馬

mã (canonical)
mở (canonical)
mứa (canonical)
mả (canonical)
mỡ (canonical)
ngựa (canonical)


馬

chữ Nôm form of mựa (“(obsolete) don't”)


馬

小(tiểu)童(đồng)庄(chẳng)及(kịp)哙(hỏi)㗍(han)
𦣰(nằm)陵(lăn)边(bên)馬(mả)哭(khóc)嘆(than)徘(bồi)徊(hồi)

19th century, Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (阮廷沼), Lục Vân Tiên (蓼雲僊) [Tale of Lục Vân Tiên], published 1916, lines 921–922:

Before the page has a chance to pay a visit,
He throws himself down upon the grave, crying, lamenting, fretting.


馬

alternative form of 馭 (“chữ Nôm form of ngựa (“horse”)”)


国

alternative form of 國 (“chữ Hán form of quốc (“(only in compounds) nation; state; country”)”)


数

sổ (canonical)
sộ (canonical)
sỗ (canonical)
xọ (canonical)


西

西: Hán Việt readings: tây (canonical)
tê 西: Nôm readings: tây (canonical)

chữ Hán form of tây
West (the Western world)


月

月: Hán Việt readings: nguyệt (canonical)
ngoạt (canonical)
nhục 月: Nôm readings: nguyệt (canonical)
nhục (canonical)

chữ Hán form of nhục (“alternative form of 肉 (“meat radical”)”)


愛

愛: Hán Việt readings: ái (canonical)
áy 愛: Nôm readings: ái (canonical)
áy (canonical)
ải (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of áy (“troubled; anxious”)


人

chữ Hán form of nhân
Kangxi radical 9—‘man’


水

水: Hán Việt readings: thủy (canonical)
thuỷ 水: Nôm readings: thủy (canonical)
thuỷ (canonical)
nước (canonical)

(uncommon) chữ Nôm form of nước (“water”)


米

chữ Nôm form of mè (“(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) sesame”)


米

chữ Hán form of Mễ: (Overseas Vietnamese or obsolete) Mexico (a country in North America)


姫

chữ Hán form of cơ (“alternative form of 姬”)


今

今: Hán Việt readings: kim (canonical)
câm 今: Nôm readings: kim (canonical)
câm (canonical)
căm (canonical)
cầm (canonical)
ngấm (canonical)


一

一: Hán Việt readings: nhất (canonical)
nhứt 一: Nôm readings: nhất (canonical)
nhắt (canonical)
nhứt (canonical)


層

chữ Nôm form of tầng (“layer; storey; floor”)


百

百: Hán Việt readings: bách (canonical)
bá 百: Nôm readings: bách (canonical)
bá (canonical)
trăm (canonical)


十

chữ Hán form of thập
Kangxi radical 24—‘ten’


億

chữ Hán form of ức (“a hundred thousand”)


丿

phiệt (canonical)
phút (canonical)
phảy (canonical)
phết (canonical)
phịch 丿: Hán Nôm readings: triệt (canonical)
thiên (canonical)
phét (canonical)

chữ Hán form of phiệt (“Kangxi radical 4—‘slash’”)


入

nhạp (canonical)
nhấp (canonical)
nhắp (canonical)
vào (canonical)
nhép (canonical)
nhẹp (canonical)

chữ Hán form of nhập
|Kangxi radical 11—‘enter’


八

eight, octo- (Sino-Vietnamese compounds)


丁

đinh (canonical)
đềnh (canonical)
tênh (canonical)
tranh (canonical)
đĩnh (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of đứa (“indicates young person, child or inferior person”)


紋

chữ Nôm form of ân
(of marble or wood) grain, vein

silk cloth with woven design (of clouds)


六

六: Hán Việt readings: lục (canonical)
lúc 六: Nôm readings: lúc (canonical)
lục (canonical)
lóc (canonical)
trọc (canonical)
lộc (canonical)
lụt (canonical)


七

chữ Hán form of thất (“(only in compounds) seven”)


万

万: Hán Việt readings: vạn (canonical)
mặc 万: Nôm readings: vàn (canonical)
vạn (canonical)
muôn (canonical)


萬

chữ Hán form of vạn, muôn (“ten thousand”)


心

tấm (canonical)
tim (canonical)
tăm (canonical)


日

日: Hán Việt readings: nhật (canonical)
nhựt 日: Nôm readings: nhặt (canonical)
nhật (canonical)
nhạt (canonical)
nhựt (canonical)
nhờn (canonical)


年

nên (canonical)
niên (canonical)
niền (canonical)


文

阮文A

chữ Hán form of Văn (“a male middle name”)


森

森: Hán Việt readings: sâm (canonical)
sum 森: Nôm readings: chùm (canonical)
dâm (canonical)
dúm (canonical)
râm (canonical)
sâm (canonical)
sum (canonical)
xum (canonical)


酒

tửu (canonical)
giậu (canonical)
𨢇 (rượu) (alternative)


火

火: Hán Việt readings: hỏa (canonical)
hoả 火: Nôm readings: hỏa (canonical)
hoả (canonical)
ỏa/oả (canonical)


中

中: Hán Việt readings: trung (canonical)
trúng 中: Nôm readings: trúng (canonical)
trong (canonical)
trung (canonical)
truồng (canonical)
đúng (canonical)
truông (canonical)

Nôm form of trong (“in; inside; within”)


㐌

chữ Nôm form of đã (“already, past marker”)


㑫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nộm): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 念 (niệm).


㓟

phay (Hán-Nôm)
bi (Hán-Nôm)
phi (Hán-Nôm)


丈

chữ Hán form of trượng
(archaic) a unit of length

(North Central Vietnam) paternal uncle-in-law, father's sister's husband


上

chữ Hán form of thượng (“upper; higher; top”)


下

chữ Hán form of hạ (“to lower; to bring down; to take down”)


不

不: Hán Việt readings: bất (canonical)
bưu (canonical)
bỉ (canonical)
phi (canonical)
phu (canonical)
phầu (canonical)
phủ 不: Nôm readings: bất (canonical)

不得其死

bất đắc kì tử


丐

chữ Hán form of cái
Indicates an inanimate, tangible thing

Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 36a
丐𪂲丐𪅥丐𪆯
𫳵𡮠踸𪽣穭翁唉𪂲
Cái cò cái vạc cái nông;
Sao mày giẫm ruộng lúa ông hỡi cò?
The stork, the heron, the pelican;
Why troddest thou on my paddy rice, oh stork?

chữ Hán form of cái
(obsolete) Indicates animals

(colloquial) Precedes another classifier (any one but “cái” itself), effectively acting as a focus marker, sometimes conveying a connotation of deprecation, especially if persons are referred to.


且

且: Hán Việt readings: thả (canonical)
thư (canonical)
tồ 且: Nôm readings: thả (canonical)
vã (canonical)
vả (canonical)

Nôm: 𡲤


丕

vậy (canonical)
phỉ (canonical)
bậy (canonical)
phơi (canonical)
chăng (canonical)
chẳng (canonical)
phi (canonical)


世

chữ Hán form of thế (“(only in compounds) era, time, generation”)


丘

丘: Hán Việt readings: khiêu (canonical)
khâu (canonical)
khưu 丘: Nôm readings: khâu (canonical)
kheo (canonical)
khưu (canonical)


丙

chữ Hán form of Bính (“third of the ten heavenly stems”)


丢

丢: Hán Việt readings: đâu (canonical)
đốc 丢: Nôm readings: đâu (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of đâu (“where, not, negation marker”)


两

两: Hán Việt readings: lưỡng (canonical)
lạng 两: Nôm readings: lưỡng (canonical)
lạng (canonical)
lưởng (canonical)


个

个: Hán Việt readings: cá (canonical)
cán 个: Nôm readings: cá (canonical)


串

xuyên (canonical)
xuyến (canonical)
quán (canonical)
貫 (quán) (alternative)

chữ Hán form of quán (“to string an object”)


丸

chữ Nôm form of viên (“to round off; to make round; to ball up”)


丸

chữ Nôm form of viên (“indicates small, solid things”)

used for small, solid, and roundish objects

used for standalone mountains and islands


丹

丹: Hán Việt readings: đan (canonical)
đơn 丹: Nôm readings: đơn (canonical)
đan (canonical)


主

主: Hán Việt readings: chủ (canonical)
chúa 主: Nôm readings: chúa (canonical)
chủ (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of chúa (“retired father of a king”)

chữ Nôm form of Chúa (“God; Christ; Lord”)


乃

乃: Hán Việt readings: nãi (canonical)
ái 乃: Nôm readings: náy (canonical)
nãy (canonical)
nảy (canonical)
nải (canonical)
nấy (canonical)
nới (canonical)


之

chữ Nôm form of giây (“a brief moment; an instant”)


乎

乎: Hán Việt readings: hồ (canonical)
hô 乎: Nôm readings: hồ (canonical)

(Literary Chinese) sentence final particle expressing a question.


也

也: Hán Việt readings: giã (canonical)
dã 也: Nôm readings: dạ (canonical)
dã (canonical)
giã (canonical)
rã (canonical)


乳

nhỏ (canonical)
nhủ (canonical)
nhũ (canonical)
nhả (canonical)
nhỗ (canonical)
nhú (canonical)


了

了: Hán Việt readings: liễu (canonical)
kiết 了: Nôm readings: lểu (canonical)
lẽo (canonical)
liễu (canonical)
lẻo (canonical)
léo (canonical)
líu (canonical)
lếu (canonical)
sáu (canonical)
lèo (canonical)
tréo (canonical)


事

chữ Nôm form of xì (“to leak out, to escape”)


云

chữ Hán form of vân (“to say; to speak”)


些

𠊚些吶

羅𧵑衆些

it's ours; it's our possession (something belonging to everybody involved)

嬰些

𠄩些

𠀧些

𤾓(trăm)𢆥(năm)𥪞(trong)揆(cõi)𠊛(người)些(ta)

1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 1:

A hundred years in the realm of humanity


京

chữ Hán form of Kinh (“ethnically Vietnamese”)


仍

nhưng (Hán-Nôm)
nhăng (Hán-Nôm)
nhang (Hán-Nôm)
những (Hán-Nôm)
dưng (Hán-Nôm)
dừng (Hán-Nôm)
nhẳng (Hán-Nôm)
nhùng (Hán-Nôm)

chữ Nôm form of những (“Plural marker.”)


仝

chữ Nôm form of giồng (“plant, sow, cultivate”)


代

đãi (canonical)
đại (canonical)
dạy (canonical)
dậy (canonical)
rượi (canonical)
đười (canonical)
đợi (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of đời (“life; world; generation; era”)


任

任: Hán Việt readings: nhậm (canonical)
nhiệm (canonical)
nhâm 任: Nôm readings: nhậm (canonical)
nhằm (canonical)
nhầm (canonical)
nhẩm (canonical)
nhăm (canonical)
nhặm (canonical)
vững (canonical)


伊

chữ Hán form of y
(archaic, literary) he; him; she; her


伯

伯: Hán Việt readings: bá (canonical)
bác 伯: Nôm readings: bá (canonical)
bác (canonical)

chữ Hán form of bá (“paternal uncle; father's older brother”)


但

但: Hán Việt readings: đãn (canonical)
đán 但: Nôm readings: giản (canonical)
đản (canonical)
đởn (canonical)


佛

chữ Hán form of Phật (“a Buddha, an Enlightened One”)


佛

chữ Hán form of Phật (“Buddha, the Enlightened One”)


作

作: Hán Việt readings: tác (canonical)
tố 作: Nôm readings: tác (canonical)
sã (canonical)

chữ Hán form of tác (“to do; to perform; to carry out”)


你

你: Hán Việt readings: nhĩ (canonical)
nễ 你: Nôm readings: né (canonical)
nể (canonical)
nẻ (canonical)
nệ (canonical)


侼

侼: Nôm readings: bụt (canonical)
bột (canonical)
孛 (bột) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bụt): semantic 亻 (“human; person”) + phonetic 孛 (bột).

chữ Nôm form of Bụt (“Buddha, the Enlightened One”)


俄

chữ Hán form of Nga, nga (“Russia, Russian”)


修

chữ Hán form of tu (“(intransitive) to isolate oneself from other people to follow rules in a philosophy or religion”)


傳

傳: Hán Việt readings: truyền (canonical)
truyện (canonical)
truyến 傳: Nôm readings: chuyền (canonical)
chuyện (canonical)
chuyến (canonical)
chiện (canonical)


傳

chữ Nôm form of chuyền (“to pass a ball”)


傳

chữ Nôm form of chuyện (“matters, affairs; a tale, a legend”)


像

像: Hán Việt readings: tượng (canonical)
tương 像: Nôm readings: tượng (canonical)

chữ Hán form of tương (“to resemble; to be like”)


僑

(literary) a person who takes up residence in a foreign country


先

先: Hán Việt readings: tiên (canonical)
tiến 先: Nôm readings: tiên (canonical)
tên (canonical)
ten (canonical)
teng (canonical)

chữ Hán form of tiên (“first; prior; before”)


兒

兒: Hán Việt readings: nhi (canonical)
nghê 兒: Nôm readings: nhẻ (canonical)


兩

tael (unit of weight equal to 37.8 grams)

chữ Nôm form of lạng
hectogram (100 grams)


共

共: Hán Việt readings: cung (canonical)
cộng (canonical)
củng 共: Nôm readings: cùng (canonical)
cũng (canonical)
cọng (canonical)
cụng (canonical)
gọng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of cùng (“with, and; same”)


兵

banh (canonical)
bênh (canonical)
bưng (canonical)
bành (canonical)

chữ Hán form of binh (“military troops”)


冕

chữ Nôm form of mịn (“(of skin, etc) smooth, silky, fine”)


冗

nhõng (canonical)
nhũng (canonical)
đem (canonical)
nhùng (canonical)


冢

chữ Nôm form of trũng (“a deep hole in the ground”)

chữ Nôm form of trổng (“vague, indiscriminate”)


冰

phăng (canonical)
bâng (canonical)
văng (canonical)
bưng (canonical)
𫥇 (băng) (alternative)


冷

liểng (canonical)
lành (canonical)
lãnh (canonical)
lênh (canonical)
lạnh (canonical)
lảnh (canonical)
rãnh (canonical)
rảnh (canonical)

chữ Hán form of lãnh (“cold; neglected”)


列

sét (canonical)
lít (canonical)
lướt (canonical)
rịt (canonical)
liếc (canonical)
liệt (canonical)
lét (canonical)
lượt (canonical)
rật (canonical)
rết (canonical)
rớt (canonical)
rụt (canonical)
sít (canonical)
sắt (canonical)
sệt (canonical)
lệch (canonical)
loẹt (canonical)
riệt (canonical)
rít (canonical)
rệt (canonical)
lịt (canonical)


初

chữ Nôm form of xưa (“a long time ago; old times”)


刟

刟: Nôm readings: xẻo (canonical)
sẹo (canonical)


利

lợi (canonical)
rời (canonical)
rơi (canonical)
ráy (canonical)
lì (canonical)
rị (canonical)
lệ (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of lời (“profit; interest”)


刮

chữ Nôm form of quát (“to shout; to storm; to yell”)


刺

刺: Hán Việt readings: thích (canonical)
thứ 刺: Nôm readings: chích (canonical)


