List of Standard Characters

This page shows all characters ordered by frequency.

The characters are mostly chosen according to traditional use. The nháy mark ^口 is used to decorate certain phonetic loans that are used as function words, for example 吧, 唄, 呢.

The character choices are based on real occurrences in original documents. Some sources that were used are:

• Tale of Kieu, in different versions from 1866, 1870, 1871, 1872, and 1902
• Nhật Dụng Thường Đàm, a dictionary by Phạm Đình Hồ, beginning 19th century
• Lục Văn Tiên, by Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, 19th century
• Chinh Phụ Nghâm Khúc, by Đặng Trần Côn, 18th century
• The Poems of Hồ Xuân Hương, 18th century

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Quốc Ngữ	Standard	Definition	Frequency	Variants
1. của	𧵑	of; to belong to; properties, belongings	1	𧶮
2. và	吧	and, also	2	𡝕
3. là	𱺵	to be	3	𱺵𪜀
4. một	𠬠	one	4
5. có	固	there is; to have; sure, of course	5	固
6. người	𠊛	people; person; human	7
7. trong	𥪝	in; within	8	𥪞冲
8. được, đặc,đực	特	to get; to obtain; to be able to	9
9. không	空	no; not; without; (closed-question marker)	10
10. đã	㐌	already	11	𠰹
11. với	唄	(together) with	12	唄
12. cho	朱	to give; so that	13
13. các	各	each; every; all	14
14. tôi, tui	碎	I, my, me	15	倅祽
15. ở	於	to be (somewhere); at; to live	16	扵
16. ông	翁	man; Mr.	17
17. về	𧗱	to return; about; (back) to	18	𡗅
18. để	底	to place; to set; to leave; to keep	19
19. cũng	拱	also; too	20	穷
20. đến	𦤾	to arrive, to come	21	𦥃
21. này, nài	呢	this; here	22	呢
22. vào	𠓨	in; into	23
23. nhiều	𡗉	many; much; a lot of	24	𡗊
24. anh	偀	elder brother	25
25. đó	妬	there; that	26	𪦆
26. như	如	as; like; alike; similar to	27
27. nhưng, những	仍	(plural marker); some; as many as	29	忍
28. khi	欺	when, while; case, circumstance	30
29. trên	𨕭	above; at the top	31	𨑗
30. ra	𫥨	to get out	32	𦋦𠚢
31. mà	𦓡	but	33	𦓡
32. phải	沛	right; to have to; must; should	34
33. lại	吏	also; to come; again, re-...	35	又
34. còn	群	still; remaining; besides, also	36
35. sẽ	𠱊	to be going to; will; shall	37
36. thì	㖘	so, then; certainly	38	㖘𣊒
37. năm	𢆥	year	39	𫷜
38. làm	爫	to do; to make	40
39. nhà	茹	house; home; building	41	茄庌
40. mình	𨉟	we; us	42	𠵴𠇮
41. đi	𠫾	to go, to walk; come on!	43	𪠞
42. con	𡥵	child	44
43. tại	在	at, in; because, because of	45
44. hai	𠄩	two	46
45. bị	被	to befall; (passive preposition)	47
46. bị	備	【to prepare】	47
47. việc, dịch	役	job; work; business	48
48. chỉ	只	only; merely	49
49. sự	事	matter, business; occurrence, event	50	亊
50. theo	遶	to follow; according to	51
51. cái	丐	a; the; (numeral)	52
52. vì	爲	because; as; for	53	為
53. hơn	欣	more than; better than	54
54. nói	呐	to speak; to say; to talk	55	吶
55. cô	姑	Ms., young woman; father's sister; husband's mother	56
56. ngày	𣈜	day	57	𣈗㝵
57. mới	㵋	new; fresh	58
58. lên	𨖲	to rise; to ascend; to go up	59
