Grade 1 Characters (Nhng ch cp 1)Characters in grade 1 cover 35% of all words found in regular Vietnamese writing.Knowing these characters allows for understanding about 35% of contemporary Vietnamese written in Chu Nom. Web http://www.chunom.org/Nhng ch ny trong cp 1 chim 35% tng s ch c tm thy ph bin trong vn vit Ting Vit. Hiu c nhng ch ny s gip hiu c khong 35% ni dung ca Ting Vit khi c vit bng ch Nm79 Characters (79 ch)

tikhngmtmtlccavanhngi...ngichoccngtrongnhng...my...vingconimralin...nnhvvocithi...nccnribphimnhnihainy...lnlmemkhinhchccgbit...trnthythycht...nmm...yvmisc...cnhnnovnangnhiulctaybabangyhn

Grade 2 CharactersCharacters in grade 1 + 2 cover 60% of all words found in regular Vietnamese writing.Knowledge of these characters enables you to understand about 60% of contemporary Vietnamese written in Chu Nom.Nhng ch ny trong lpcp 1+ cp 2 chim 60% tng s ch c tm thy ph bin trong vn vit Ting Vit. Hiu c nhng ch ny s gip hiu c khong 60% ni dung ca Ting Vit khi c vit bng ch Nm232 Characters

sautingquaainng...nghetheortuunin...nnbvvic...vamtnhausaoyuchatrcxunghayh...th...ththngin...munln...lytht...lmscng...c...ncxetitaqubnmtbnsnghckhcchuynchicnhnbngcingngngangngnghirnghtvythnhthnhthnhthlngtintintmtrisi...cchcchbobo...miiuu...xalnmitrngtrng...vuinaymtthngthm...tui...tntnnhyuyu...hiulingaycntchuningoi...gigncyhch...thngticuc...chytin...thngbgiaxingichndichnhchnhvnua...casphngphngtroonhttrngtcaoxemhoahoachngbbbpmygibc...tnhtivitsng...chibnimuavnbaytkvngbchahng...hngnhhmthchthchngcubtmusuhocdichiu...hnhmi...thntnhgipbbcdng...chbnbnbng...domgiquanbnbnthanhthanhthanhtritritunh...gitmnhnmcmaid...du...xanhtrungcngungngkhchtnhmto bygianhbaonttthgiann

14 Compounds (14 song t)

chng tic thby gigia nhngi tanh thbao gin ngtt ckhng thcon githi giann bnh vy

Grade 3 CharactersCharacters in grade 1 - 3 cover 75% of all words found in regular Vietnamese writing.Knowledge of these characters enables you to understand about 75% of contemporary Vietnamese written in Chu Nom.Nhng ch ny trong cp 1, 2 v 3 chim 75% tng s ch c tm thy ph bin trong vn vit Ting Vit. Hiu c nhng ch ny s gip hiu c khong 75% ni dung ca Ting Vit khi c vit bng ch Nm

Note: Grade 3 is only near-complete at this time! (Lu : Cp l ch thi im gn nh hon thnh chng trnh hc ny!)236 Characters

qunhhmac...kkhngthuccphn...chchinhcbycbnhbnhbnhbinguynthbotintinmingcoicmemi...linlinthunhkunamschbingivitdntipmnhtrthiu...loiimkimdathith...ch...nithucminhtrnguyntrang...trangtrmcnhcnhthaydybaokhkh...gixaiimi...chnghnghinbnbnvinkhuqunbcchimtybuibcvanniphcpgp...minphtgythcllmud...tqucsinhtraitoncuvtngh...trngtriuminnghasnbnhnlatrntititicngdtuymiccgiychomng...anhphpttmdngchnlpnghiprng...trnbbanhibctnghn...ngnvtotrngthit...khptngxinotcbngtrnhtrnhticlanquphtit...ththththdycuhchuchungcmyithuynoligiothnnhntruyn...ungondanhnhmn...htttphinonnontchikinhphnnhiutcgihnhphccm...tythoinhinsxygiichcnhinvincphquytc...khnchngvncm...s...tthngxut

90 Compounds

tr liVit Namth nobt ubao nhiulm gcon ngicho bithm naync mtu tinthnh phtc giHnh phccm thymt lntr vbn taynht lcon traisau chng tatnh yui lmanh emtr linhn ralm chocng tyin thoicuc igi lti saono t nhinbc sxy ratip tchc sinhx hing bni chuynvy mth giinhn thytrc khit chccha mcon bnh tic quanthay ituy nhinngy xasinh vinbnh vinanh chH Nic phquan trngquyt nhc bit limt lctrc mti hcu ctrong khikh khnhm sauca schng trnhsau nyvn tnh cmcn lira ich emb mthc hins dngng gib connu khngtr nnxin likinh tthng tini chixut hin

Grade 4 CharactersCharacters in grade 1 - 4 cover 90% of all words found in regular Vietnamese writing.Knowledge of these characters enables you to understand about 90% of contemporary Vietnamese written in Chu Nom.