則

則: Hán Việt readings: tắc (canonical)
trắc 則: Nôm readings: tắc (canonical)
tấc (canonical)
trắc (canonical)


力

lực (canonical)
sực (canonical)
sựt (canonical)
rực (canonical)


動

to bump against; to collide (with); to come into collision

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to meet (unexpectedly); to encounter

chữ Nôm form of đụng
to meet (unexpectedly); to encounter

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to marry (each other)

chữ Nôm form of đụng
to marry (each other)


化

化: Hán Việt readings: hóa (canonical)
hoá (canonical)
góa (canonical)
goá 化: Nôm readings: Huế (canonical)


匿

nác (canonical)
nước (canonical)
nặc (canonical)


半

bớn (canonical)
bướng (canonical)
vắn (canonical)
búng (canonical)
bận (canonical)
ban (canonical)
bướn (canonical)


卓

chữ Nôm form of chắc (“firm, solid, strong”)


卜

卜: Hán Việt readings: bốc (canonical)
bặc 卜: Nôm readings: bói (canonical)
bóc (canonical)
vúc (canonical)
bốc (canonical)
vốc (canonical)
vóc (canonical)
bặc (canonical)
cốc (canonical)

chữ Hán form of bốc (“Kangxi radical 25—‘divination’”)


卬

chữ Nôm form of ngang (“horizontal, level, flat, stubborn”)


卲

卲: Hán Việt readings: thiệu (canonical)
thiều 卲: Nôm readings: thiệu (canonical)
thiêu (canonical)


卸

chữ Nôm form of xả (“discharge, remove”)


卿

(imperial) chữ Hán form of khanh (“you”) (used by royalty to refer to inferior)


厂

chữ Hán form of hán (“Kangxi radical 27—‘cliff’”)


又

又: Hán Việt readings: hựu (canonical)
hữu 又: Nôm readings: lại (canonical)


双

xong (canonical)
rông (canonical)
rong (canonical)


古

chữ Nôm form of của (“property; belongings”)


台

台: Hán Việt readings: thai (canonical)
đài 台: Nôm readings: thơi (canonical)
thai (canonical)
thay (canonical)
hay (canonical)
đài (canonical)
thài (canonical)
hai (canonical)
đày (canonical)


叽

叽: Nôm readings: kể (canonical)
kẽ (canonical)


吁

吁: Hán Việt readings: hu (canonical)
hù (canonical)
u 吁: Nôm readings: hu (canonical)
hủ (canonical)
vo (canonical)
vu (canonical)
xu (canonical)

chữ Hán form of hù (“to scare someone with a surprise”)

chữ Hán form of vù (“sound of the blowing wind”)


各

各: Hán Việt readings: các (canonical)
cách 各: Nôm readings: các (canonical)
gác (canonical)
cắc (canonical)
gạc (canonical)
gật (canonical)


合

合: Hán Việt readings: hợp (canonical)
hiệp (canonical)
hạp (canonical)
cáp 合: Nôm readings: hợp (canonical)
họp (canonical)
cáp (canonical)
cóp (canonical)
gộp (canonical)
sáp (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of sáp (“flexible material used to store cosmetics”)


吉

chữ Hán form of cát (“auspicious, lucky”)


同

đùng (canonical)
đòng (canonical)
đang (canonical)
rùng (canonical)


名

danh (canonical)
rành (canonical)
quanh (canonical)
dinh (canonical)
gianh (canonical)

chữ Hán form of danh (“famous; well-known”)


吟

ngậm (canonical)
ngâm (canonical)
cầm (canonical)
ngắm (canonical)
gầm (canonical)
gặm (canonical)
gẫm (canonical)
ngăm (canonical)
ngăn (canonical)
câm (canonical)
căm (canonical)
cằm (canonical)
ngầm (canonical)
ngẩm (canonical)
ngợm (canonical)

chữ Hán form of ngâm (“to recite; to read in a singing voice”)


吧

chữ Nôm form of và (“and, with, as well as”)


吸

cạp (canonical)
hấp (canonical)
hớp (canonical)
húp (canonical)
hút (canonical)


吽

吽: Hán Việt readings: hồng (canonical)
hống (canonical)
ngâu (canonical)
oanh (canonical)
ẩu 吽: Nôm readings: hống (canonical)
ngào (canonical)

chữ Hán form of Hồng (“a personal name”)


周

周: Hán Việt readings: chu (canonical)
châu 周: Nôm readings: chu (canonical)
châu (canonical)


味

vị (Hán-Nôm)
mùi (Hán-Nôm)
mồi (Hán-Nôm)


命

命: Hán Việt readings: mệnh (canonical)
mạng (canonical)
mạnh (canonical)
mịnh 命: Nôm readings: mạng (canonical)
mình (canonical)
mệnh (canonical)

𡦂(chữ)才(tài)𡦂(chữ)命(mệnh)窖(khéo)⿱罒𪜀(là)恄(ghét)饒(nhau)

1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 2:

Talent and fate are always apt to strife

chữ Hán form of mệnh (“life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction”)

chữ Hán form of mạng (“life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction”)


咁

chữ Hán form of căm (“to bear resentment against”)


和

和: Hán Việt readings: hòa (canonical)
hoà (canonical)
hồ 和: Nôm readings: họa (canonical)
hoạ (canonical)
huề (canonical)
hùa (canonical)

chữ Hán form of hoà; hoạ; hùa (“to mix or dissolve in water; to harmonize; to follow suit”)

chữ Hán form of hoà, huề (“to draw, to tie, to make peace”)


咦

咦: Nôm readings: gì (canonical)
di (canonical)
ri (canonical)
dè (canonical)
rê (canonical)
rì (canonical)
rỉ (canonical)


員

員: Hán Việt readings: vân (canonical)
viên 員: Nôm readings: von (canonical)

chữ Hán form of viên (“person, member, staff, personnel”)


哦

chữ Hán form of nga (“recite, hum, croon”)


哯

哯: Nôm readings: nghiến (canonical)
kén (canonical)
hẹn (canonical)


唯

唯: Hán Việt readings: duy (canonical)
dụy (canonical)
duỵ 唯: Nôm readings: dạ (canonical)
dói (canonical)
dúi (canonical)
duối (canonical)
duy (canonical)
giòe (canonical)
gioè (canonical)
giói (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of dạ (“A polite particle used to respond to people of higher statuses: yes”)


啉

啉: Hán Việt readings: lam (canonical)
lâm 啉: Nôm readings: lâm (canonical)
lùm (canonical)
lăm (canonical)
lảm (canonical)
lầm (canonical)
lẩm (canonical)
lằm (canonical)
rầm (canonical)
rắm (canonical)
rởm (canonical)
trăm (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of rởm (“grotesque; ludicrous; ridiculous”)


啊

啊困碎！

chữ Nôm form of a (“Used in the beginning of a sentence to indicate questioning: ah, oh, ha”)


喻

喻: Hán Việt readings: dụ (canonical)
du 喻: Nôm readings: dụ (canonical)
dầu (canonical)
dẫu (canonical)
dỗ (canonical)
nhủ (canonical)
rủ (canonical)
dẩu (canonical)

chữ Hán form of dụ (“allegory, metaphor, to explain”)


嗡

嗡: Hán Việt readings: ông (canonical)
án 嗡: Nôm readings: óng (canonical)
ông (canonical)


嘆

嘆: Hán Việt readings: thán (canonical)
than 嘆: Nôm readings: than (canonical)
han (canonical)
thán (canonical)
thăn (canonical)
hớn (canonical)
hen (canonical)
thơn (canonical)


嘲

trào (Hán-Nôm)
chào (Hán-Nôm)
ràu (Hán-Nôm)
nhào (Hán-Nôm)
rầu (Hán-Nôm)
thều (Hán-Nôm)
trều (Hán-Nôm)


囯

alternative form of 國 (“chữ Hán form of quốc (“nation; state; country”)”)


國

chữ Hán form of quốc (“nation; state; country”)


土

chữ Hán form of thổ (“earth; soil; land”)


圣

圣: Hán Việt readings: khốt (canonical)
thánh 圣: Nôm readings: thánh (canonical)


圯

dẻ (canonical)
dẽ (canonical)
dĩ (canonical)


地

đĩa (canonical)
gịa (canonical)
đất (canonical)
rịa (canonical)

chữ Hán form of địa (“earth; ground; land”)

地理

địa lí / địa lý


坉

坉: Nôm readings: chốn (canonical)
trốn (canonical)


坋

坋: Nôm readings: phân (canonical)
phơn (canonical)


坍

坍: Nôm readings: đàn (canonical)
than (canonical)


坎

khúm (canonical)
khăm (canonical)
khảm (canonical)
khẳm (canonical)


坏

hoại (canonical)
hoải (canonical)
phôi (canonical)


坐

坐: Hán Việt readings: tọa (canonical)
toạ 坐: Nôm readings: ngồi (canonical)
tòa (canonical)
toà (canonical)
tọa (canonical)
toạ (canonical)


坑

坑: Hán Việt readings: khanh (canonical)
khâng (canonical)
khuâng 坑: Nôm readings: khanh (canonical)
ganh (canonical)


坦

坦: Hán Việt readings: thản (canonical)
thán 坦: Nôm readings: đứt (canonical)
đất (canonical)
đắt (canonical)
thản (canonical)
đác (canonical)
đởn (canonical)
thán (canonical)
đắn (canonical)
đật (canonical)
ngẩn (canonical)
thưỡn (canonical)


坦

đất (romanization)
𡐙 (đất) (alternative)
待 (đất) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, đất): semantic 土 (“earth”) + abbreviated phonetic 怛 (đát). The 旦 element is a simplified form of 怛.

chữ Nôm form of đất (“earth; soil; dirt”)


坦

chữ Nôm form of đứt (“to break off; to be cut off”)


坨

chữ Hán form of đà (“used to designate heaps or small spherical objects”)


執

giúp (canonical)
chập (canonical)
giập (canonical)
xấp (canonical)
chặp (canonical)
chụp (canonical)
chấp (canonical)
xắp (canonical)
xúp (canonical)
chộp (canonical)
xóp (canonical)
xụp (canonical)
chợp (canonical)
giộp (canonical)


場

場: Hán Việt readings: trường (canonical)
tràng 場: Nôm readings: trường (canonical)
tràng (canonical)

chữ Hán form of trường (“place; domain; area; school”)


塔

塔: Hán Việt readings: tháp (canonical)
đáp 塔: Nôm readings: tháp (canonical)
thạp (canonical)
thóp (canonical)
đắp (canonical)


外

ngoại (Hán-Nôm)
ngoái (Hán-Nôm)
ngoải (Hán-Nôm)
ngoài (Hán-Nôm)
nguậy (Hán-Nôm)


多

chữ Nôm form of đưa (“to hand, to give”)


夠

夠: Hán Việt readings: cú (canonical)
cấu (canonical)
hú 夠: Nôm readings: cấu (canonical)

chữ Hán form of cú (“to reach a goal or satisfaction”)


大

đài (canonical)
dãy (canonical)
dảy (canonical)
đẫy (canonical)

大尉

đại úy/đại uý


天

chữ Hán form of thiên (“sky; heaven; God”)

母上天

none of four heavenly mothers in Đạo Mẫu

順天

mythical sword of Vietnamese King Lê Lợi, literally Heaven's will


女

女: Hán Việt readings: nữ (canonical)
nhữ 女: Nôm readings: nợ (canonical)
nữa (canonical)
nữ (canonical)
nỡ (canonical)
nớ (canonical)
nhỡ (canonical)
lỡ (canonical)
nửa (canonical)
nhớ (canonical)
nự (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of nhớ (“to remember, to miss”)


奵

帞(lửa)奵(cháy)廏(đá)塩(nở)和(hoà)峢(lầm)玉(ngọc)/凨(dù)賢(hiền)愚(ngu)坤(khôn)扨(lọt)歄(lưới)俼(trời)

18th century, Nguyễn Hữu Chỉnh (阮有整), Hịch đánh Trịnh (檄𢱏鄭):

The fire burns stone … / whether meek, foolish, or wise, all fall into the net of heaven.


好

好: Hán Việt readings: hiếu (canonical)
hảo 好: Nôm readings: hiếu (canonical)
háu (canonical)
háo (canonical)
hảo (canonical)
hẩu (canonical)
hấu (canonical)
hão (canonical)
hếu (canonical)

(only in compound) chữ Hán form of hiếu (“to like, to be fond of”)


如

như (canonical)
nhờ (canonical)
nha (canonical)
nhừ (canonical)
dừ (canonical)
rừ (canonical)

chữ Hán form of như (“to be like; as if; as though”)


妓

妓: Hán Việt readings: kĩ (canonical)
kỹ 妓: Nôm readings: kĩ (canonical)
kỹ (canonical)
đĩ (canonical)


姉

翠(Thuý)翹(Kiều)羅(là)姉(chị)㛪(em)羅(là)翠(Thuý)雲(Vân)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, line 16:

Kiều Thuý was the elder sister; Vân Thuý, the younger.

姉(Chị)拱(cũng)𦎡(xinh)𦓡(mà)㛪(em)拱(cũng)𦎡(xinh)

18th–19th century, Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香), “Đề tranh tố nữ (題幀素女) [On a Portrait of Two Beauties]”, in John Balaban, transl., Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hồ Xuân Hương, Copper Canyon Press (book), also hosted by Nôm Foundation (online), published 2000, pages 50-51:

chữ Nôm form of chị (“elder sister, corresponding pronoun”)


始

始: Hán Việt readings: thủy (canonical)
thuỷ (canonical)
thỉ 始: Nôm readings: thỉ (canonical)
thủy (canonical)
thũy (canonical)
thuỹ (canonical)

chữ Hán form of thuỷ/thủy (“beginning; start; initial”)


姑

co (canonical)
go (canonical)
o (canonical)
cua (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of o (“dialectal form of cô”)


嬭

嬭: Hán Việt readings: nãi (canonical)
nè (canonical)
nẽ 嬭: Nôm readings: nãi (canonical)


子

子: Hán Việt readings: tý (canonical)
tử (canonical)
tí 子: Nôm readings: tý (canonical)
tí (canonical)
tít (canonical)
tở (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of tí (“a little bit; small”)


孟

chữ Nôm form of mạnh (“strong; powerful; vigorous”)


孫

孫: Hán Việt readings: tôn (canonical)
tốn 孫: Nôm readings: cháu (canonical)
tuôn (canonical)


孬

孬: Hán Việt readings: nạo (canonical)
khoái 孬: Nôm readings: nao (canonical)


學

chữ Hán form of học (“(suffix) subject; branch of learning; -ology”)


孽

nghét (canonical)
nghẹt (canonical)
nghịt (canonical)

chữ Hán form of nghiệt (“harsh, cruel, stern, ruthless”)


安

安: Hán Việt readings: an (canonical)
yên 安: Nôm readings: yên (canonical)
an (canonical)
án (canonical)
ăn (canonical)


家

chữ Nôm form of nhà (“house, home, domestic”)


寃

chữ Hán form of oan (“to falsely accuse; to treat unjustly”)


寠

寠: Hán Việt readings: cũ (canonical)
lũ 寠: Nôm readings: cũ (canonical)
lũ (canonical)
rủ (canonical)


寸

xốn (canonical)
thổn (canonical)
dón (canonical)
són (canonical)
thuỗn (canonical)

chữ Hán form of thốn (“cun, a unit of length”)


対

đối (canonical)
đói (canonical)
đuổi (canonical)


尅

alternative form of 剋 (“chữ Hán form of khắc”)


将

将: Hán Việt readings: tướng (canonical)
tương 将: Nôm readings: tướng (canonical)

chữ Hán form of tương (“alternative form of 將”)


將

將: Hán Việt readings: tướng (canonical)
tương 將: Nôm readings: tướng (canonical)
tương (canonical)


專

chữ Hán form of chuyên (“specific; expertise”)


尊

nhôn (canonical)
ton (canonical)
chun (canonical)
tông (canonical)
tun (canonical)


對

對: Hán Việt readings: đối (canonical)
đôi (canonical)
tội 對: Nôm readings: đối (canonical)
đỗi (canonical)
đổi (canonical)
đói (canonical)
rói (canonical)
rối (canonical)
dối (canonical)
nhói (canonical)
nhối (canonical)
tối (canonical)
tụi (canonical)
túi (canonical)
húi (canonical)


小

(only before noun) chữ Hán form of tiểu (“small”)


少

少: Hán Việt readings: thiếu (canonical)
thiểu 少: Nôm readings: thiếu (canonical)
thiểu (canonical)
thểu (canonical)
thỉu (canonical)
thẹo (canonical)
thẻo (canonical)
ít (canonical)


尔

尔: Hán Việt readings: nhĩ (canonical)
nễ 尔: Nôm readings: ne (canonical)
nhĩ (canonical)
nhẽ (canonical)
nẻ (canonical)
nể (canonical)

Variant of 爾, see there for more details.


