Resources

Resources

Curated font downloads, dictionaries, digital archives, and learning guides for Chữ Nôm learners.

Fonts

Install Chữ-Nôm-capable fonts so you're able to read ancient texts

VietUnicode Hán-Nôm Fonts

Download page for the Han Nom A and Han Nom B font set, a longstanding option for Hán-Nôm text display.

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喃 字 𡨸 文
越 南 𠊛 學
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Dictionaries

Find the definition of Nôm characters

VNPF Lookup Tool

Find readings and English definitions for _Nom_ characters easily

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Dictionary of Nôm Characters with Excerpts

An image-based dictionary interface for Chữ Nôm learners and researchers

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Dictionnaire Annamite-Français

A colonial Vietnamese-French dictionary

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Archives

Collections of ancient books

Vietnamese Nom Presevation Foundation's Digital Library

Read scanned Hán Nôm texts for free

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Hán Nôm Sino Vietnamese Special Collection

A research library of texts by Columbia University

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Guides

Webpages where you can learn more about the Demotic script

Omniglot article

A brief summary of Chu Nom's history

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East Asian Writing Systems: Introduction to the Vietnamese Writing System

Like the name says, it's a guide to reading Vietnamese. Also talks a bit about Nom

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Chữ Nôm lessons

An archived digital textbook with lessons in _Nôm_

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Flashcards

Decks of flashcards meant to be used with the spaced repetition software Anki

Hán văn deck

Learn Classical Chinese with Hán-Việt readings

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Chunom.org Anki deck

A deck comprised of data scraped from Chunom.org

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Xefjord's Complete Northern Vietnamese

Contains Nôm characters

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Glossika Southern Vietnamese Sentences

Learn Chữ Nôm through phrases

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Kebuhcah's Chu Nom Deck

Built following the Uy Ban Phuc Sinh Han Nom Viet Nam's standard

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