Note: The list of characters and compounds in grade 4 is not complete at this time!When ready this grade will contain about 500 characters.191 Characters

giaocm...lmthngthngphngchiabtxyngiitinhquynsictrtrtiummmmquangtthththinnhtkhntngcin...lvng...vngdtthngvinctmlutchdtimvngtiusliuktqunhtrthamthamchgiagianhinquangiantchctonscdc...uuvcxuthpkhoacngphtdahndyanhpkhcivnnhchinphmhpthtvuabngthihnhhnhlctcngsdchtrphmnguykinhodnglnghnnngplnh...lunthnggiittttkhuhuthphochnmtrac...ahngxphngquytchngs...snh...byvmctronghnsqungcnnhiucpsingntykinlchlchngigipnghinhystsntrinthmchduhdoanhthsnhhtrthuttphimdcthdoanhthyttkthuttinchingnttnghikkhi nim

214 Compounds

nghin cuhy vngl do choxy dngpht hinc khicng ankhoa hcbnh thngtham giakhu vcvic lmcng tci quayu cukhng khnh khnggii thchcnh stkhi nochia scu hiduy nhtnht nhbui sngbo vi rasn xutquc giapht trinc iut dothm chcm nnhn vinbit baogio vini sngnh vnkhng saohm quar rngdoanh nghipnh ncnh litr connh l kinnhng miu trakt quiu kinn cmtrng hpchia tayb ithnh cngm thanhni lng gii quytth trnggi ytinh thntui trnh thnh hnggi trlin quanchnh phqu trnhdch vnh hnghin naymi trngsn phmn nih thngch h trngh thuthc tpca hngngha vd nqun snh cacch mngtt nhino dii bting ningy saunguy himgio dcthng minhbui tingy nayngy thngd saophng khchd thngc thv trqun iban ubit uchy theothng bohin tith tngnh gith gi nghacng nghnh lc lnglch sb trngkinh doanhthn thy thc hnhtiu hchay saocng nhngio squc tng ib ik thutchnh trtin schi titthy giongn hngtin bci hinh ratm lt nhtnhn dnch nhthin ingn ngchin ucy sHoa Kt tngchnh thct khihi hnphi trnglut sphn bitphn icon mtbng nthay vti chnhtnh hnhmc dutruyn hnhkhu phmu scra voc lth kc thnnghe lis lngch yubn chnphn lnnhn limt ttm hiup traich qua isinh nhtthnh phnthi titsau cngban ngyb chyin tkhi nimng phdy hcbng chngto lnbao gmphn nohnh thcthanh tonchn taynh thchi quncng b

Other CharactersThese are additional characters outside the levels 1 - 4.Characters outside levels 1 - 4 cover about 5% of all words in Vietnamese writing.41 Characters

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Other CharactersThese are additional characters outside the levels 1 - 4.Characters outside levels 1 - 4 cover about 5% of all words in Vietnamese writing.740 Characters