尺

xách (canonical)
xế (canonical)
xích (canonical)
sệch (canonical)
xạch (canonical)
xịch (canonical)


尼

ni (Hán-Nôm)
này (Hán-Nôm)
nê (Hán-Nôm)
nơi (Hán-Nôm)
nầy (Hán-Nôm)
nì (Hán-Nôm)

chữ Nôm form of này (“this; these; here”)


局

cục (canonical)
cuộc (canonical)
gục (canonical)
ngúc (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of cuộc (“any large-scale, periodic event”)

chữ Nôm form of gục (“to lower (one's head); to bend down”)


屋

óc (canonical)
ọc (canonical)
nóc (canonical)


屬

屬: Hán Việt readings: thuộc (canonical)
chúc (canonical)
chú 屬: Nôm readings: thuộc (canonical)
chuộc (canonical)


山

山: Hán Việt readings: sơn (canonical)
san 山: Nôm readings: sơn (canonical)
san (canonical)

鄭公山

chữ Hán form of Sơn (“a male given name”)


岌

ngấp (canonical)
ngất (canonical)
ngập (canonical)
ngờm (canonical)
ngợp (canonical)
nhấp (canonical)


巴

巴: Hán Việt readings: ba (canonical)
bơ 巴: Nôm readings: bơ (canonical)
ba (canonical)
vã (canonical)
va (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of bơ (“used in compounds”)


布

vú (canonical)
bó (canonical)
bồ (canonical)
vó (canonical)
múa (canonical)
búa (canonical)
vố (canonical)
bô (canonical)


常

chữ Hán form of thường (“frequent; usual”)


干

càn (canonical)
cán (canonical)
cơn (canonical)

chữ Hán form of can (“to intervene; to concern”)


平

平: Hán Việt readings: bình (canonical)
biền 平: Nôm readings: bình (canonical)
bằng (canonical)
bừng (canonical)
bường (canonical)

chữ Hán form of bình (“level, flat, peaceful (in compounds)”)


幹

幹: Hán Việt readings: can (canonical)
cán (canonical)
hàn 幹: Nôm readings: cán (canonical)


庁

庁: Hán Việt readings: sảnh (canonical)
thinh 庁: Nôm readings: sảnh (canonical)
thinh (canonical)


廻

alternative form of 回 (“chữ Hán form of hồi”)

alternative form of 迴 (“chữ Hán form of hồi”)


弌

弌: Hán Việt readings: nhất (canonical)
nhứt 弌: Nôm readings: nhất (canonical)
nhứt (canonical)

chữ Hán form of nhất (“one, first, best”) (rare, more commonly represented by 一)


弎

chữ Hán form of tam (“three, third”) (rare, more commonly represented by 三)


強

強(càng)燶(nóng)包(bao)饒(nhiêu)辰(thời)強(càng)沫(mát)/要(yêu)店(đêm)諸(chưa)斐(phỉ)吏(lại)要(yêu)𣈜(ngày)

18th–19th century, Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香), Vịnh quạt (詠𦑗) [The Paper Fan]:

The hotter you get, the more refreshing you get / It wasn’t enough to love at night, now we love during the day.

chữ Nôm form of càng (“With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.; all the more, all the less”)


强

强: Hán Việt readings: cường (canonical)
cưỡng 强: Nôm readings: gượng (canonical)
càng (canonical)
cường (canonical)
cưỡng (canonical)
ngượng (canonical)
強 (gượng) (alternative)
強 (càng) (alternative)
彊,強 (cường) (alternative)

chữ Nôm form of gượng (“strained; forced; unnatural”)


彑

彑: Hán Việt readings: kí (canonical)
kế 彑: Nôm readings: kí (canonical)
ký (canonical)

alternative form of 彐 (“chữ Hán form of kí (“pig's head”)”)


役

chữ Nôm form of việc (“work, job, business, matter, affair”)


得

được (canonical)
đắc (canonical)
đắt (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of được (“to get, to obtain”)


忌

忌: Hán Việt readings: kí (canonical)
kị (canonical)
kỵ 忌: Nôm readings: cạy (canonical)
cậy (canonical)
cữ (canonical)
kiêng (canonical)
kỵ (canonical)


念

chữ Nôm form of niềm (“feeling; sentiment (usually a positive one)”)


恄

恄: Nôm readings: ghét (canonical)
cợt (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qʰlid): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 吉 (kiết).

Han compound

chữ Nôm form of ghét (“to hate; to detest”)


恐

恐: Hán Việt readings: khúng (canonical)
khủng 恐: Nôm readings: khủng (canonical)
thứ (canonical)


悒

chữ Hán form of ấp (“worried, anxious, jittery”)


悶

悶: Hán Việt readings: muộn (canonical)
môn 悶: Nôm readings: muốn (canonical)
mụn (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of muốn (“to want, to desire”)


情

tình (canonical)
dềnh (canonical)
rình (canonical)
thanh (canonical)
xênh (canonical)
tạnh (canonical)


慳

慳: Hán Việt readings: khan (canonical)
san 慳: Nôm readings: ghen (canonical)
khan (canonical)
khiên (canonical)
kiên (canonical)


戀

chữ Hán form of luyến (“love, fondness (compounds)”)


戈

qua (Hán-Nôm)
quơ (Hán-Nôm)
quờ (Hán-Nôm)

chữ Nôm form of qua (“to cross; to go across”)


戍

chữ Hán form of thú (“border defense, border garrison”)


我

我: Hán Việt readings: ngã (canonical)
ngả 我: Nôm readings: ngả (canonical)
ngã (canonical)

chữ Hán form of ngã, ngả (“(Vietnamese Literary Sinitic) I; me”)


所

sửa (canonical)
sỡ (canonical)
sớ (canonical)

播厥百穀

播厥百谷

Thi kinh diễn nghĩa (詩經演義 "Explanation Meaning of the Shijing"), volume 5; 48
槞所𤾓種穭
Trồng thửa trăm giống lúa.
Planted all of your various grains.

(obsolete, chiefly in translations of Chinese texts) Used as an equivalent to 所, 其, or 厥.

Used as an equivalent to 所, 其, or 厥.
third person pronoun


扁

扁: Hán Việt readings: biển (canonical)
thiên (canonical)
biên 扁: Nôm readings: biển (canonical)
bên (canonical)
bẽn (canonical)


払

Variant of 撞, see there for more details.


扶

phò (canonical)
bù (canonical)
hùa (canonical)
vùa (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of phò (“to assist or help”)


抇

抇: Nôm readings: nhặt (canonical)
nhắc (canonical)
lặt (canonical)
vớt (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nhặt): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 日 (nhật).


折

折: Hán Việt readings: chiết (canonical)
triếp (canonical)
triệp 折: Nôm readings: chết (canonical)
giết (canonical)
chẹt (canonical)
chiết (canonical)
chét (canonical)
xít (canonical)
chệch (canonical)
chịt (canonical)
nhét (canonical)
nhít (canonical)
siết (canonical)
xiết (canonical)
chích (canonical)
chít (canonical)
dít (canonical)
gãy (canonical)
gẩy (canonical)
giẹp (canonical)
quạt (canonical)
trét (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of giết (“to kill; to murder”)


抛

chữ Nôm form of phau (“used as a complementary syllable”)

chữ Nôm form of phào (“used as a complementary syllable”)


拉

dập (canonical)
lớp (canonical)
rập (canonical)
rắp (canonical)
lấp (canonical)
lợp (canonical)
sụp (canonical)
lắp (canonical)
giập (canonical)
ráp (canonical)
loạt (canonical)
rợp (canonical)
sập (canonical)
láp (canonical)
lọp (canonical)
đập (canonical)
xập (canonical)
xệp (canonical)
lạp (canonical)
rấp (canonical)


拔

拔: Hán Việt readings: bạt (canonical)
bội 拔: Nôm readings: bạt (canonical)
gạt (canonical)
bặt (canonical)
vạt (canonical)


拙

choắt (canonical)
chuyết (canonical)
sụt (canonical)
trút (canonical)
choét (canonical)
chót (canonical)
đúc (canonical)
nhốt (canonical)
suốt (canonical)


拮

cất (Hán-Nôm)
cắt (Hán-Nôm)
gặt (Hán-Nôm)
gật (Hán-Nôm)
kiết (Hán-Nôm)
két (Hán-Nôm)
kít (Hán-Nôm)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cất): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 吉 (cát).

chữ Nôm form of cất (“to lift; to raise”)


捉

trốc (canonical)
xóc (canonical)
xốc (canonical)
choắt (canonical)
chộp (canonical)


掛

quấy (canonical)
quẩy (canonical)
quậy (canonical)
quải (canonical)
khoải (canonical)
gỏi (canonical)
quẻ (canonical)
quai (canonical)
quẫy (canonical)


揆

In the hundred-year span of a human life

chữ Nôm form of cõi (“a domain, realm or land”)


握

握: Hán Việt readings: ác (canonical)
ốc 握: Nôm readings: ác (canonical)
át (canonical)
ấc (canonical)
ốt (canonical)


搬

搬: Hán Việt readings: ban (canonical)
bàn 搬: Nôm readings: bưng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of bưng (“to carry, to pick up”)


撢

撢: Hán Việt readings: cao (canonical)
đạn (canonical)
đàm (canonical)
thám 撢: Nôm readings: thám (canonical)
đản (canonical)
đùm (canonical)


撣

撣: Hán Việt readings: đạn (canonical)
đản (canonical)
đãn (canonical)
đàn 撣: Nôm readings: đan (canonical)
đàn (canonical)
đạn (canonical)


擒

chữ Hán form of cầm (“to hold, keep, capture, seize, arrest”)


放

chữ Hán form of phóng (“to emit; to launch; to throw; to release”)


政

政: Hán Việt readings: chinh (canonical)
chánh (canonical)
chính 政: Nôm readings: chiếng (canonical)
chính (canonical)


敎

敎: Hán Việt readings: giao (canonical)
giáo 敎: Nôm readings: dáo (canonical)
dạy (canonical)
giáo (canonical)


教

教: Hán Việt readings: giao (canonical)
giáo 教: Nôm readings: dáo (canonical)
giáo (canonical)
ráu (canonical)
tráo (canonical)

chữ Hán form of giáo (“of teaching or educating; religion”)


敦

敦: Hán Việt readings: đôn (canonical)
dun 敦: Nôm readings: đon (canonical)
run (canonical)
xôn (canonical)
xun (canonical)
đôn (canonical)
giun (canonical)
dun (canonical)
don (canonical)
dồn (canonical)
ton (canonical)
rủn (canonical)
gion (canonical)
chon (canonical)
trôn (canonical)
đun (canonical)
dôn (canonical)
giôn (canonical)
đùn (canonical)
đũn (canonical)
dún (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of run (“to tremble; to shiver”)


數

數: Hán Việt readings: sác (canonical)
số (canonical)
sổ (canonical)
xúc 數: Nôm readings: số (canonical)
sỗ (canonical)
sộ (canonical)
xọ (canonical)


斗

(classifier cái) 斗 chữ Nôm form of đấu (“dipper, ladle, scoop”)


斛

chữ Hán form of hộc (“unit of measurement”)


斯

chữ Hán form of tư (“this (compounds), also a syllable used for the Sino-Vietnamese readings of foreign names (mainly the /s/ phoneme) transcripted into Chinese characters”)


方

chữ Hán form of phương (“way; direction; means; method”)


於

ở (canonical)
ưa (canonical)
ờ (canonical)
ư (canonical)
ớ (canonical)
ô (canonical)
ứ (canonical)
thờ (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of ở (“to be; to live; to stay; to remain”)


族

chữ Nôm form of tọc (“only used in certain compounds such as 族脈 (tọc mạch)”)


早

chữ Hán form of tảo (“early; in advance”)


明

minh (canonical)
mầng (canonical)
miêng (canonical)
mênh (canonical)


春

chữ Hán form of xuân (“spring (season)”)


時

chữ Hán form of thời (“now; presently; nowadays; at that time; at that moment”)


暴

暴: Hán Việt readings: bạo (canonical)
bộc 暴: Nôm readings: bạo (canonical)
bão (canonical)
bộc (canonical)
bậu (canonical)
bẹo (canonical)

chữ Hán form of bạo (“ferocious; cruel; violent”)


晩

chữ Hán form of vãn (“late, evening, late afternoon”)

Nôm form of muộn (“late, evening, late afternoon”)

Nôm form of vãn (“about to end, about to close, about to disappear”)


暈

暈: Hán Việt readings: vựng (canonical)
vận (canonical)
quầng 暈: Nôm readings: vầng (canonical)
vừng (canonical)
quầng (canonical)
vựng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of vầng, vừng (“ring; circle”)

chữ Nôm form of quầng (“halo in the sky”)


暖

暖: Hán Việt readings: huyên (canonical)
noãn (canonical)
nõng (canonical)
nóng (canonical)
nũn (canonical)
nuỹn (canonical)
nuyễn 暖: Nôm readings: hoãn (canonical)
nuyễn (canonical)


曰

vít (canonical)
vết (canonical)
vịt (canonical)
vệt (canonical)
vắt (canonical)
vất (canonical)


曲

入家隨俗，入江隨曲

nhập gia tùy tục, nhập giang tùy khúc/nhập gia tuỳ tục, nhập giang tuỳ khúc

chữ Hán form of khúc (“piece; section; chunk; tune; song”)


更

更: Hán Việt readings: canh (canonical)
cánh 更: Nôm readings: canh (canonical)
cánh (canonical)
cành (canonical)
gánh (canonical)
ngạnh (canonical)

chữ Hán form of canh (“to watch; to guard”)


曾

曾: Hán Việt readings: tằng (canonical)
tăng 曾: Nôm readings: tâng (canonical)
tơn (canonical)
tưng (canonical)
từng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of từng (“once, ever, already, formerly”)


