The main Vietnamese term used for Chinese characters is chữ Hán (𡨸漢). It is made of chữ meaning 'character' and Hán 'Han (referring to the Han dynasty)'. Other synonyms of chữ Hán includes chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally ' 展开

In the preface of Khải đồng thuyết ước (啟童說約; 1853) written by Phạm Phục Trai (范复齋), it has the passage,
余童年，先君子從俗命 … 展开

Names
In Vietnam, many provinces and cities have names that come from Sino-Vietnamese words and were written using Chinese characters. This … 展开

Owing to historical contact with Chinese characters before the adoption of Chinese characters and how they were adapted into Vietnamese, multiple readings can exist for a single character. While most characters usually have one or two pronunciations, some … 展开

Some chữ Hán characters were simplified into variants of characters that were easier to write, but they are not the same simplified characters used by current-day Chinese. According to Trịnh Khắc Mạnh, when he analysed the early 13th century book, 釋氏寶鼎行持秘旨 … 展开

After the conquest of Nanyue (Vietnamese: Nam Việt; chữ Hán: 南越), parts of modern-day Northern Vietnam were incorporated into the Jiāozhǐ province (Vietnamese: … 展开

Chữ Hán can be classified into the traditional classification for Chinese characters, this is called lục thư (六書, Chinese: liùshū), meaning six types of Chinese characters. The … 展开