Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chu nom

/t͡ʃuː ˈnoʊm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: chu nom
IPA: /t͡ʃuː ˈnoʊm/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A writing system formerly used for Vietnamese, based on Chinese characters.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Chữ nôm was known only by the 5 percent or less of Vietnam's educated population, who used it not as a primary medium but rather as an aid to learning Chinese and for recording folk literature."
"To write a vernacular word, Chu Nom used two Chinese ideograms—one to indicate the meaning, the other the sound."
"[P]olitical reforms along Western lines […] included […] developing modern science, agriculture, and commerce, and even creating a national writing system based on chu nom: ‘Have we not talented persons able to devise a script which will transcribe our national language?’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese chữ Nôm.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: chữ Nôm

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /t͡ʃuː ˈnoʊm/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

chữ nôm (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce chu nom?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃuː ˈnoʊm/.
What does chu nom mean?: A writing system formerly used for Vietnamese, based on Chinese characters.
Where does chu nom come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

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