會

會: Hán Việt readings: cối (canonical)
hội 會: Nôm readings: cuối (canonical)
hội (canonical)
hụi (canonical)

chữ Hán form of hội (“to meet, meeting, festival”)


朕

(imperial) chữ Hán form of trẫm (“I; me”) (similar to the royal we)


朗

lặng (canonical)
rạng (canonical)
lảng (canonical)
lững (canonical)
lãng (canonical)
lửng (canonical)
láng (canonical)
lắng (canonical)
sang (canonical)
sáng (canonical)
lựng (canonical)
lẵng (canonical)
trắng (canonical)
rang (canonical)
lăng (canonical)
lứng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of lặng (“calm; silent; quiet”)


朙

alternative form of 明 (chữ Hán form of minh (“bright; clear”))


木

mốc (canonical)
mộc (canonical)
móc (canonical)
mục (canonical)
chúc (canonical)


本

本: Hán Việt readings: bổn (canonical)
bản 本: Nôm readings: vốn (canonical)
bộn (canonical)
bổn (canonical)
bủn (canonical)
bốn (canonical)
vỏn (canonical)
bỏn (canonical)
bản (canonical)
vón (canonical)
bọn (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of vốn (“capital; bond; fund”)


杜

杜: Hán Việt readings: đỗ (canonical)
đổ 杜: Nôm readings: đỗ (canonical)
đậu (canonical)
đổ (canonical)
dỏ (canonical)
đũa (canonical)
đỏ (canonical)
dỗ (canonical)
đủ (canonical)
giỗ (canonical)
rổ (canonical)
trỗ (canonical)

杜氏海燕


杣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sơn): semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + phonetic 山 (sơn).

chữ Nôm form of sơn (“Toxicodendron succedaneum”)


枯

gỗ (canonical)
khò (canonical)
khua (canonical)


某

chữ Hán form of mỗ (“such-and-such (placeholder)”)


桿

桿: Hán Việt readings: can (canonical)
hãn 桿: Nôm readings: cán (canonical)


槊

槊: Hán Việt readings: sáo (canonical)
sóc 槊: Nôm readings: giáo (canonical)
sáo (canonical)
sóc (canonical)
xóc (canonical)


槞

槞: Hán Việt readings: long (canonical)
lung 槞: Nôm readings: trồng (canonical)


橤

橤: Hán Việt readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhuỵ (canonical)
nhị 橤: Nôm readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhị (canonical)


次

次: Hán Việt readings: thứ (canonical)
tư 次: Nôm readings: thớ (canonical)
thứ (canonical)
thứa (canonical)
khứa (canonical)


正

正: Hán Việt readings: chinh (canonical)
chánh (canonical)
chính 正: Nôm readings: chánh (canonical)
chênh (canonical)
chính (canonical)
chếnh (canonical)
chiếng (canonical)
chỉnh (canonical)
giêng (canonical)


毛

mao (Hán-Nôm)
mau (Hán-Nôm)
mào (Hán-Nôm)


永

vẳng (canonical)
vánh (canonical)
vảnh (canonical)
vênh (canonical)
vểnh (canonical)
viếng (canonical)
vĩnh (canonical)


汊

chữ Nôm form of xòa/xoà (“to spread out”)


汰

汰: Hán Việt readings: thái (canonical)
thải 汰: Nôm readings: thảy (canonical)
thãi (canonical)
thải (canonical)
sưởi (canonical)
thẩy (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of thảy (“without exception; to the last”)

chữ Nôm form of thãi (“used in thừa thãi (“excessive; redundant”)”)


沒

chữ Nôm form of mốt (“(only in compounds or fixed expressions) one; -one”)


沔

miền (Hán-Nôm)
miện (Hán-Nôm)
miên (Hán-Nôm)

chữ Nôm form of miền (“region, district”)


沱

chữ Hán form of Đà (“the Black/Da River, a river in Vietnam”)


河

clipping of 黃河 (Hoàng Hà) (“Yellow River”)

an amassed object with the shape of a river


油

dàu (canonical)
rầu (canonical)
ru (canonical)
dù (canonical)
râu (canonical)
trầu (canonical)
dư (canonical)
dẫu (canonical)


泆

dật (canonical)
giặt (canonical)
thét (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, giạt, giặt): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 失 (thất).

Han compound

chữ Nôm form of giặt (“to wash clothes or fabric”)


泍

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bẩn): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 本 (bản).


法

phép (canonical)
phấp (canonical)
phăm (canonical)
phắp (canonical)
bắp (canonical)
mép (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of phép (“custom, permission”)


洩

洩: Hán Việt readings: tiết (canonical)
duệ 洩: Nôm readings: dáy (canonical)
tiết (canonical)
duệ (canonical)
dãi (canonical)
dịa (canonical)


海

hải (canonical)
hái (canonical)
hơi (canonical)
hãi (canonical)
hỏi (canonical)


渃

渃: Nôm readings: nước (canonical)
nác (canonical)


湯

湯: Hán Việt readings: thang (canonical)
sương (canonical)
thãng 湯: Nôm readings: than (canonical)

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) chữ Hán form of thang (“a dose of herbal medicine”)

(obsolete) chữ Hán form of thang (“hot, boiling, or bubbling water”)


滈

滈: Nôm readings: khao (canonical)
xao (canonical)
hao (canonical)


滝

滝: Nôm readings: sông (canonical)
lùng (canonical)
sòng (canonical)
suồng (canonical)
trong (canonical)
rông (canonical)
rồng (canonical)
suông (canonical)
long (canonical)
瀧 (sông) (alternative)
瀧 (rồng) (alternative)
雙 (suông) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sông): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 竜 (long).


漂

漂: Hán Việt readings: phiêu (canonical)
phiếu 漂: Nôm readings: xiêu (canonical)
veo (canonical)
phiêu (canonical)
phều (canonical)
phiếu (canonical)
pheo (canonical)
phếu (canonical)
phao (canonical)
xẻo (canonical)
phịu (canonical)
phêu (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of xiêu (“to slant; to sag; to slope”)


漫

漫: Hán Việt readings: mạn (canonical)
man 漫: Nôm readings: mặn (canonical)
mạn (canonical)
mướn (canonical)
mượn (canonical)
man (canonical)
mẳn (canonical)
mớn (canonical)
mằn (canonical)
máng (canonical)


濟

chữ Hán form of tế (“to help; to aid; to relieve”)


瀧

rông (canonical)
lùng (canonical)
rồng (canonical)
lung (canonical)


焒

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, lửa): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 呂 (lữ).


無

無: Hán Việt readings: vô (canonical)
mô 無: Nôm readings: vô (canonical)
mô (canonical)

chữ Hán form of vô (“without; -less; un-”)


煽

chữ Hán form of phiến (“fanning flames”)


熏

chữ Nôm form of hun (“to smoke (to preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke)”)


熣

熣: Nôm readings: sôi (canonical)
thui (canonical)
tôi (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sôi, thui): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 崔 (thôi).


熤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, rực): semantic 火 + phonetic 翌 (dực).


爲

爲: Hán Việt readings: vị (canonical)
vì 爲: Nôm readings: vay (canonical)
ví (canonical)
vĩ (canonical)
voi (canonical)
vơ (canonical)
vờ (canonical)
vi (canonical)


爲

爲(Vì)埃(ai)𨢟(gây)孕(dựng)朱(cho)𢧚(nên)餒(nỗi)尼(này)

18th century, Đặng Trần Côn (鄧陳琨) (circa 1705–1745) (original Chinese), translated by Đoàn Thị Điểm (段氏點) (1705–1746/1748) (traditionally claimed), might actually be translated by Phan Huy Ích (潘輝益) (1751–1822), Chinh phụ ngâm khúc (征婦吟曲) [The Song of a Soldier's Wife], line 4:

chữ Nôm form of vì (“because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)”)


父

chữ Hán form of phụ (“elderly male relative”)


爸

爸: Hán Việt readings: bả (canonical)
ba 爸: Nôm readings: ba (canonical)


牀

牀: Hán Việt readings: sàng (canonical)
giường (canonical)
giầng 牀: Nôm readings: giường (canonical)
sàng (canonical)
giàng (canonical)
giầng (canonical)


牢

lao (Hán-Nôm)
lào (Hán-Nôm)
sao (Hán-Nôm)
sau (Hán-Nôm)

chữ Nôm form of lao (“javelin, harpoon”)


物

chữ Hán form of vật (“item; object; thing”)


牲

sanh (canonical)
xinh (canonical)
chũa (canonical)

chữ Hán form of sinh (“domestic or sacrificial animal”)


犧

犧: Hán Việt readings: hy (canonical)
hi 犧: Nôm readings: hi (canonical)

chữ Hán form of hi (“certain types of sacrifice”)


狔

狔: Hán Việt readings: nai (canonical)
nỉ (canonical)
phi 狔: Nôm readings: phi (canonical)
nai (canonical)


猊

chữ Nôm form of nghé (“water buffalo calf, the cry of such an animal”)


獻

獻: Hán Việt readings: hiến (canonical)
ta 獻: Nôm readings: hiến (canonical)


王

王: Hán Việt readings: vương (canonical)
vượng 王: Nôm readings: vương (canonical)
vướng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of vướng (“to be entangled in; to be involved in”)


玫

玫: Hán Việt readings: mai (canonical)
mân (canonical)
môi 玫: Nôm readings: môi (canonical)


珉

珉: Hán Việt readings: mân (canonical)
dân 珉: Nôm readings: mân (canonical)
mần (canonical)


琚

(historical, literary) Nôm form of cư (“gem for wearing”)


琢

琢: Hán Việt readings: chác (canonical)
trác 琢: Nôm readings: trác (canonical)
trát (canonical)


生

生: Hán Việt readings: sinh (canonical)
sanh 生: Nôm readings: sanh (canonical)
siêng (canonical)
sinh (canonical)
xinh (canonical)
xênh (canonical)
sống (canonical)
xanh (canonical)

Nôm form of siêng (“diligent; assiduous”)


用

dụng (Hán-Nôm)
dùng (Hán-Nôm)
giùm (Hán-Nôm)
rùng (Hán-Nôm)
dộng (Hán-Nôm)
đụng (Hán-Nôm)
rụng (Hán-Nôm)
vùng (Hán-Nôm)

chữ Nôm form of dùng (“to use; to eat; to drink”)


畑

畑: Nôm readings: đèn (canonical)
dền (canonical)
vặc (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, đèn): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 田 (điền).


番

番: Hán Việt readings: ba (canonical)
bà (canonical)
phiên 番: Nôm readings: ba (canonical)
phan (canonical)
phiên (canonical)
phen (canonical)


異

異: Hán Việt readings: dị (canonical)
di 異: Nôm readings: dị (canonical)

chữ Hán form of dị (“dissimilar; bizarre; unusual”)


畵

畵: Hán Việt readings: họa (canonical)
hoạ (canonical)
hoạch 畵: Nôm readings: vạch (canonical)
vẽ (canonical)

alternative form of 畫 (“chữ Hán form of hoạ (“to draw”)”)


畿

畿: Hán Việt readings: kì (canonical)
kỳ 畿: Nôm readings: kì (canonical)
kỳ (canonical)


疏

疏: Hán Việt readings: sớ (canonical)
sơ 疏: Nôm readings: sơ (canonical)
sớ (canonical)
sờ (canonical)
sưa (canonical)
xơ (canonical)
xờ (canonical)


疲

chữ Nôm form of mệt (“tired; to have excessive interest in something”)


疸

疸: Nôm readings: đơn (canonical)
đảm (canonical)
đớn (canonical)


癌

chữ Hán form of nham (“cancer, mainly in compounds”)


皇

皇: Hán Việt readings: hoàng (canonical)
huỳnh 皇: Nôm readings: hoàng (canonical)
huỳnh (canonical)


盃

bui (canonical)
bùi (canonical)
vôi (canonical)
vội (canonical)
vui (canonical)
vùi (canonical)

alternative form of 杯 (“chữ Hán form of bôi (“cup”)”)


盅

盅: Hán Việt readings: chung (canonical)
trung 盅: Nôm readings: chung (canonical)
trung (canonical)

chữ Hán form of chung (“small handleless cup”)


盎

chữ Nôm form of ang (Northern Vietnam)/ảng (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam)

(historical) a traditional instrument made from wood or bamboo, used to measure grain


盒

hộp (canonical)
ộp (canonical)
thạp (canonical)


盤

chữ Nôm form of bàn, ván (“classifier for games”)


盦

chữ Hán form of am (“ancient type of food container or lid”)


知

知: Hán Việt readings: tri (canonical)
trí 知: Nôm readings: tri (canonical)
trơ (canonical)


石

石: Hán Việt readings: thạch (canonical)
đán 石: Nôm readings: thạch (canonical)
sạch (canonical)


研

研: Hán Việt readings: nghiên (canonical)
nghiễn 研: Nôm readings: nghiên (canonical)
nghiền (canonical)
nghiện (canonical)
tên (canonical)


碍

碍: Hán Việt readings: ngại (canonical)
ngài 碍: Nôm readings: ngại (canonical)
ngáy (canonical)
ngái (canonical)
礙 (ngại) (alternative)
㝵 (ngài) (alternative)

chữ Nôm form of ngại (“worried; hesitant; fearful”)


碎

(archaic, historical) slave; domestic servant


礼

lẫy (canonical)
lấy (canonical)
trễ (canonical)
lẻ (canonical)
lãi (canonical)
lễ (canonical)
rẻ (canonical)
trẻ (canonical)
rẽ (canonical)
lẩy (canonical)
lệ (canonical)
lưỡi (canonical)
lẽ (canonical)
lởi (canonical)
lỡi (canonical)
trẩy (canonical)
lể (canonical)


祁

祁: Hán Việt readings: kì (canonical)
kỳ 祁: Nôm readings: kì (canonical)
kỳ (canonical)


祇

祇: Hán Việt readings: chi (canonical)
chỉ (canonical)
kì (canonical)
kỳ 祇: Nôm readings: chỉ (canonical)


禮

lạy (canonical)
lẻ (canonical)
lẫy (canonical)
rẽ (canonical)
rẩy (canonical)
lẩy (canonical)
lãi (canonical)
lể (canonical)
lởi (canonical)
lỡi (canonical)
lấy (canonical)
lảy (canonical)
rẻ (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of lẻ (“odd (not divisible by two)”)


秧

秧: Hán Việt readings: ương (canonical)
ưởng 秧: Nôm readings: ương (canonical)

chữ Hán form of ương (“seedling, sprout”)


移

移: Hán Việt readings: di (canonical)
dời (canonical)
rời (canonical)
chòm (canonical)
đệm (canonical)
xờm (canonical)
day (canonical)
dây (canonical)
dê (canonical)
giay (canonical)
sỉ (canonical)
xỉ 移: Nôm readings: đưa (canonical)

chữ Hán form of di (“to change place; to move”)

chữ Nôm form of dời (“to move; to relocate”)

chữ Nôm form of đưa (“to give, to hand over”)


稀

si (canonical)
sây (canonical)
hì (canonical)
sầy (canonical)
hi (canonical)
sề (canonical)
hề (canonical)
sì (canonical)
sé (canonical)


種

種: Hán Việt readings: chủng (canonical)
chũng 種: Nôm readings: giống (canonical)
chỏng (canonical)
chõng (canonical)
chủng (canonical)
trồng (canonical)
chổng (canonical)
truồng (canonical)
giuống (canonical)


穹

穹: Hán Việt readings: khung (canonical)
khum 穹: Nôm readings: khum (canonical)
khung (canonical)
cùng (canonical)


窖

窖: Hán Việt readings: kháo (canonical)
giáo (canonical)
khiếu (canonical)
diếu 窖: Nôm readings: khiếu (canonical)
khéo (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of khéo (“skillful; capable; adroit”)


窮

cùng (Hán-Nôm)
khùng (Hán-Nôm)
còng (Hán-Nôm)
càng (Hán-Nôm)


竜

luông (canonical)
lung (canonical)
nong (canonical)
luôn (canonical)
luống (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of luông (“Used in various compound words”)


竺

竺: Hán Việt readings: trúc (canonical)
đốc 竺: Nôm readings: trúc (canonical)

chữ Hán form of Trúc (“former short name of India (天竺, Thiên Trúc), a surname”)

alternative form of 篤 (“chữ Hán form of đốc (“honest”)”)


笈

笈: Nôm readings: cặp (canonical)
cạp (canonical)
cập (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of cặp (“schoolbag; wooden satchel used to hold books”)


箸

箸: Hán Việt readings: trứ (canonical)
trợ 箸: Nôm readings: đũa (canonical)
trứ (canonical)
chước (canonical)
giạ (canonical)


粓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cơm): semantic 米 (“rice grains”) + phonetic 甘 (cam).