a...aiananhanhbababanbaobaybit...bit...binbuibbnbnbc...bnbnbobybbnbnhbnhbnhbbng...bng...bngbtbcbnbnbnbobo...bybtbybcbtbngbngbnhbbbbbbbnbbbicaochachichiachimchicchinchiu...chiu...chochuynchngchochuchnchuchuchchnchnhchnhchchcchngchichachngchychpchchchchchch... chcchngchcoiconcuc...ccccchcchcicncucycncccngcngcngci ccngcccmcic...ccicm...cnhcnhcpcncucncpctccng...cng...c...ccac...cuccadadanhdodoanhdidndydyd...dngdidc...d...dydu...dtddchdng...dng...ddadngemgiagiagiangiaogigigiogipgigipgiigiygiigigigiagigyggp... gngihaihayhimhiuhinhoahoahohohohochhng... hnghnhnhhnhmhnhnghnghnghhch...hnhnhhnhhthihnhuhthhh...hchihihhhnghhihphpin...khikhoakhokhukhckhchkhkhkhngkhnkhokhukhpkh...khngkinhkimkinkinkuktkkkklanlinlinliuloilunlutllmlmlnh...lnlnglclllnglililyln...lplmllchlchlilnlilalcmaiminhminmingmuamunmmumymmumymymnhmimi...mi...mami...mng...mnhmtmy...mtmcmtmmmmimimtmt mimcmngmnamnayngaynghenghinnghipnghn...nghn...nghnghangh...ngonngoi...nguynguynnguynngi...ngyngnngingnngngingnngingngnhaunhinnhiunhiunhonhnhnnhnnh...nhnnhmnhnhng...nhng...nhcnhtnhnnhpnhtnhnhnin...nonnonnng...nony...nnnninmninmnmnngnincnunina... phiphpphtphnphngphngphngphngphmphiphnphn... phmphtphphphquaquanquanquangquytquynququnqunququcququnhrartrngrirng... saosaosausensinhschsng...susissnssnscssssngsis...sstataotaythamthamthanhthanhthanhthaytheothithinthiu...thit...thuthuynthutthucthucthuthnhthnhthnhthithngthnthm...thchthchthithngthngththngthngthngthtthythnthythptht...thngth...thththththththngththi...thi...ththththcthcth...th...thtin...tinhtinhtintintiutictingtiptit...tit...tintintiutimtotontontratraitrang...trang...trangtrintriutrongtrongtrungtruyn...trtritritrntrnhtrnhtrtrmtrngtrctrngtrng...trng...trtrntrntrngtrtrtrtrngtritrtrtuytui...tytitititutctmtmtytntntmtnhtnhtitittngtitmtotttttttnhtitttngttitctcttt... tungvinvitvic...vinvitvuavuivvngvovng...vngvvivvnvngvnvnvnvtvyvvvvivvvavcxaxanhxexemxinxutxungxxyxxaxyyuyu...yu... n oopmmut ng... naangemiiuimininnn...nh...uynmnhngangngngciiongotuuuuc...pnu...anhci...ngngngicingicn...n...nhmy

! !Cho anh Nam! Mi anh vo!Hello Nam! Please come in!! !Cho ch! Ti xin chc-mng sinh-nht ch!Hello! I want to wish you a happy birthday!! !Cm-n anh! Mi anh ngi!Thank you! Please take a seat!!V xin chc ch hnh-phc!And I wish you happiness! vo to come in, to enter chc - to wish somebody chc-mng to wish somebody all the best sinh-nht birthday cm-n thanks, thank you ngi to sit v and hnh-phc happiness

Cho ch!Hello!Cho anh! Xin li, anh tn l g?Hello! Im sorry, what is your name?Ti tn l Nam.My name is Nam.Mi anh ngi!Please take a seat!Cm-n ch! Cn ch l ch Lan?Thank you! And you are Lan?Vng, ti l Lan.Yes, I am Lan.

