Chữ Hán

Chữ Hán
Chữ Nho
Chữ Hán and chữ Nho written in chữ Nôm, with Vietnamese alphabet on the right.
Script type
Period
  • 3rd century BC – 20th century AD
  • Limited present use
DirectionTop-to-bottom, columns from right to left
LanguagesLiterary Chinese, Vietnamese
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Chữ Nôm
Sister systems
Kanji, Hanja, Bopomofo, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Khitan script, Jurchen script, Tangut script, Yi script

Chữ Hán (Vietnamese: 𡨸漢 [t͡ɕɯ˦ˀ˥ haːn˧˦] ⓘ, lit. 'Han characters') are the Chinese characters that were used to write Literary Chinese (Hán văn; 漢文) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in Vietnamese. They were officially used in Vietnam after the Red River Delta region was incorporated into the Han dynasty and continued to be used until the early 20th century.

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