粥

粥: Hán Việt readings: chúc (canonical)
dục 粥: Nôm readings: cháo (canonical)


綳

綳: Hán Việt readings: banh (canonical)
bắng (canonical)
băng 綳: Nôm readings: banh (canonical)

chữ Hán form of banh (“stretch, spring (alternative form of 繃)”)

chữ Hán form of bắng (“(alternative form of 繃)”)


纘

阮光纘

Birth name of emperor Cảnh Thịnh, last emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty.

chữ Hán form of Toản (“Used in personal names”)


美

美: Hán Việt readings: mỹ (canonical)
mĩ 美: Nôm readings: mẻ (canonical)
mẹ (canonical)
mỹ (canonical)
mẽ (canonical)
mỉa (canonical)
mở (canonical)
mỉ (canonical)
mĩ (canonical)

chữ Hán form of mĩ/mỹ (“beautiful; pretty; good”)


群

quần (Hán-Nôm)
còn (Hán-Nôm)
quằn (Hán-Nôm)
cơn (Hán-Nôm)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, quần): phonetic 君 (quân) + semantic 羊 (“sheep”).

chữ Nôm form of còn (“to exist; to preserve”)


翹

翹: Hán Việt readings: kiều (canonical)
kiểu (canonical)
khiêu 翹: Nôm readings: kiều (canonical)
kẻo (canonical)

chữ Hán form of kiều (“to look up; to desire ardently; to hope for; to wait for”)


老

lảu (canonical)
lão (canonical)
lẽo (canonical)
láu (canonical)
rảu (canonical)
láo (canonical)
lạo (canonical)
não (canonical)
rau (canonical)
sáu (canonical)
lểu (canonical)
lếu (canonical)
lẩu (canonical)


者

giả (canonical)
giã (canonical)
giở (canonical)
rả (canonical)
dở (canonical)
dã (canonical)

chữ Hán form of giả (“-er; -ist; one who...”)


而

而: Hán Việt readings: nhi (canonical)
năng 而: Nôm readings: nhi (canonical)


耙

耙: Hán Việt readings: bá (canonical)
bà (canonical)
bả 耙: Nôm readings: bừa (canonical)
bá (canonical)
bồ (canonical)


聖

chữ Hán form of thánh (“holy, saint, sacred”)


聲

thênh (canonical)
thiêng (canonical)
thinh (canonical)
xênh (canonical)


肛

肛: Hán Việt readings: giang (canonical)
xoang (canonical)
khang (canonical)
soang (canonical)
cương 肛: Nôm readings: giang (canonical)
dom (canonical)


脱

thoát (canonical)
thoạt (canonical)
thót (canonical)


腋

dạ (Hán-Nôm)
dịch (Hán-Nôm)
nách (Hán-Nôm)
nịch (Hán-Nôm)


舅

chữ Nôm form of cậu (“maternal uncle, young male master, younger male stranger”)


舐

舐: Hán Việt readings: thỉ (canonical)
thị (canonical)
để 舐: Nôm readings: liếm (canonical)
thỉ (canonical)


艚

chữ Nôm form of tàu (“boat, ship, vessel”)


艚

(often derogatory) chữ Nôm form of Tàu (“Chinese”)


花

花: Hán Việt readings: hoa (canonical)
huê 花: Nôm readings: hoa (canonical)
huê (canonical)
oa (canonical)
ba (canonical)


苦

khó (canonical)
khủ (canonical)
khổ (canonical)
cô (canonical)


英

Great Britain (a large island of the United Kingdom in Northern Europe)

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

chữ Hán form of Anh:
the English language


茗

茗: Hán Việt readings: dính (canonical)
minh 茗: Nôm readings: dính (canonical)
rểnh (canonical)
tranh (canonical)


茶

chè (canonical)
chà (canonical)
sà (canonical)
già (canonical)
chòe (canonical)
choè (canonical)


茹

茹: Hán Việt readings: như (canonical)
nhự 茹: Nôm readings: nhà (canonical)
nhờ (canonical)
nhựa (canonical)
nhừa (canonical)
nhu (canonical)


莫

chữ Hán form of Mạc (“a surname from Chinese”)


葦

葦: Hán Việt readings: vy (canonical)
vĩ 葦: Nôm readings: vi (canonical)


蒿

garland chrysanthemum
garland chrysanthemum

chữ Nôm form of khao (“garland chrysanthemum”)


蔞

蔞: Hán Việt readings: lâu (canonical)
liễu 蔞: Nôm readings: giàu (canonical)
rau (canonical)
trầu (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of rau (“leafy greens, leaf vegetable”)


蔬

chữ Nôm form of sơ (“alternative form of xơ (“rind”)”)


蔽

蔽: Hán Việt readings: tế (canonical)
phất 蔽: Nôm readings: tế (canonical)


蕊

蕊: Hán Việt readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhuỵ (canonical)
nhị 蕊: Nôm readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhị (canonical)


蕋

蕋: Hán Việt readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhuỵ (canonical)
nhị 蕋: Nôm readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhị (canonical)


蕙

chữ Hán form of huệ (“tuberose, a species of fragrant white flower”)


薛

薛: Hán Việt readings: tiết (canonical)
tuyết 薛: Nôm readings: tiết (canonical)


薪

chữ Hán form of tân (“firewood, grass, a salary or bonus”)


藉

藉: Hán Việt readings: tạ (canonical)
tịch (canonical)
tá 藉: Nôm readings: tạ (canonical)
tã (canonical)
chạ (canonical)


藝

藝: Hán Việt readings: nghệ (canonical)
vân 藝: Nôm readings: nghế (canonical)
vân (canonical)
nghề (canonical)
nghệ (canonical)


藝

chữ Nôm form of nghề (“trade; profession”)


藥

chữ Hán form of dược (“(education, pharmacy) pharmacy”)


蘂

蘂: Hán Việt readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhuỵ (canonical)
nhị 蘂: Nôm readings: nhụy (canonical)
nhị (canonical)


蘿

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, lá): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 羅 (la).


虫

trùng (canonical)
chòng (canonical)
chùng (canonical)

chữ Hán form of trùng (“Kangxi radical 142”)

alternative form of 蟲 (“insect; microbe, germ”)


蚝

蚝: Hán Việt readings: hào (canonical)
thứ 蚝: Nôm readings: hào (canonical)


蚳

蚳: Hán Việt readings: chỉ (canonical)
trì 蚳: Nôm readings: đỉa (canonical)


蛾

alternative form of 𧍋 (“chữ Nôm form of ngài (“moth”)”)


蟑

chữ Hán form of chương (“cockroach (chương lang/蟑螂)”)


行

行: Hán Việt readings: hàng (canonical)
hành (canonical)
hãng (canonical)
hạng (canonical)
hạnh 行: Nôm readings: hàng (canonical)
hăng (canonical)
ngành (canonical)

(archaic) to go, to travel (on a long journey).


表

vẹo (canonical)
vếu (canonical)
bẻo (canonical)
bẹo (canonical)

chữ Hán form of biểu (“outward; external”)


裕

裕: Hán Việt readings: dụ (canonical)
dủ (canonical)
dũ 裕: Nôm readings: dụ (canonical)

chữ Hán form of dụ (“abundant; plentiful”)


褒

chữ Hán form of bao (“to praise; to honor; to commend”)


角

góc (Hán-Nôm)
dạc (Hán-Nôm)
giác (Hán-Nôm)
chác (Hán-Nôm)
giốc (Hán-Nôm)


計

計: Hán Việt readings: kê (canonical)
kế 計: Nôm readings: ké (canonical)
kê (canonical)
kẻ (canonical)
kẽ (canonical)
kế (canonical)
kể (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of ké (“(placed after the main verb) to obtain a share of something with someone”)

chữ Nôm form of kẻ (“(pejorative) individual, person, man”)


記

chữ Nôm form of ghi (“to write something for the record, (computing) to write, (literary) to remember; to keep remembrances”)


試

chữ Nôm form of thử (“to try, to test something”)

chữ Nôm form of thi (“to take and exam, to compete; exam, trial, competition”)


詩

chữ Nôm form of thơ (“poetry; poem; verse”)


詰

gạt (canonical)
gật (canonical)
cợt (canonical)
gợt (canonical)
ngặt (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of gật (“nod one's head in approval”)

chữ Nôm form of ngặt (“strict, rigorous, impoverished”)


詵

詵: Hán Việt readings: sằn (canonical)
săn 詵: Nôm readings: săn (canonical)


誄

誄: Hán Việt readings: lụy (canonical)
luỵ (canonical)
lỗi 誄: Nôm readings: trối (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of trối (“to give one's last words; to tell one's will before death”)


誇

khoe (canonical)
sua (canonical)
thua (canonical)


誘

dỗ (canonical)
dủ (canonical)
dũ (canonical)


語

ngửa (canonical)
ngữ (canonical)
ngứa (canonical)
ngợ (canonical)
gỡ (canonical)


諂

諂: Hán Việt readings: xiểm (canonical)
siểm 諂: Nôm readings: xiểm (canonical)
siểm (canonical)


請

請: Hán Việt readings: thỉnh (canonical)
tình (canonical)
tính 請: Nôm readings: thảnh (canonical)
thín (canonical)
thinh (canonical)


論

lộn (canonical)
lụn (canonical)
luồn (canonical)
trọn (canonical)
luận (canonical)
trộn (canonical)
chọn (canonical)
tròn (canonical)
lòn (canonical)
dọn (canonical)
rộn (canonical)
soạn (canonical)
giọn (canonical)
lốn (canonical)
gọn (canonical)
lấn (canonical)
lẩn (canonical)


謙

khiêm (canonical)
khom (canonical)
khòm (canonical)
khọm (canonical)

Nôm form of khem (“to put on a diet”) See kiêng khem.

Nôm form of khom (“to make a bow, to bend (one's body), to walk with a stoop”) See lom khom.

Nôm form of khòm (“to make a bow, to bend (one's body), to walk with a stoop”)

Nôm form of khọm (“very old”) See già khọm.


謹

kín (canonical)
ghín (canonical)
cẩn (canonical)


譙

譙: Hán Việt readings: tiếu (canonical)
tiều (canonical)
tiệu 譙: Nôm readings: tèo (canonical)
tiệu (canonical)

chữ Hán form of tiếu (“tower, a surname”)


讒

讒: Hán Việt readings: sàm (canonical)
gièm 讒: Nôm readings: gièm (canonical)
sàm (canonical)
xàm (canonical)
sòm (canonical)
sờm (canonical)
sồm (canonical)
sóm (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of xàm (“to chatter; to prattle”)


讕

chữ Hán form of lan (“slander, disavow”)


豹

báo (Hán-Nôm)
beo (Hán-Nôm)
bươu (Hán-Nôm)


貢

cống (canonical)
gỏng (canonical)
gúng (canonical)
xống (canonical)


貫

chữ Hán form of quan (“(historical) a string of six hundred coins.”)


赦

xá (canonical)
xóa (canonical)
xoá (canonical)


趁

sán (canonical)
sắn (canonical)
sớn (canonical)
thấn (canonical)
xớn (canonical)

chữ Hán form of sấn (“chase, "while it is still/right..."”)


趋

趋: Hán Việt readings: xu (canonical)
xúc 趋: Nôm readings: xu (canonical)


趨

趨: Hán Việt readings: xu (canonical)
xúc 趨: Nôm readings: so (canonical)
xúc (canonical)
xu (canonical)
xô (canonical)


跌

跌: Hán Việt readings: điệt (canonical)
trật 跌: Nôm readings: chợt (canonical)
trượt (canonical)
trớt (canonical)
trặc (canonical)
xớt (canonical)
xợt (canonical)
đột (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of trật (“to miss, to be incorrect, to dislocate”)

chữ Nôm form of trượt (“to slip, to fail, to fall”)


蹎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chân): semantic 𧾷 (“foot”) + phonetic 真 (chân).


辣

lát (canonical)
lướt (canonical)
nhạt (canonical)
nhợt (canonical)


辤

alternative form of 辭 (“chữ Hán form of từ (“phraseology”)”)


迟

迟: Hán Việt readings: trí (canonical)
trì (canonical)
trĩ (canonical)
khích 迟: Nôm readings: chầy (canonical)
khích (canonical)
chày (canonical)


迤

迤: Hán Việt readings: dĩ (canonical)
di 迤: Nôm readings: dĩ (canonical)
di (canonical)

chữ Hán form of dĩ (“taking a winding path”)


迭

迭: Hán Việt readings: điệt (canonical)
tuyển 迭: Nôm readings: điệt (canonical)
dập (canonical)
giật (canonical)
dặt (canonical)
dật (canonical)
dắt (canonical)
dệt (canonical)

chữ Hán form of điệt (“alternate, take turns”)


迻

迻: Hán Việt readings: di (canonical)
dời 迻: Nôm readings: đưa (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of đưa (“to give, to hand over”)


送

Lưu Bình Phú, sheet 5a
妾 固 醝 花 沈 月，於 𦋦 𢚸 送 舊 迎 新。
Thiếp có say hoa đắm nguyệt, ở ra lòng tống cựu nghinh tân.
I do love beauty, in-and-out from my heart, off with the old and in with the new.

chữ Hán form of tống (“to accompany; to send off”)


通

thông (canonical)
thồng (canonical)
thỗng (canonical)

chữ Hán form of thông (“to go through; to pass through”)

chữ Hán form of thông (“to clear off; to unchoke; to unclog”)

chữ Nôm form of thong (“clear; open; having a passage through”)

chữ Nôm form of thong (“to communicate”)


逮

chữ Hán form of đãi (“to be able, to arrest”)


遏

ướt (canonical)
hết (canonical)
ớt (canonical)
ợt (canonical)


道

道: Hán Việt readings: đạo (canonical)
dạo 道: Nôm readings: dạo (canonical)
đạo (canonical)
đảo (canonical)
nhạo (canonical)

道理

đạo lí / đạo lý

chữ Nôm form of dạo (“to walk; to stroll”)


遶

chữ Nôm form of theo (“to follow, according to”)


邊

邊(bên)𡥵(con)渃(nước)


邐

邐: Hán Việt readings: lí (canonical)
lệ (canonical)
lị 邐: Nôm readings: lí (canonical)


郭

chữ Hán form of quách (“sarcophagus, outer coffin; outer wall, as of a city or fort; jar containing human remains for reburial”)


酗

酗: Hán Việt readings: hú (canonical)
húng (canonical)
hung 酗: Nôm readings: hú (canonical)


酲

trình (canonical)
xành (canonical)
xềnh (canonical)
xình (canonical)


酶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, muối): semantic 酉 (“wine”) + phonetic 每 (mỗi).


