"chữ đơn" meaning in Vietnamese

See chữ đơn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ ʔɗəːn˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [t͡ɕɨ˧˨ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧] [Huế], [cɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: chữ (“character”) + đơn (“single”). Etymology templates: {{com|vi|chữ|đơn|t1=character|t2=single}} chữ (“character”) + đơn (“single”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} chữ đơn, {{vi-noun}} chữ đơn
  1. (historical, writing) single characters that were borrowed for their sound, a category of Nôm characters where each character is borrowed for their phonetics, "simple phonograms"; this was one of the main components in Nôm texts alongside semantophonograms. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-chữ_đơn-vi-noun-PaozP6aH Categories (other): Writing, Vietnamese, Chữ Nôm Disambiguation of Vietnamese: 45 55 Disambiguation of Chữ Nôm: 82 18 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing
  2. (historical, writing) simplified characters Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-chữ_đơn-vi-noun-NjdMj7z4 Categories (other): Writing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese, Writing systems Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Vietnamese: 45 55 Disambiguation of Writing systems: 35 65 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chữ kép (english: compound phonograms), giả tá
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        "2": "chữ",
        "3": "đơn",
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      "name": "com"
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  "etymology_text": "chữ (“character”) + đơn (“single”).",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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      "translation": "compound phonograms",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "giả tá"
    }
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          "_dis": "45 55",
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          "_dis": "82 18",
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          "english": "Now, when composing in Nôm, single characters are taught,\nAllowing beginner students to easily observe and understand them.",
          "ref": "1641, 指南玉音解義 [Chỉ nam ngọc âm giải nghĩa], 序 [Tựa, Preface], page 1b:",
          "roman": "Chỉ nam ngọc âm giải nghĩa",
          "text": "拜除喃曵宁单\n朱㝵買𭓇𢪀𫀅𢪀潤",
          "translation": "Now, when composing in Nôm, single characters are taught,\nAllowing beginner students to easily observe and understand them.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "single characters that were borrowed for their sound, a category of Nôm characters where each character is borrowed for their phonetics, \"simple phonograms\"; this was one of the main components in Nôm texts alongside semantophonograms."
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        "writing"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "[t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ ʔɗəːn˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕɨ˧˨ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[cɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chữ đơn"
}
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    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "vi:Vietnamese",
    "vi:Writing systems",
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      "translation": "compound phonograms",
      "word": "chữ kép"
    },
    {
      "word": "giả tá"
    }
  ],
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          "english": "Now, when composing in Nôm, single characters are taught,\nAllowing beginner students to easily observe and understand them.",
          "ref": "1641, 指南玉音解義 [Chỉ nam ngọc âm giải nghĩa], 序 [Tựa, Preface], page 1b:",
          "roman": "Chỉ nam ngọc âm giải nghĩa",
          "text": "拜除喃曵宁单\n朱㝵買𭓇𢪀𫀅𢪀潤",
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        }
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      ],
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        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
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      ],
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      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ ʔɗəːn˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕɨ˧˨ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[cɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chữ đơn"
}

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