59. rất	慄	very; quite	60
60. họ, hộ	戶	they	61	戶
61. bà	婆	woman; Mrs.	62	婆
62. cuộc, cục	局	match, game; 【circumstances】	63
63. sách	册	book	64	册
64. đồng	同	same; similar; Dong (Vietnamese currency unit)	65
65. đồng	銅	copper; brass; bronze; coin, money	65
66. đồng	垌	field; countryside, country; rural	65
67. sau	𡢐	after; following	66	𪢈
68. đang	當	currently; just; now	68
69. hay	咍	or; good; well	69	𫨩
70. sống	𤯩	to live; alive; raw	70
71. nên	𢧚	to ought to, shall; to become	71
72. biết, biệt	别	to know	73	別
73. thấy	𧡊	to see; to feel	74
74. rồi	耒	already; then; after	75
75. thành	城	citadel; city	76
76. thành	成	to become; to change into	76
77. thành	誠	sincere; honest	76
78. vẫn	吻	still, yet	77
79. khác	恪	other; another; further	78
80. năm	𠄼	five	79
81. nước	渃	water; country; nation	80
82. nó	伮	he, she, it (colloquial)	81	伮
83. tới	細	to arrive, to come	82
84. qua	戈	to cross; to pass	83
85. cả	哿	all; in total; completely	84
86. gì, chi	之	what	86	咦
87. đây	低	here; this	87
88. số	数	number; fate	88	數
89. tuổi, tuế	歲	age; year of age	89
90. thứ	次	order, rank; sort, type, category; next, subsequent	90
91. kỳ	奇	strange; unusual	91
92. kỳ	期	【period, time, age】	91
93. kỳ	圻	【border, boundary】	91
94. em	㛪	younger sibling	92	腌
95. nhất	一	first; most (adverb for superlatives)	93
96. trước	𠓀	before; ahead (of)	94	𫏾
97. bạn	伴	friend; fellow; comrade	95
98. ý, ấy	意	idea, opinion, thought; Italy; italian	96
99. ảnh	影	image, photo	97
100. bằng	凭	with, by means of, using; diploma, certificate; evidence, proof	98	憑
101. bằng	朋	【friend, comrade, pal】	98
102. nào	芇	which; any	99	芾闹
103. đầu	投	【to throw, to fling, to send】	100
104. đầu	頭	head; top (of a multitude)	100	头
105. nguyễn	阮	(surname Nguyen)	101
106. rằng	哴	that; so that	102	哴㖫
107. cách	格	way; method; manner	103
108. cách	革	【reform; revolution】	103
109. viết	曰	to write, to record; pen	104
110. tìm	尋	to search, to look for	105
111. lúc	𣅶	moment, time	106
112. lý	李	(surname)	107
113. lý	理	logic; reason	107
114. chính	正	main	109
115. chính	政	government; political affairs	109
116. ấy	𧘇	that	110	𠂎
117. tháng	𣎃	month	111	𪱚
118. hội	會	to meet; meeting	112	會
119. nhau	憢	one another, each another, together	113	𠑬
120. chưa	𣗓	not yet; already (used in questions)	114	𣗓𣠕
121. thời, thì	時	【time; era, period】	115	时
122. lần, lận	吝	time, times	116
123. do	由	reason; cause	117
124. vừa	𣃣	suitable, fitting	118	𣃤
125. muốn	㦖	to desire, to want, to wish	119	㦖
126. văn	文	literature; culture	120
127. công	工	work; labour	121
128. cuốn, quyển	卷	book, volume (publishing)	122
129. cuốn	捲	to roll up, to curl up, to convolve	122
130. điều	條	occurrence; condition; terms	123	條
131. hoa	花	flower	124
132. hoa	華	chinese	124
133. lớn	𡘯	big; large	125
134. ai	埃	who; someone, somebody	126
135. ba	𠀧	three	127
136. ba	爸	father	127
137. tiếng	㗂	sound; noise; language	128