里

里: Hán Việt readings: lý (canonical)
lí 里: Nôm readings: lý (canonical)
lái (canonical)
rưới (canonical)
trẻ (canonical)
lia (canonical)
lí (canonical)
lịa (canonical)


金

ghim (canonical)
câm (canonical)
găm (canonical)

chữ Hán form of Kim (“a surname from Chinese”)


釟

misspelling of 釞 (“chữ Nôm form of nhíp (“tweezers”)”)


鈎

chữ Nôm form of câu (“to hook, to fish”)


鈘

鈘: Nôm readings: chìa (canonical)
chịa (canonical)
chì (canonical)
chùy (canonical)
chuỳ (canonical)


鈘

鈘(chìa)囉(ra)


鈙

鈙(chìa)囉(ra)


鈬

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, xích): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 尺 (xích).

chữ Nôm form of xích (“chain; to chain up”)


鈽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, búa): semantic 金 + phonetic 布 (bố).


鎬

鎬: Hán Việt readings: cảo (canonical)
hạo 鎬: Nôm readings: cào (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cào): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 高 (cao).


鏟

鏟: Hán Việt readings: sạn (canonical)
sản 鏟: Nôm readings: sản (canonical)
san (canonical)
sán (canonical)
xẻng (canonical)
sám (canonical)


鐲

đục (canonical)
đọc (canonical)
chạc (canonical)
trọc (canonical)


鐺

鐺: Hán Việt readings: sanh (canonical)
thang (canonical)
đang (canonical)
đương (canonical)
tang 鐺: Nôm readings: đương (canonical)
xanh (canonical)

Xuống bếp, Vịnh đổ mỡ vào xanh. Mỡ chảy ra trong những tiếng xèo xèo.

Entering the kitchen, Vịnh poured oil into the wok. Grease poured out with a sizzling sound.


鑧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, khoan): semantic 金 (“gold”) + phonetic 寬 (khoan).


長

長: Hán Việt readings: trường (canonical)
trưởng (canonical)
tràng 長: Nôm readings: tràng (canonical)
trường (canonical)
dài (canonical)
chường (canonical)
trành (canonical)
trườn (canonical)


開

chữ Nôm form of khui (“to open, to pry open”)


阡

chữ Hán form of thiên (“bank of a rice paddy”)


阧

chữ Nôm form of đẩu (“slope, sudden change”)


阮

阮必成

chữ Hán form of Nguyễn (“a surname from Chinese”)


阿

chữ Hán form of a (“a cutting tool consisting of two blades inserted into a long handle to cut grass or to harvest rice”)


陀

chữ Nôm form of đã (“to finish, conclude”)


陂

陂: Hán Việt readings: bi (canonical)
bí (canonical)
pha 陂: Nôm readings: be (canonical)
bê (canonical)
pha (canonical)


降

降: Hán Việt readings: giáng (canonical)
hàng 降: Nôm readings: hàng (canonical)
giáng (canonical)
dán (canonical)
nháng (canonical)
giuống (canonical)

chữ Hán form of giáng (“to fall; to descend”)


陝

陝: Hán Việt readings: thiểm (canonical)
hiệp 陝: Nôm readings: thiểm (canonical)

chữ Hán form of Thiểm (“The Shan Pass; also short for Shaanxi (Thiểm Tây)”)


除

chừ (canonical)
chờ (canonical)
giờ (canonical)
trừ (canonical)
dờ (canonical)
hờ (canonical)
khừ (canonical)
xờ (canonical)
thờ (canonical)
dơ (canonical)


隣

隣: Nôm readings: láng (canonical)
lăn (canonical)
trăn (canonical)
trằn (canonical)


隧

隧: Hán Việt readings: toại (canonical)
trụy (canonical)
truỵ 隧: Nôm readings: toại (canonical)


險

hẻm (canonical)
hiếm (canonical)
hĩm (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of hẻm (“narrow space, dead-end”)

chữ Nôm form of hĩm (“little girl (Central Vietnamese countryside)”)


隱

ửng (canonical)
ăng (canonical)
ổn (canonical)
ẳng (canonical)

chữ Hán form of ẩn (“to seclude oneself; to hide oneself”)


集

chữ Hán form of tập (“set; collection; section”)


面

diện (Hán-Nôm)
miến (Hán-Nôm)
miền (Hán-Nôm)

chữ Nôm form of miền (“region; district; domain”)


鞡

chữ Hán form of lạp (“used in ngột lạp (靰鞡), a type of shoe worn in Northeast China”)


預

dựa (canonical)
nhứ (canonical)
rợ (canonical)

(in compounds) chữ Hán form of dự (“to forsee, to prepare”)


頗

頗: Hán Việt readings: pha (canonical)
phả 頗: Nôm readings: phở (canonical)
pha (canonical)
phả (canonical)
và (canonical)


食

食: Hán Việt readings: thực (canonical)
tự 食: Nôm readings: thực (canonical)
xực (canonical)


飼

chữ Hán form of tự (“breed, raise, rear”)


餅

茶(trà)趙(Triệu)老(lão)餅(bánh)韶(Thiều)陽(Dương) / 排(bầy)禪(thiền)子(tử)矣(hãy)群(còn)肁(đói)渴(khát)

13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư trần lạc đạo phú, "Đệ cửu hội":

Old man Trieu's tea, Thieu Duong cakes,
 the novices still hungry and thirsty.

Nôm form of bánh (“pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding”)


餮

chữ Hán form of thiết (“thao thiết (饕餮), a gluttonous monster from Chinese legend”)


饉

chữ Hán form of cận (“famine, crop failure, starvation”)


饒

nhiêu (canonical)
nheo (canonical)
nhiều (canonical)
sèo (canonical)
xèo (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of nhau (“in common; together; communally; reciprocally; to each other”)


饞

chữ Nôm form of thèm (“to want; to crave”)


香

hương (canonical)
hang (canonical)
nhàng (canonical)


騸

chữ Nôm form of thiến (“to castrate; castrated”)


騾

chữ Nôm form of la (“a horse-donkey hybrid; a mule or a hinny”)


驃

驃: Hán Việt readings: phiếu (canonical)
phiêu 驃: Nôm readings: phiêu (canonical)

chữ Hán form of phiêu (“a rapid or courageous steed”)


骨

cót (canonical)
cút (canonical)
cọt (canonical)
gút (canonical)

chữ Hán form of cốt (“bone (compounds), extracted, condensed”)


髙

chữ Hán form of Cao (“a surname from Chinese”)


鬆

鬆: Hán Việt readings: tung (canonical)
tông 鬆: Nôm readings: tùng (canonical)


鬠

chữ Nôm form of xoáy (“to swirl; to whirl”)


鬼

quẽ (canonical)
quỉ (canonical)
sưu (canonical)

chữ Hán form of quỷ (“any generic ugly, mischievous or evil spirit”)


魚

ngư (canonical)
ngớ (canonical)
ngừ (canonical)

chữ Hán form of ngư (“(only in compounds) fish”)


鯺

chữ Nôm form of chả (“minced and seasoned fish”)


鶯

1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, lines 269-270:

The silky willow-branches flagged down nonchalantly like blinds. On a branch, a jeering oriole was practicing his first notes.


麗

麗: Hán Việt readings: lệ (canonical)
li 麗: Nôm readings: rạy (canonical)
li (canonical)


點

đếm (canonical)
chúm (canonical)
đém (canonical)
đêm (canonical)
đóm (canonical)

chữ Hán form of điểm (“to identify, to choose, to nominate”)

chữ Nôm form of đếm (“to count, to number, to enumerate”)

chữ Nôm form of chấm (“to dip in, to punctuate”)


齋

齋: Hán Việt readings: trai (canonical)
chay 齋: Nôm readings: chay (canonical)
trai (canonical)
chai (canonical)
rai (canonical)
chây (canonical)
trơi (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of chay (“to abstain; to fast”)


龍

chữ Hán form of Long (“a male given name”)


起源

chữ Nôm form of khởi nguồn (“origin; beginning”)


𡨸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chữ): phonetic 宁 (trữ) + semantic 字 (“Chinese character”).


𡦂

chữ (romanization)
字 (alternative)
𡨸 (alternative)
𫳘 (alternative)

Duplication of 字 (tự, “character, letter”).

土音哙丐𨨨羅丐鏛𡦂悪切買𡦂固義羅空固拱如㗂京羅怒㗂西羅𩛂
Thổ âm gọi cái ‘chiêng’ là cái ‘thường’; chữ ‘ố’ thiết với chữ ‘có’ nghĩa là “không có”, cũng như tiếng Kinh là ‘nỏ’, tiếng Tây là ‘no’.
In the local speech, gongs are called ‘thường’, and ‘ó’ (which is spelt with ‘ố + có’) means “no”, similar to ‘nỏ’ in Vietnamese and ‘no(n)’ in French.

1903, Vương Duy Trinh, Thanh Hoá quan phong (清化觀風), page 42

chữ Nôm form of chữ (“letter; character; word; script”)


夢想

夢想: Hán Việt readings: mộng tưởng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of mộng tưởng (“fantastic dream”)


武士道

chữ Nôm form of võ sĩ đạo
(colloquial) a samurai; a bushi

chữ Nôm form of võ sĩ đạo
a samurai; a bushi


武士

chữ Nôm form of võ sĩ (“combat sport contender; warrior; samurai”)


𢄓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ô): semantic 巾 (“cloth used as a cover”) + phonetic 烏 (ô).


𨳱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ngõ): phonetic 午 (ngọ) + semantic 門 (“door, gate, entrance”).

alternative form of 𡉦 (“chữ Nôm form of ngõ (“lane, alley, bystreet”)”)


𨷈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, muôn): phonetic 門 (môn) + semantic 萬 (“ten thousand”).


𨷯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cửa): semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 舉 (cử).


𤯊

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): semantic 茶 (“tea”) + semantic 甘 (“sweet”).

a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding, often made with glutinous rice and/or beans


𡮈

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nhỏ): phonetic 乳 (nhủ) + semantic 小 (“small”).


玳瑁

hawksbill sea turtle
hawksbill sea turtle

chữ Nôm form of đồi mồi (“hawksbill sea turtle; liver spots”)


𠴜

chữ Nôm form of kẽ (“crevice, crack, seam”)


𡃊

𡃊: Nôm readings: ghê (canonical)
khẽ (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ghê, khẽ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 稽 (kê).

Han compound

chữ Nôm form of ghê (“horrifying; disgusting”)


𠻗

loll (to let the tongue hang from the mouth)


𠠚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, xẻ): phonetic 齒 (xỉ) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).


𠝓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, xẻ): phonetic 侈 (xỉ) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).


𩂏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, che): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 支 (chi).


𡍘

big-bellied stoneware jar (such as a wine jar or a jar for nước mắm)


𣴓

𣴓: Nôm readings: cạn (canonical)
gạn (canonical)
cặn (canonical)
cợn (canonical)
gợn (canonical)
nhừ (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 件 (kiện).


㝵

alternative form of 𣈜 (“chữ Nôm form of ngày (“day; date; daytime”)”)


𣛧

branch dipped in water for fish to live in


𣫲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, đừng): semantic 毋 (“do not, don't”) + phonetic 仃 (đình).


字喃

chữ Nôm form of chữ Nôm (“Chu Nom; former writing system of Vietnam, based on Chinese characters”)


𡗶

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 上 (“above”) + 天 (“sky, heaven”).

chữ Nôm form of trời, giời (“sky, heaven, weather”)


𠀧

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ba): phonetic 巴 (ba) + semantic 三 (“three”).

岧(Đèo)𠀧(Ba)隊(Dội)

18th–19th century, Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香), “Đèo Ba Dội (岧𠀧隊) [Three-Mountain Pass]”, in John Balaban, transl., Spring Essence: The Poetry of Hồ Xuân Hương, Copper Canyon Press (book), also hosted by Nôm Foundation (online), published 2000, pages 46-47:


𧵑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, của): semantic 貝 + phonetic 古 (cổ).

chữ Nôm form of của (“property; belongings”)


𧵑

chữ Nôm form of của (“of (belonging to or associated with)”)


𠊛

người (romanization)
ngài (romanization)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, người, ngài): phonetic 㝵 (ngày) + semantic 人 (“man”).


𠊛

chữ Nôm form of người (“indicates people, except infants”)


𠊛

chữ Nôm form of người (“you; he/him; she/her”)


𦉱

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): phonetic 罷 → ⺲ (bãi) + semantic 七 (“seven”).


㗂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, tiếng): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 省 (tỉnh).

chữ Nôm form of tiếng (“voice, language, sound”)


𧗱

chữ Nôm form of về (“to return, to come back”)


𠚢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ra): phonetic 羅 (la) + semantic 出 (“to go out”)

chữ Nôm form of ra (“to go out; to leave”)


𡗉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nhiều): abbreviated phonetic 饒 (nhiêu) + semantic 多 (“many; much”).


𡨹

to keep, to guard, to retain, to hold, to maintain


𡥵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, con): semantic 子 (“child”) + phonetic 昆 (côn).


𠄼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, dăm): phonetic 南 (nam) + semantic 五 (“five”).

chữ Nôm form of dăm (“some five; about five; a few”)


𢆥

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, năm): phonetic 南 (nam) + semantic 年 (“year”).

𢆥畧

𢆥細

𢆥箕

𢆥買

哥𢆥

恆𢆥

𢆥閏

𤾓(Trăm)𢆥(năm)𥪞(trong)揆(cõi)𠊛(người)些(ta)


𠄩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, hai): phonetic 台 (thai) + semantic 二 (“two”).


𦊚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bốn): semantic 罒 (四字頭／四字头 (sìzìtóu, “four character-head”)) + phonetic 本 (bổn).

Han compound

四字頭／四字头 (<i>sìzìtóu</i>, “four character-head”)


𦒹

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sáu): phonetic 老 (lão) + semantic 六 (“six”).


𠔭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, tám): semantic 八 (“eight”) + phonetic 參 (tham).


𠃩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chín): semantic 九 (“nine”) + phonetic 㐱 (chẩn).


𤾓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, trăm): semantic 百 (“hundred”) + phonetic 林 (lâm).

律𤾓

𠄼𤾓

𠄩𤾓吝

𤾓𥚄官吝

to kowtow a hundred times in front of a person in higher authority (as an act of supplicating)

𤾓戶

𤾓歲

one hundred years; to wish someone a long life


𩈘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mặt): phonetic 末 (mạt) + semantic 面 (“face”).


