儒) is the Vietnamese term for classical Chinese writing (in Chinese 文言, pinyin wenyan) that was one of the official writing systems in ancient Vietnam. Chu Nho is also known as Chữ hán. Its written form uses Chinese characters (漢字, Vietnamese hán tự) and is not distinguishable from classical Chinese works produced in China, Korea, or Japan. The original reading of these characters is based on Old Chinese. Since the original pronounciation is unknown today, classical Chinese is read with the pronounciation specific to the readers own language such as Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Vietnamese.