The Story of Trang Quynh: The Pregnant Billy-Goat: Con D c C Cha

Con D c C ChaThe Pregnant Billy-Goatn sau quan t thin xem thin-vn.Once the court astronomers looked to the stars.Thy v a-phn tnh Thanh c mt ngi-sao sng.They saw a bright star over the region of Thanh.Chc rng tnh y c ngi ti. Nhng khng bit v lng no.There must be a gifted person in that province. Just not knowing in which village.,Vo tu vua, vua giao nh-thn xt. C mt vin tu rng:Reported to the King he commissioned his officers to search for. One officer commanded:**xin giao cho tnh-thn Thanh Ha sc* cho trong-ht* mi lng phi tin mt con d c cha.( sc=Ni cp trn truyn lnh cho cp di, trong-ht=in th trong ht)Let the province of Thanh Hoa emit an order to each village that a pregnant billy goat has to be sent to the court.Hn mt thng khng c th tr ti.Due within one month, otherwise severe punishment will be brought out. Messengers were sent to each village.*Cu* sc v cc lng. Cc k lo s qu. M ng-thn-sinh ra Qunh li cng s hn.( Cu=9, y ngha l bc quan th chn)All the scholars worried and feared. But Quynhs father feared even more.*V mnh l huynh-th* trong lng tt phi (can cu=can-c?) trc.( huynh-th = K n-anh, c)Since he is the local village elder he would be addressed first.V nh bn-nn v on-hn nh vua i nhng s kh khn.Back home he complained and was full of animosity against the King calling for something that tricky.(?)Qunh thy b (kem-ti?) mi hi: Hm nay thy c vic g m lo phin?Qunh saw his father mourn and asked: Father, what is making you so sad?,ng b ang bc mnh. Mng rng: Vic lng vic nc, tr con bit u m hi.Being so upset he scolded: A matter of utmost importance, what do young children know.Qunh thy b khng ni nht nh hi cho ra. ng b phi k tht cho nghe.Since his father didnt say, he was eager to find it out. Finally the father had to tell it all.Qunh li-lau (=lin thong) (tha?) rng: Tng l vic g ch vic y cn g b phi lo.Quynh said straight out: I thought it was something serious. How is this something to grieve you.Nh vua bt np mt con ch bt np mi con cng c.The king says to bring one goat, he could also say ten goats.xin thy c ra bo lng trng cho trm quan-tin.Please, just go and tell the villagers to pile up 100 silver coins. con i m nu khng c th mnh con chu ti cho c lng.Let met settle this, if it doesnt work I will take all punishment for the whole village.ng b thy con ni l m (hot) lm.The father thought the son speaks weird butNgh bng rng: Ta th nghe tr con xem sao.Thinking: Lets see how this boy does.Mi nh-liu ra nhn tin xem lngLm t/th cam kt. em tin v bo con i mua.Qunh nhn tin bo b mai ra kinh- sm mua.Sng sm mai, khng, gi cm nm, hai b con vc tin ra H Ni mua d. n ni Qunh ni vi b i o/ua l/la (d la) hi xem hm no vua ng ch ph.Hi c ri, n hm vua ng, Qunh dy tht sm.Ln xung di cng ca ng nm-chc. i n qua ng nghe ting h-ht(shout and scream).Xe nga quan qun i xch xch trn cng. Qunh lin khc o ln.The troops horses come in batches to the gate.Va lc xa-gi vua i n. Nghe ting tr khc m khng thy ngi.Sai lnh tm, th bt Qunh di cng ln.Vua hi lm-sao my chui xung cng?Qunh gi-v khng bit l vua. Ni rng:Tha ng, ti thy ng xe nga, s cht ??. Cho-nn ti ?? xung cng.Vua hi: Lm-sao my khc?Tha ng, m ti cht ba nm nay.Sao mi khng thy b ti ly em m..Nn ti khc.Vua bo: Thng b ny d (=d hi?).Qunh ni: Tha ng, mi ri ti thy vua ?? ly d c cha.Ti tng d cha c, th b ti cng c.Vua v cc quan ci.Bit ngay a con tr ny t-l ngi ti ng vo ngi-sao sng y.Lin thng cho v phn rng:Tha cho dn lng khng phi np d na.(shc?) l (lng?) c hng khng trm quan-tin.M ting t no.=============================Chi Tr VtWordplayKhi Qunh cn hc nh quan Bng, thng ly ch ngha th chi Th im.When he was still a student living at Mr. Bngs house, he often did word play with Th im.Mt ln Th im i chOnce when Th im went to the marketQunh sai ngi a ba mi ng tin v mt mnh giy vit bn ch chin chin cnh cnh.Qunh gave her 30 coins and a piece of paper with the words war war compete compete on it.Nh i mua h, Th im on ngha ra m mua nm nm cm np.Asked to go buy, Th im guessed the meaning and bought five pounds of glutinous rice.Qunh chu l [?].Qunh had to admire her skill. Li mt ln, Qunh gi su ng tin v vit hai ch cung nh mua h.Another time, he gave her six coins and wrote water lemon asking her to buy.Ln y Qunh nh mua c cung, Th im bit nhng c tru ngi khng mua c cung,That time the wanted to get water melon. Th im knew but tried to provoke him and did not buy water melon.li mua cung c em v tr. Qunh trch m bt n.instead she bought melon juice. Qunh criticized and wanted compensation.im ch rng: cung c ngc li khng phi l cung c, hay sao!im bashed him saying water lemon read backwards isnt melon water?Qunh phi chu.Qunh had to give up.

Trng Qunh: (3) Tr n B Cha LiuTr n B Cha LiuOblation to goddess LiuGp khoa thi, Qunh ra ng th. ng i qua n Sng,At the time of exam Qunh goes to take the test. On the way to the temple SngQunh vo yt Cha Liu, xin Cha ph h cho. u th xin tr l.Qunh prays to goddess Liu, asking for support. When passing exam he would give an oblation.Qunh ra thi, qu nhin u thit.Qunh goes to the examination and really, he passed.Lc v, Qunh mua mt con b m, mt con b con em n l.Returning home, Qunh buys a mother cow and its calf for oblation. Qunh qu xung ly, ri dt con b m n buc vo tay ngi m khn rng:Qunh goes on his knees to bow, then takes the mother cow and binds it to the throne. He prays:Cha c lng thng ph h cho Qunh c u. Nay gi l c mt con b tr l.Mother goddess, you had the grace to help me passing the exam. Today I return just a cow as an oblation.Xin Cha nhn cho. Cha l ch, xin l con ln, cn con nh, em xin em v khao dnPlease accept. My goddess, please take the big one. As for the small one I request to take it home to give a feast.Ni ri, dt b con v. Con b m, thy dt mt con i,Finished he takes the calf and goes home. The mother cow when seeing the calf being taken awaylng ln chy theo, lm ngai Cha lng chng, lng gy c.jumps up running after them, causing the goddess throne to shake and the roof to break altogether.Qunh ci ni: Ch thng, em ngho, tr khng ly, th em xin em v.Qunh smiles and says: Dear goddess, I am poor, if you dont take my oblation then I ask to take it homeNi ri, dt c hai m con b v.Just finished speaking he takes both, mother cow and calf, and brings them home.