㘨

㘨: Nôm readings: nồi (canonical)
nội (canonical)


𬖾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, phở): semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 頗 (pha).

chữ Nôm form of phở (“pho (Vietnamese soup)”)


㦖

chữ Nôm form of muốn (“to want, to desire”)


𪀄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chim): phonetic 占 (chiêm) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).


𡶀

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, núi): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 内 (nội).


𣎃

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, tháng): semantic 月 (“month”) + phonetic 尚 (thượng).


𣈜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ngày): semantic 日 (“day”) + phonetic 㝵 (alternative form of 礙 in Chinese: ngại)


㨳

㨳: Nôm readings: ghé (canonical)
gửi (canonical)
gợi (canonical)


㫻

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, luôn): semantic 日 + phonetic 侖 (luân).

chữ Nôm form of luôn (“always; continually; at once”)


㺔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, voi): semantic 犭 + phonetic 爲 (vi).


䐥

䐥: Nôm readings: õng (canonical)
ỏng (canonical)
ống (canonical)


𠀗

chữ Nôm form of khệnh (“Only used in 𠀗𠀖 (khệnh khạng, “walking slowly, with difficulty”).”)


𠀖

chữ Nôm form of khạng (“Only used in 𠀗𠀖 (khệnh khạng, “walking slowly, with difficulty”).”)


𩄲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mây): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 迷 (mê).


𠬠

Simplified from 沒 to 𱥺, then finally, 𠬠.


𨒒

𨒒: Nôm readings: mười (canonical)
mươi (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mười, mươi): phonetic 邁 → 迈 (mại) + semantic 十 (“ten”).


𠦳

𠦳: Nôm readings: ngàn (canonical)
nghìn (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ngàn, nghìn): phonetic 彦 (ngạn) + semantic 千 (“thousand”).


𠱄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, miệng): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 皿 (mãnh).


𤙭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bò): semantic 牛 (“bovine”) + phonetic 甫 (phủ).

a Southern Yellow zebu (a bovine of the breed Feng cattle)

(by extension) any bovine from the subtribe Bovina

chữ Nôm form of bò
any bovine from the subtribe Bovina


𠄻

𠄻: Nôm readings: lăm (canonical)
rằm (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, lăm): semantic 五 (“five”) + phonetic 林 (lâm).


𠄻

chữ Nôm form of lăm (“(only in compounds) five”)


𠄻

chữ Nôm form of rằm (“the 15th day of a lunar month, the day of a full moon, on which some Vietnamese people place offerings on their altars and pray for good luck”)


𨑮

𨑮: Nôm readings: mười (canonical)
mươi (canonical)


𨉟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mình): semantic 身 (“torso”) + phonetic 命 (mệnh).

chữ Nôm form of mình (“torso, oneself, I/me”)


𨋣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 車 (“cart”) + phonetic 丙.

𢚸(lòng)蹺(theo)仍(nhưng)渚(chửa)𧡊(thấy)𠊛(người)/𨖲(lên)髙(cao)氽(mấy)𣅶(lúc)⿰竜望(trông)爲(vời)𨋣(bánh)車(xe)

1740s [1741], Đặng Trần Côn, translated by Đoàn Thị Điểm, Chinh phụ ngâm [The Song of a Soldier's Wife]^(https://vi.wikisource.org/wiki/Chinh_ph%E1%BB%A5_ng%C3%A2m_(%C4%90o%C3%A0n_Th%E1%BB%8B_%C4%90i%E1%BB%83m_d%E1%BB%8Bch)), lines 271–272:

My heart follows you but has yet to see you, / Many times, from up high, I look out for your carriage's wheels.

車(xe)珠(châu)仃(dừng)𨋣(bánh)𨷶(cửa)外(ngoài)/簾(rèm)𥪝(trong)㐌(đã)𧡊(thấy)⿰氵𠬠(một)𠊚(người)𨀈(bước)𠚢(ra)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, lines 921–922:

The carriage's wheels stop at the entrance, / From behind the curtains, a person is seen stepping out.


𤈜

𤈜: Nôm readings: chói (canonical)
cháy (canonical)
giỏi (canonical)
chấy (canonical)
chới (canonical)
đốt (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chói, cháy): semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 至 (chí).


𤈜

唉(hỡi)喂(ôi)呐(nói)歇(hết)事(sự)緣(duyên)/絲(tơ)情(tình)𠞹(đứt)䏾(bụng)焒(lửa)煩(phiền)𤈜(cháy)肝(gan)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, lines 1675–1676:

Alas! It told the whole story, / Love tore at his stomach, anguish burned his liver!


𡝕

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, và): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 𠀧 (ba).

alternative form of 吧 (“chữ Nôm form of và (“and, also, with, as well as”)”)


𥿗

𥿗: Nôm readings: chỉ (canonical)
𥿗: Nôm readings: giấy (canonical)


音讀

chữ Nôm form of âm đọc (“phonetic reading”)


𤌄

𤌄⿆⽽粮

Variant of 煮, see there for more details.


洲歐

chữ Nôm form of châu Âu: Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)


洲亞

chữ Nôm form of châu Á: Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)


𤝞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chuột): semantic 犭 (“canine”) + phonetic 术 (thuật).


柴棍

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
 柴 棍
As commonly seen with non-Sino-Vietnamese placenames (in particular) and in Nôm texts (in general), these two characters are used purely for their phonetic values (i.e. they are phonograms). Neither 柴 nor 棍 has anything to do with the word's actual etymology. See Sài Gòn for discussion about the etymology of the word.

The area of Sài Gòn was designated as Tân Bình County

Đại Việt địa dư toàn biên (大越地輿全編)

以柴棍處為新平縣

Việt sử diễn nghĩa tứ tự ca (越史演義四字歌 "Vietnamese History Explained in Four-Character Verses"), 11a
岳差惠侶、𠓨打柴棍、軍賊殘暴。
Nhạc sai Huệ Lữ, vào đánh Sài Gòn, quân giặc tàn bạo.
Nhạc ordered Huệ and Lữ to march in and attack Sài Gòn; the enemy forces were cruel.


𩵜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cá): semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 亇 (cá).


𦖑

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nghe): semantic 耳 (“ear”) + phonetic 宜 (nghi).


阿諛

chữ Nôm form of a dua (“to ape; to blindly imitate (something bad or wrong from others)”)


𠀪

only used in 𠀫𠀪 (khề khà, “to have a drunken brawl”).


𠁄

chữ Nôm form of luồn (“to pass through”)


𩷆

kuai (a dish made of raw fish and vegetables)


𠁟

chữ Nôm form of gồm (“to comprise, to consist of, to include”)


𠁝

(Chu Nom) to comprise, to consist of, to include


𢞅

𢞅: Nôm readings: yêu (canonical)
éo (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, yêu): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 要 (yêu).

chữ Nôm form of yêu (“to love romantically”)


𪜀

alternative form of 羅 (“chữ Nôm form of là (“to be”)”)


𡅏

𡅏: Nôm readings: lể (canonical)
lẫy (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 禮 (lễ).


𢞂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, buồn): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 盆 (bồn).


𩆷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sấm): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + abbreviated phonetic 讖 (sấm).


𦨭

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bè): semantic 舟 (“boat”) + phonetic 皮 (bì).


𪜉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nhàng): semantic 中 (“middle”) + phonetic 平 (bằng).


𩚵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cơm): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 甘 (cam).


溟濛

chữ Nôm form of mênh mông (“vast; immense; extensive; boundless”)


餅麵

常(Thường)常(thường)𧡊(thấy)𤼵(phát)𥹘(bánh)𫗗(mì)
𧡊(Thấy)挷(bưng)渃(nước)圣(thánh)鬼(quỷ)欺(khi)𫾗(lộn)㝵(người)

1854, Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Dương Từ - Hà Mậu, page 29:

Normally see giving bread
Bring holy water, demon chosen


詩唐

chữ Nôm form of thơ Đường (“Tang poetry”)


﨤

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, gặp): semantic 辵 (“walk”) + phonetic 及 (cập).


𪟡

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, gã): semantic 男 (“man; male”) + phonetic 可 (khả).

chữ Nôm form of gã (“lad; bloke; underdog”)


𪢣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mừng): semantic 喜 (“happiness”) + phonetic 明 (minh).

chữ Nôm form of mừng (“glad, happy; to rejoice, to congratulate”)


𠙣

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bẫy): semantic 几 (“small table”) + phonetic 罢 (bãi).


𦟹

𦟹: Nôm readings: lòn (canonical)
lồn (canonical)
trôn (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of lồn (“(very vulgar) cunt, pussy, vulva, vagina”)


𨷈𢆥

chữ Nôm form of muôn năm (“long live; forever; all hail”)


𤇥

𤇥: Nôm readings: lấp (canonical)
lập (canonical)


𫾗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chọn): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 論 (luận).

chữ Nôm form of chọn (“to choose; to select”)


𠀫𠀪

chữ Nôm form of khề khà (“to have a drunken brawl”)


㗂越

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Việt (“Vietnamese language”)


㗂日

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Nhật (“Japanese language”)


㗂英

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Anh (“English language”)


㗂法

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Pháp (“French language”)


㗂韓

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Hàn (“Korean language”)


㗂中

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Trung (“Chinese language”)


㗂俄

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Nga (“Russian language”)


𪔠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, trống): phonetic 弄 (lộng) + semantic 鼓 (“drum”).


丐𦨭

chữ Nôm form of Cái Bè (“a district of Tiền Giang, Vietnam”)


字儒

chữ Nôm form of chữ Nho (“Confucian writing; Classical Chinese script”)


𥑥

𥑥: Nôm readings: sành (canonical)
sinh (canonical)
xanh (canonical)
xành (canonical)
sanh (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sành, sinh): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 生 (sinh, sanh).

Han compound

chữ Nôm form of sành (“glazed terracotta”)


𢭮

𢭮: Nôm readings: gảy (canonical)
gãy (canonical)
gợi (canonical)
gãi (canonical)
cởi (canonical)
gửi (canonical)
gởi (canonical)
cài (canonical)
khảy (canonical)
cạy (canonical)
cảy (canonical)
gạy (canonical)
gẩy (canonical)
gẫy (canonical)
gậy (canonical)
khẩy (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 改 (cải).

musical instrument
musical instrument#English

chữ Nôm form of gảy (“to pluck (a musical instrument); to strum”)

chữ Nôm form of gãy (“broken; fractured”)

chữ Nôm form of gợi (“to arouse; to awake (memories)”)


車救火

chữ Nôm form of xe cứu hỏa (“fire engine”)


㗂意

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Ý (“Italian language”)


㗂泰

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Thái (“Thai language”)


㗂西班牙

tiếng Tây Ban Nha
tiếng Tây Ban Nha#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Tây Ban Nha (“Spanish language”)


㗂米西基

tiếng Mễ Tây Cơ
tiếng Mễ Tây Cơ#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Mễ Tây Cơ (“Spanish language”)


㗂米

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Mễ (“Spanish language”)


㗂德

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Đức (“German language”)


㗂美

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Mĩ (“English language”)


𡙧

chữ Nôm form of Mường (“the Muong people, a minority ethnic group in mountainous regions of Vietnam”)


㗂普通

tiếng phổ thông
tiếng phổ thông#Vietnamese

the Hanoian Vietnamese dialect that is considered "standard", popular among officials, news anchors and pop singers

the Saigonese Vietnamese dialect that is considered "standard", popular among officials, news anchors and pop singers

chữ Nôm form of tiếng phổ thông
Putonghua


電話公共

điện thoại công cộng
điện thoại công cộng#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of điện thoại công cộng (“payphone”)


𣱿

𣱿: Nôm readings: nhớp (canonical)
nhấp (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nhớp, nhấp): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 入 (nhập).

Han compound

chữ Nôm form of nhớp (“dirty and sticky (because of moisture); mucky”)

chữ Nôm form of nhấp (“to dip into water; to moisten”)


機學量子

cơ học lượng tử
cơ học lượng tử#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of cơ học lượng tử (“quantum mechanics”)


𡨸漢

chữ Nôm form of chữ Hán (“Chinese character”)


𡨸喃

chữ Nôm form of chữ Nôm (“Southern character”)


𡭜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mọn): phonetic 门 (môn) + semantic 小 (“small”).

chữ Nôm form of mọn (“small; trivial; insignificant”)


𡮉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mọn): phonetic 門 (môn) + semantic 小 (“small”).


經月

chữ Nôm form of kinh nguyệt (“menstruation; menses”)


𨷶

𨷶: Nôm readings: cửa (canonical)
𫔸, 𬮷, 𨵣, 𬮌, 擧 (cửa) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cửa): phonetic 舉 (cử) + semantic 門 (“door”).

chữ Nôm form of cửa (“door; gate; entrance”)


𫔸

𫔸: Nôm readings: cửa (canonical)
𨷶, 𬮷, 𨵣, 𬮌, 擧 (cửa) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cửa): phonetic 舉 (cử, “top component simplified to 𭁈”) + semantic 门 (“door, variant of 門”).

top component simplified to <i class="Hani mention" lang="vi">𭁈</i>

door, variant of <i class="Hani mention" lang="vi">門</i>

(uncommon) chữ Nôm form of cửa (“door; gate; entrance”)


𨵣

𨵣: Nôm readings: cửa (canonical)
𨷶, 𫔸, 𬮷, 𬮌, 擧 (cửa) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cửa): phonetic 舉 (cử, “與 simplified to 𭁈”) + semantic 門 (“door”).


𫔳

Uncommon variant of 𨷶 door, gate, entrance


𡐙

𡐙: Nôm readings: đất (canonical)
坦 (đất) (alternative)
待 (đất) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, đất): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 得 (đắc).

chữ Nôm form of đất (“earth; soil; dirt”)


𠰺

𠰺: Nôm readings: dạy (canonical)
dái (canonical)
dậy (canonical)
đại (canonical)
đẫy (canonical)
đậy (canonical)


生能

chữ Nôm form of siêng năng (“diligent; hard-working”)


𫥨

chữ Nôm form of ra (“to go out; to leave”)


𡘯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, lớn): phonetic 吝 (lận) + semantic 大 (“big”).


𩛜

𩛜: Nôm readings: đói (canonical)
𩟡 (đói) (alternative)

chữ Nôm form of đói (“hungry; starved; famished”)


𩟡

𩟡: Nôm readings: đói (canonical)
𩛜 (đói) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, đói): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 對 (đối).


鏡顯微

chữ Nôm form of kính hiển vi (“microscope”)


㗂滿

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Mãn (“Manchu language”)


𧆄

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, thuốc): phonetic 束 (thúc) + semantic 藥 (“medicine”).


𠩕

chữ Nôm form of mé (“side; region, area”)


吀嘲

chữ Nôm form of xin chào (“hello; greetings”)


餅蒸

chữ Nôm form of bánh chưng (“a traditional Vietnamese dish made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients, and eaten for Tết”)


𢮿

𢮿: Nôm readings: quây (canonical)
quay (canonical)
quảy (canonical)
quày (canonical)
quai (canonical)
quải (canonical)
quấy (canonical)
quéo (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, quây): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 乖 (quai).

chữ Nôm form of quây (“to enclose; to surround; to encircle”)


㗂梵

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Phạn (“Sanskrit language”)


㗂中國

tiếng Trung Quốc
tiếng Trung Quốc#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Trung Quốc (“Chinese language”)


㗂越南

tiếng Việt Nam
tiếng Việt Nam#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Việt Nam (“Vietnamese language”)


鏡萬華

chữ Nôm form of kính vạn hoa (“kaleidoscope”)


𥻸

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bún): semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 𦊚 (bốn).