138. đường	塘	street; road; way; route	129
139. đường	糖	sugar	129
140. đường	堂	【house, bureau, palace】	129
141. thế, thể	世	world; era	130
142. thế	替	to substitute; to replace	130
143. thế	勢	such, so; 【condition, appearance; position, influence, impetus, power】	130
144. từng	曾	【ever; already】	131
145. nay	𫢩	this (year or day); now; today	132	𠉞
146. nơi	坭	place, location, site	133
147. hình	形	appearance, shape; picture, photo	134
148. tiền	前	front	135
149. tiền	錢	money, currency	135
150. ta	些	we, us	136	咱𢧲
151. nam	南	south; southern	138
152. việt	越	vietnamese	139
153. trung, trúng, đúng	中	center; central; Chinese	140
154. nếu	𠮩	if	141	𡀮
155. trẻ	𥘷	young; children	142	𪨅
156. tên	𥏌	arrow	144	𥏋
157. tên	𠸜	name	144	𠸛
158. thật, thực	實	true, real, actual	145
159. mẹ	媄	mother; mom	146
160. cần	勤	to need	147
161. chuyện	𡀯	matter; talk, story	148
162. mỗi	每	each, every	149
163. mang	芒	to carry; to wear	151
164. đều, điều	調	even; equally	152
165. chị	姉	sister; young woman	154
166. xe	車	vehicle; car	155
167. lễ	禮	holiday; festival; 【manners, courtesy, etiquette】	156	禮
168. đưa	迻	to give	157
169. nhìn	𥆾	to look	158
170. quốc	國	【country, nation】	159	国
171. thêm, thiêm	添	to add, to increase; additional	160
172. cao	高	high; tall	162
173. bộ	步	【to step, to walk】	163
174. bộ	部	set; part, section, division	163
175. chiếc	隻	unit, entity, object; (classifier for vehicles or certain objects)	164
176. mọi	𤞦	each, every	165
177. tranh	爭	to compete, to fight	167
178. tranh	幀	picture, painting, scroll	167
179. tay	𢬣	arm; hand; side	168	拪
180. vui	𢝙	amusing, funny, merry, joyful, gay	170
181. tin, tín	信	to believe; news, information	171	𠒷
182. xin	吀	to beg; to ask for	173
183. dân	民	people; citizen	174
184. tỉnh	省	province	175
185. quá	過	very; too (much); to exceed, to pass	176	过𬨨
186. ăn	咹	to eat	177	𫗒
187. yêu	𢞅	to love	178	腰夭
188. giữa	𡨌	between, in the middle of, amid	179	𡧲
189. vợ	𡞕	wife	180
190. đọc, độc	讀	to read	181
191. chết	𣩂	death; to die	183
192. trường	場	school; field; ground	184
193. hàng, hãng, hành, hạnh	行	line, row; rank, order; goods, wares, merchandise	185
194. hàng	航	【sail; navigate】	185
195. lấy	𥙩	to take	186
196. nghe	𦖑	to hear	187
197. đẹp	𢢲	beautyful	189
198. tự, từ	自	self	190
199. tự, chữ	字	character; letter; word	190
200. giúp	𠢞	to help, to assist	191
201. nhỏ	𡮈	small	192
202. thư, thơ	書	letter; 【book】	193
203. nữa	𠯆	more, further	196
204. thường	常	frequent; common, normal, usual	197
205. học	學	to learn, to study	199	學斈
206. đông	東	east; eastern	200
207. mất	𠅍	to lose; lost; to die, to vanish	201
208. xuống	𨑜	to descend; to go down	202
209. đất	坦	earth; soil; land; ground	203	𡐙
210. bán	𧸝	to sell	204
211. bán	半	【half, semi-】	204
212. tính	併	to calculate; to plan	205
213. đối, đỗi	對	facing, opposing	206	對对
214. loại	類	class, group, kind, category	207
215. hoặc	或	or; either	208
216. mặt	𩈘	face	209	𫖀
