Search 27,900+ Hán Nôm characters, convert between Quốc Ngữ and Nôm, and read 30+ classical texts. Plus type Chữ Nôm in any app with the system keyboard.
Nôm Na Việt (喃哪越) is the comprehensive platform for Vietnamese Hán Nôm studies.
FEATURES
- Dictionary — Search 27,900+ Hán Nôm characters with readings, meanings, and 45,000+ compound words
- Multi-language Readings — Every character shows Hán Việt, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese (On/Kun), and Korean
- Converter — Vietnamese text ↔ Chữ Nôm with AI-powered contextual analysis
- Soạn Nôm — Compose Chữ Nôm with the built-in Telex IME
- Classical Reader — 31 classical texts with stacked, side-by-side, or classical vertical reading layouts and per-character Hán Việt annotations — including five Truyện Kiều variant editions (1866–1902) with scholarly footnotes, Tam Quốc Chí Diễn Nghĩa (119 chapters), Hồ Xuân Hương, Chinh Phụ Ngâm Khúc, Luận Ngữ, and Đạo Đức Kinh
- Bé Na — Ask an assistant about a character, a reading, or a meaning. Every answer is checked against the dictionary before you see it, and if a character isn't there Bé Na says so instead of guessing (free Google sign-in required)
- Component Search — Find characters by combining radicals or components
- Fanqie Etymology — Middle Chinese phonological data from 廣韻
- Character Classification — See how each character was formed (Sino-Vietnamese loan, phono-semantic compound, self-coined Vietnamese, and more), following Nguyễn Quang Hồng's Tự Điển Chữ Nôm Dẫn Giải
- Handwriting Recognition — Draw characters to look them up
- Camera OCR — Photograph any Hán Nôm text for instant recognition
- Flashcards & Study — 3,990 characters by grade level with Learn, Match, and Test modes plus a progress dashboard
- 8 Calligraphy Display Fonts — Khải thư, Hành thư, Thảo thư, Lệ thư, Triện thư, Nôm Traditional, Tống thể, Hắc thể — plus custom font upload
- Text-to-Speech — Listen to pronunciations in Vietnamese voices
- Offline Mode — Download the full dictionary and use the app anywhere, no internet required
- System Nôm Keyboard — Type Chữ Nôm in any app. Telex, ranked candidates, finger-drawing recognition
SEARCH BY
- Character (漢喃)
- Hán Việt, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, or Korean reading
- Vietnamese meaning
- Radical (214 Kangxi radicals)
- Component decomposition
- Semantic similarity (AI-powered)
- Handwriting or camera
PERFECT FOR
- Students learning classical Vietnamese
- Researchers studying Hán Nôm literature
- Anyone curious about Vietnamese heritage
Ratings & Reviews
5.0
out of 5
1 Ratings
- Fixed texts in the reader sometimes failing to open or coming up blank
- Texts now download for offline reading gradually in the background, instead of competing with the text you're actually reading
Version 1.62.0
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Information
Seller
Van Nhat Vu Nguyen
Size
127.5 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.