𡨸儒

chữ Nôm form of chữ Nho (“Confucian writing; Classical Chinese script”)


㗂京

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Kinh (“(used in relation to the other minority languages of Vietnam) Vietnamese language”)


漢喃

Chinese character
Chinese character#English

chữ Nôm form of Hán Nôm (“chữ Hán (literary Chinese characters) and chữ Nôm (characters for vernacular Vietnamese), as a whole”)


𣒱

𣒱: Nôm readings: xoài (canonical)
xoay (canonical)
xoái (canonical)
xuê (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, xoài): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 吹 (xuy).

chữ Nôm form of xoái (“complementary syllable”)


𠄧

𠄧: Nôm readings: và (canonical)
vài (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, và, vài): phonetic 巴 (ba) + semantic 二 (“two”).


𡤓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 始 (“start, initial”) + phonetic 買.


𪦲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mới): semantic 始 (“beginning; start; initial”) + phonetic 買 (mãi).


𢱏

Variant of 打, see there for more details.


𣙺

mậm (canonical)
mầm (canonical)
棕 (tông) (alternative)
㯶 (tông) (alternative)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 木 (“wood; tree”) + phonetic 𡕩 (mâm).


𤞺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cáo): semantic 犭 (“canine”) + phonetic 告 (cáo).


䶶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, đè): semantic 上 (“up”) + phonetic 提 (đề).


支秋

(Christianity) chữ Nôm form of Giêsu (“Jesus”)


㗂華

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Hoa (“Chinese language”)


𢂰

chữ Nôm form of tranh (“painting; picture; drawing”)


㗂西

chữ Nôm form of tiếng Tây (“(dated) French language”)


塘𨫊

head

塘𨫊 • (đường sắt)

vi-noun

塘𨫊 • (đường sắt)

chữ Nôm form of đường sắt (“railroad; railway”)


濫用情慾

lạm dụng tình dục
lạm dụng tình dục#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of lạm dụng tình dục (“sexual abuse”)


關係情慾

quan hệ tình dục
quan hệ tình dục#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of quan hệ tình dục (“sexual intercourse”)


洲美

chữ Nôm form of châu Mĩ: America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)


主義帝國

chủ nghĩa đế quốc
chủ nghĩa đế quốc#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of chủ nghĩa đế quốc (“imperialism”)


主義資本

chủ nghĩa tư bản
chủ nghĩa tư bản#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of chủ nghĩa tư bản (“capitalism”)


跌冰

chữ Nôm form of trượt băng (“to ice skate”)


𧹋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 貸 (“borrow”) + phonetic 爲.


空體

chữ Nôm form of không thể (“impossibly”)


空體

chữ Nôm form of không thể (“impossible”)


英𤳆

chữ Nôm form of anh trai (“elder brother”)


㛪𡛔

chữ Nôm form of em gái (“younger sister”)


姊𡛔

chữ Nôm form of chị gái (“elder sister”)


𪱐

chữ Nôm form of tiếng (“voice, language, sound”)


𥪞

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, trong): phonetic 竜 (long) + semantic 内 (“inside”).

A hundred years in the realm of humanity


𦟐紅

𡗶(trời)撑(xanh)涓(quen)貝(với)𦟐(má)紅(hồng)打(đánh)㭴(ghen)

1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 6:

The jealous gods tend to heap spites on rosy-cheeked beauties.


𤾓𢆥

chữ Nôm form of trăm năm (“hundred years; lifetime”)


楼撑

楼(lầu)撑(xanh)固(có)媒(mụ)秀(Tú)⿱𣲩女(bà)

1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 809:

Inside the brothel was an old lady named Tú bà

chữ Nôm form of lầu xanh (“(history, literary) a brothel”)


樓撑

樓(lầu)撑(xanh)買(mới)𢷀(rủ)帳(trướng)桃(đào)/強(càng)撩(treo)價(giá)玉(ngọc)強(càng)高(cao)品(phẩm)𠊚(người)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, lines 1227-1228:


𡛔

𡛔: Nôm readings: cưới (canonical)
gái (canonical)


𠄩親

𠄩(hai)親(thân)群(còn)𢷣(dở)席(tiệc)花(hoa)渚(chưa)衛(về)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, line 430:


𢄂

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chợ): phonetic 助 (trợ) + semantic 市 (“market”).


𧋾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ộp): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 邑 (ấp).


㮠

㮠: Nôm readings: vang (canonical)
vành (canonical)


𫭔

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nước): semantic 国 (“country”) + phonetic 若 (nhược). There are other forms that substitute 國 for 国.


𢂎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, dù): semantic 巾 (“cloth used as a cover”) + phonetic 由 (do).

chữ Nôm form of dù (“umbrella, parachute”)


𡉦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ngõ): semantic 土 (“land, earth”) + phonetic 午 (ngọ).

chữ Nôm form of ngõ (“lane, alley, bystreet”)


𢨵

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ngõ): semantic 户 (“door”) + phonetic 午 (ngọ).

alternative form of 𡉦 (“chữ Nôm form of ngõ (“lane, alley, bystreet”)”)


𱺵

翠(Thuý)翹(Kiều)𱺵(là)姉(chị)㛪(em)𱺵(là)翠(Thuý)雲(Vân)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)^(https://vi.wikisource.org/wiki/Truyện_Kiều_(bản_Kiều_Oánh_Mậu_1902)), published 1902, line 16:

Thuý Kiều was the elder sister, Thuý Vân the younger.

拯𱺵涅𥒥派鐄麻催

1916, “Bướm Hoa Tân Truyện II”, in chunom.org:

alternative form of 羅 (“chữ Nôm form of là (“to be”)”)


𫽄

𫽄: Nôm readings: chẳng (canonical)
chăng (canonical)
giẳng (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of chăng (“not any, surely”)


𡦂喃

chữ Nôm form of chữ Nôm (“historical Chinese character-based script for Vietnamese”)


𥺊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, gạo): semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 告 (cáo).

chữ Nôm form of gạo (“uncooked, dehusked rice (non-glutinous)”)


𫢋

Explain and revere the Buddha's teachings

釋崇𫢋法

Variant of 佛 and 仸, see there for more details.


𤁘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, thuỷ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 𥪝 (trong).


𠆳

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 人 (“person”) + 上 (“high, above”).


𧍝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, dế): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 帝 (đế).


𫚳

𫚳: Nôm readings: chim (canonical)
chiêm (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chim): semantic 鳥 (“bird”) + phonetic 占 (chiêm).


𬈺

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bơi): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 悲 (bi).

chữ Nôm form of bơi (“swim, paddle, row”)


𱎀

alternative form of 雪 (chữ Hán form of tuyết (“snow”))


𫜹

alternative form of 雪 (chữ Nôm form of tuyết (“snow”))


𢠆

𢠆: Nôm readings: thuồng (canonical)
thùng (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, thùng): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 通 (thung).


𦛌

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 肉 (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 律.
The phonetic is a simplified 律 (MC lwit) (SV: luật) and is not actually 聿 (MC ywit) (SV: duật). This character is attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經).


𱼓

chữ Nôm form of giò (“a kind of Vietnamese food”)


𡗅

chữ Nôm form of về (“to return, to come back”)


𪱚

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, tháng): semantic 月 (“month”) + phonetic 上 (thượng).


𠊚

𠊚: Nôm readings: người (canonical)
ngài (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, người, ngài): semantic 亻 (“man”) + phonetic 㝵 (“ngày”).


𠊚

alternative form of 𠊛 (“chữ Nôm form of người (“human being”)”)


𠊚

alternative form of 𠊛 (“chữ Nôm form of người (“indicates people, except infants”)”)


𠊚

alternative form of 𠊛 (“chữ Nôm form of người (“you; he/him; she/her”)”)


𠊚

alternative form of 𠊛 (“chữ Nôm form of ngài (“human”)”)


𠊚

alternative form of 𠊛 (“chữ Nôm form of ngài (“Sir”)”)


𡎝

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cõi): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 癸 (quý).

𤾓(Trăm)𢆥(năm)𥪝(trong)𡎝(cõi)𠊚(người)些(ta)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, line 1:

chữ Nôm form of cõi (“domain, realm or land”)


𱎜

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 人 (“person”) + 下 (“under”).


𡀯

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, chuyện): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 傳 (truyện).


樞槎

(Christianity) chữ Nôm form of Giuse (“Joseph”)


主𠀧嵬

(Christianity) chữ Nôm form of Chúa Ba Ngôi (“The Trinity”)


塳文化亞東

vùng văn hoá Á Đông
vùng văn hoá Á Đông#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of vùng văn hoá Á Đông (“Sinosphere”)


塳文化東亞

vùng văn hoá Đông Á
vùng văn hoá Đông Á#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of vùng văn hoá Đông Á (“Sinosphere”)


塳文化𡨸漢

vùng văn hoá chữ Hán
vùng văn hoá chữ Hán#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of vùng văn hoá chữ Hán (“Sinosphere”)


𣦆

chữ Nôm form of trải (“to spread; to spread out; to lay out”)

chữ Nôm form of trải (“to experience; to go through”)


𣷭

𣷭: Nôm readings: biển (canonical)
bể (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of bể (“the vast seas; the immensity of the waters”)


𢯦

𢯦: Nôm readings: lai (canonical)
lay (canonical)
lảy (canonical)
lạy (canonical)
rơi (canonical)


𢫝

𢫝: Nôm readings: rung (canonical)
lung (canonical)
dong (canonical)
đong (canonical)
chong (canonical)
gióng (canonical)

Nôm form of lung (“energetically, hard”)


亞綿

(Christianity) chữ Nôm form of a men (“(Roman Catholicism) amen”)


𠊛越

chữ Nôm form of người Việt (“Vietnamese people”)


𠸟

𠸟: Hán Việt readings: bai (canonical)
phôi 𠸟: Nôm readings: bui (canonical)
vui (canonical)


𱍜

𱍜: Nôm readings: cốc (canonical)
dốc (canonical)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cốc): phonetic 谷 (cốc) + semantic 下 (“lower”).

alternative form of 角 (“chữ Nôm form of dốc”)


𪪳

Variant of 翁, see there for more details.


𱐩

Variant of 德, see there for more details.

Variant of 飭, see there for more details.


𱥯

𱥯: Nôm readings: mấy (canonical)
với (canonical)
bấy (canonical)
mẩy (canonical)

Simplified from 爾 to 𠇍, then finally, 𱥯.

Variant of 𠇍, which is in turn a variant of 爾, see there for more details.


終畢

(historical, writing) chữ Nôm form of chung tất (“the end of a book”)


𪟽

Variant of 疑, see there for more details.


𪵯

Derived from 濫, see there for more details.


𬨮

chữ Nôm form of đông (“crowded, populated”)


𱤽

lệch (canonical)
rách (canonical)
sạch (canonical)

Variant of 歷, see there for more details.


𦑃

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cánh): phonetic 更 (cánh) + semantic 羽 (“feather; wing”).


𫅩

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cánh): semantic 羽 (“feather; wing”) + phonetic 更 (cánh).


𠸜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, tên): phonetic 先 (tiên) + semantic 名 (“name”).


𠄯

(Northern Vietnam) dirty; unclean; filthy


𱸳

This character uses tháu đấm diacritics derived from cursive. Compare with đầu (⿲丶豆丿) and chữ (⿲丶字丿).

Variant of 𧗱, see there for more details.


𠸗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, xưa): phonetic 初 (sơ) + semantic 古 (“ancient”).


𠸗

chữ Nôm form of xưa (“a long time ago; old times”)


𡏦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 土 + phonetic 差 (sai).

chữ Nôm form of xoay (“to turn; to swivel”)


𡅐

𡅐: Nôm readings: lành (canonical)
lẫy (canonical)
lình (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of lẫy (“illustrious”) See lẫy lừng.


𡅑

𡅑: Nôm readings: ngọng (canonical)
ngông (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of ngông (“rash, peculiar”) See ngông cuồng.


𠲤

𠲤: Nôm readings: nhở (canonical)
nhắc (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of nhở (“remind”) See nhắc nhở.

chữ Nôm form of nhắc (“remind”) See nhắc nhở.


𩆐

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sấm): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 稟 (lẫm).


𩂶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, sét): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 列 (liệt).


𩙻

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bay): semantic 飛 (“to fly”) + phonetic 悲 (bi).


𠉝

𠉝: Nôm readings: nghĩ (canonical)
nghỉ (canonical)

(nghĩ) to think, to brood over something


𡗊

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nhiều): semantic 多 (“many; much”) + abbreviated phonetic 饒 (nhiêu).


𡬷

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, tấc): phonetic 則 (tắc) + semantic 寸.


𠊡

𠊡: Nôm readings: vửng (canonical)
vững (canonical)

chữ Nôm form of vững (“stable, steady, assured, sure, confident, positive, certain”)


𧍋

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, ngài): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 㝵 (ngày).


基移吹蘇

(Catholicism) chữ Nôm form of Ki-ri-xi-tô (“Christ”)


𬯰

𬯰: Nôm readings: lẽ (canonical)
lẻ (canonical)

Variant of 𥛭, see there for more details.


𥆾

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, nhìn): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 忍 (nhẫn).


𢝙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, vui): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 盃 (bôi).

chữ Nôm form of vui (“merry; joyful; gay”)


𱎗

alternative form of 𠄩 (“chữ Nôm form of hai (“two”)”)


𬈈

alternative form of 汫 (“chữ Nôm form of giếng (“well”)”)


𦤠

chữ Nôm form of hoi, hôi (“foul, stinking”)


盤𬄯

chữ Nôm form of bàn cờ (“chessboard, checkerboard”)


𫔬

alternative form of 萬 (“chữ Nôm form of muôn (“long live”)”)


𥹘𫗗

常(Thường)常(thường)𧡊(thấy)𤼵(phát)𥹘(bánh)𫗗(mì)
𧡊(Thấy)挷(bưng)渃(nước)圣(thánh)鬼(quỷ)欺(khi)𫾗㝵(lộn)


𥹘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, bánh): semantic 米 (“grain”) + phonetic 丙 (bính).

chữ Nôm form of bánh (“food made of grains”)


𫗗

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, mì): semantic 食 (“food”) + phonetic 眉 (mi).


餅炟

A deep-fried glutinous rice ball in northern Vietnamese cuisine, filled with mung bean paste, scented with jasmine flower essence, and doused in syrup.


𠽋

𠽋: Nôm readings: nấc (canonical)
nắc (canonical)
nức (canonical)
nực (canonical)


祝𢜠𢆥㵋

chúc mừng năm mới
chúc mừng năm mới#Vietnamese

chữ Nôm form of chúc mừng năm mới
Happy Lunar New Year!

chữ Nôm form of chúc mừng năm mới
Happy New Year!


𡥙

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, cháu): semantic 子 (“child”) + phonetic 召 (triệu).


𱠎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, giở): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 𭁈 (dữ).

稿(cảo)𦹳(thơm)吝(lần)⿰扌𭁈(giở)𠓀(trước)畑(đèn)

1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 7:

Let’s open the scented book under the lamp