217. xem	䀡	to see, to observe	210
218. tình	情	feeling, emotion	211
219. ngoài, ngoại	外	out; outside; external	212
220. bên	边	side; edge	213	邊
221. sao	𣋀	star	214	𬁖
222. sao	牢	how	214	吵𫳵
223. vùng	𤀘	region, area	215
224. vậy	丕	so; thus	216
225. trang	妝	【to dress up, to make up】	217
226. trang, trương	張	(surname); 【to open up, to spread, to extend】	217
227. lời	𠳒	word	218
228. hết	歇	to be over; to end; to expire; to be used up	219	𣍊
229. trần	陳	(surname Tran)	221
230. mấy, với	𠇍	(quite) a few, some; how many	222
231. nhận	認	to agree, to accept; to recognize	223
232. đâu	兜	where; somewhere	224
233. thanh	聲	sound, voice, noise	225
234. thanh	青	juvenile; 【green, blue】	225
235. thanh	清	pure, clear, clean	225
236. cổ	古	old, ancient, antique	226
237. bởi	𤳄	because	227	罷𤳸𪽝
238. lòng	𢚸	soul, mind, heart; feeling	228
239. bức	幅	painting, photograph, piece	229
240. triệu	兆	million	230
241. ngay	𣦍	straight, direct	231
242. gần	𧵆	near; nearly, almost	232
243. mua	𧷸	to buy	233
244. dùng, dụng	用	to use, to employ	234
245. chồng	𫯳	husband	235
246. phần, phân	分	part, portion, piece (of a whole)	236
247. nữ, nửa, nữa	女	【female, woman】	238
248. trở	𧿨	to turn, to change	239
249. khoảng	曠	about, circa; space, distance, interval; period (time)	240
250. kể	𠸥	to tell; in relation to, with respect to	241	𠸥
251. quan	觀	【to see】	242
252. quan	關	【frontier, barrier, gate】	242	關
253. vô	無	【non-, negative】	243
254. viên	員	member; employee; personnel	244
255. hồ	湖	lake	245
256. hồ	糊	glue; to glue	245
257. cứ, cớ	拠	to continue, to keep on; 【ground, base】	246	據
258. làng, lang	廊	village	247
259. xuân	春	spring (season)	248
260. nghĩ	𢣂	to think	249	𢣂
261. báo	報	to report, to tell; newspaper	251
262. bản	版	copy, edition; printing blocks	252
263. bản	本	【root, origin, source; basis】	252
264. thích	適	to like	253
265. thích	釋	【to explain】	253
266. thương	傷	to be fond of, to love	254
267. tổng	總	【altogether】	255	縂
268. cây	𣘃	tree, plant	256
269. truyện, truyền	傳	story	258
270. đời	𠁀	existence; world; generation; era	259
271. dưới	𤲂	below; at the bottom	260	𠁑
272. pháp	法	law; France; french	261
273. tâm	心	【heart; mind】	262
274. xa	賖	far, distant	264
275. gặp	﨤	to meet, to encounter	265
276. mắt	眜	eye; expensive	266
277. bắc	北	north; northern	267
278. minh	明	【bright; clear】	268
279. nguyên	原	【source, origin, root】	269
280. nguyên	元	whole, entire; 【original, initial, source, root】	269
281. tư	四	【four】	270
282. dù, dầu	𠶢	however, though	273
283. giá	價	price, value	274	價
284. ngồi	𡎥	to sit	276
285. đại	代	【era, generation】	277
286. đại	大	【big; great; very, much】	277
287. giờ	𣇞	time	278
288. thân	身	body; trunk; intimate, close	281
289. vẽ	𦘧	to draw, to paint	283	捤𡳒
290. luôn, luân	輪	directly, right away; also, too; often; 【wheel, disk; revolve, recur】	284
291. ty	司	service, administration; 【to manage, to govern, to regulate】	285