Trng Qunh: (2) ng T Ctng T CtMr. Tu Cat. C mt ng T tn l Ct. Chy n bo tai Qunh m bo rng:There lived a scholar named Tu Cat, bigheaded and jealous of a young talent like Quynh. He just appeared from nowhere and pulled Quynh at his ears and said:..Tao ra cho mt cu i. H i c th tao tha.I will give you a sentence. If you find me a precise analogy I let you go.:.Cu i rng: ln-CN n cm-TN(cn v tn l qu trong bt qui)He spoke: young pigs eat lavishly: Qunh i ngay rng: ch KHN ch cn CN.Quynh countered immediately smart dogs bite courageously(In vietnamese the analogy is more precise. The Vietnamese words that are used here for young and lavishly happen to be the names of two Hexagram symbols. In the analogy the Vietnamese words for smart and courageously are two other Hexagram symbols): . :ng T li ra cu na rng: Tri sinh ng T Ct. Qunh li i (ng=ng?) khu rng:Mr. Tu came with another one: Heaven created Mr. Tu Cat. Quynh countered as follows:(~)t nt ci b hungEarth spout a dung beetle(These sentences are precise analogies because each part of the first sentence has a corresponding part in the other sentence. Heaven becomes Earth. To create and spout are both verbs of production. Mr. for humans is reduced to just a for animals. And since the name Tu Cat contains cat which is an animal it becomes dung beetle. In Vietnamese the analogy is even more precise. Tu Cat and dung beetle are both animate beings. Furthermore Cat in T Cts name means good, the word for dung beetle is B Hung where hung means bad.)(+)ng T, phi-ci lm, tt mtMr. Tu Cat, though looking surprised, had lost.

Trng Qunh: (1) ng To ung To uMr. Big Headng Nguyn Qunh lng Yn-Vc tng T-Quan. Huyn Hong-Ho tnh Thanh-HoMr. Nguyn Qunh from Yn-Vc in the canton of T Quan, Hong-Ho district, Thanh-Ho province./u c-nhn v i Cnh-Hng (1740 1786) nh Hu-L.He passed the bachelor examination under Cnh-Hng (1740 1786) of the Hu-L dynasty.Khi ln by ln tm tui. Chi nghch c kh-tng (=tng) k-c.At the age of seven or eight, he played tricks but already had an adult character.Ly l-chui lm c l-sen lm lng m li c tnh khinh ngi.He took a banana leaf for a flag and a lotus leaf as a parasol while looking down on the people.(=)Mt hm gia ti trung-thu cng tr-con chi trng, ng y bo l-tr:One night in autumn all the young children were playing in the moonlight. He told them:Lm kiu-rc th ta a chng-bay i xem ngi u to bng ci b.Treat me like a god then I show you a man with a head as big as a basket.L-tr nghe-li u mi mt c. ng Qunh bo:The children followed his words and strained themselves. Qunh said:(=)Chng-by cng ngh mt cht. Ri tao a i xem.You all just wait a moment. Then I let you see.(=)Ri a l-tr vo ci nh ti bo: ng c y!He guided the children into a dark house and said: Wait here!(=?) tao i chm la soi cho xem ng to u.Let me light a candle so you can see Mr. Big Head.nhng a b l s khng gim xem ch a ln li m c.So unusual the younger children became anxious, only the elder ones strived to stay.(=)ng thp n xong bo tr rng: Ka chng-by trng vo vch m xem.Finished lighting the lamp, he said: There, you all look on the wall.ng to-u ra y, l-tr nh nhc trng.Mr. big head, there he is, the children took a glimpse.Ch thy bng Qunh vch, u to nh ci b tht.Just seeing Qunhs shadow on the wall. And really, the head was big like a basket.I think it is , not . Why you use ? is commonly used in East- [ng to-u] ra y, l-tr nh nhc-trng. Ch thy bng Qunh vch, u to nh ci b ra y, tr nh lc trng. Ch thy bng qunh bch u to nh ci b tht.