Chunho

Chunho Biography

Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally 'Han characters', Vietnamese pronunciation: [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ haːn˧˦]) is the term for Chinese characters in Vietnamese. Chữ Hán are used to write Literary Chinese (Hán văn; 漢文) and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary in the Vietnamese language. 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 (111 BC – 1919 AD) where usage of Literary Chinese was abolished alongside the Confucian court examinations causing chữ Hán to fall into obscurity.