292. gái	𡛔	female; girl	286
293. tạo	造	to create; to make; to form	288
294. cộng, cùng	共	to add (up); addition	289
295. hôm	𣋚	day	290	𣋚
296. mùa	务	season; time; tide	291
297. chẳng, chăng	庄	not at all	292	庒
298. thôi	推	to stop, no more; only, just; enough!	295
299. màu	牟	color	296
300. gây	𢲧	to quarrel; to cause, to excite, to initiate	297
301. giải	解	to solve, to answer, to explain	298
302. câu	句	sentence	299
303. đức	德	virtue, ethics, morality; Germany, german	301
304. điểm	點	point, mark, score	302
305. giữ	𡨹	to keep; to retain; to hold; to maintain	304	𪧚
306. tốt	卒	good, well, fine; 【finally, at last】	305
307. vụ	務	【affairs; duty, obligation, must】	306
308. trời	𡗶	sky; heaven; weather	309
309. nhớ	𢖵	to remember; to recall; to call in mind	310
310. hỏi	𠳨	to ask; to question, to inquire	311	哙
311. nằm	𦣰	to lie down	313
312. tưởng	想	to think	314
313. miền	沔	region; district	316
314. thuộc	屬	to belong to, subordinate of; to know by heart; to tan	317
315. chú	注	uncle; 【to focus, to concentrate】	318
316. bài	排	lecture	319
317. sang	𨖅	to cross; to transfer; across, over	320	𢲲
318. vàng	鐄	gold; yellow	321
319. tuần	旬	week; ten-day period	322
320. chúng	眾	masses; multitude	323	众衆
321. máy	𣛠	machine; engine	324	𢵯
322. kim	金	【gold, metal】	325
323. kim	今	【today】	325
324. châu	洲	continent	326
325. châu	珠	【gem, pearl, precious stone】	326
326. sơn	山	【mountain; mountains】	328
327. cháu	𡥙	grandchild, grandchildren, grandson, granddaughter	329
328. đầy	菭	full, completely filled	330	𧀟
329. nhật	日	sun; Japan; japanese	331
330. đứa	𠁂	(person of low rank), bloke, lad, guy	332	侈
331. dài	𨱽	long	333	𨱾
332. nhạc	樂	music	334
333. ban	班	time, shift	336
334. đủ, đô	都	【capital city, metropolis】	337
335. đêm	𣎀	night	338
336. nàng, nương	娘	she; her	340
337. thi	詩	poetry	341
338. hiểu	曉	to understand	343
339. tây	西	west; western	346
340. đặt	噠	to order, to command; to invent	349
341. bình	評	【to criticize】	351
342. bình, bằng	平	equal, 【flat, even, level; peaceful】	351
343. bình	瓶	vase, vessel, jar	351
344. cửa	𨷶	door, gate, entrance	352	𨷶𨷯𨵣𫔳
345. nghĩa	義	meaning	353
346. bỏ	𠬃	to leave, to abandon, to neglect; to let, to put	354
347. lâu	𥹰	long, long time, long while	355
348. phòng	房	room, chamber	357
349. phòng	防	【to prevent】	357
350. vị	位	【measure word for persons; throne; seat; rank, status】	358
351. chứ	𠹲	certainly, of course	359
352. lắm	𡗋	very	360
353. chữ	𡦂	letter (of a script or alphabet); writing system, script; word	361	𡨸
354. khỏi	塊	to escape, to prevent	363
355. biển	𣷷	ocean	364	㴜
356. thu	秋	autumn, fall	365
357. cầu	求	【to seek, to demand】	367
358. sáng, rậng	𤎜	bright, light, clear; morning	369	創灲𠓇𣋃
359. chạy	𧼋	to run	370	𧼌
360. chân	蹎	foot, leg	371
361. trình	呈	to submit, to show, to present	372
362. trình	程	schedule, agenda	372
363. phía	𪰂	direction, way	374
364. vua	𤤰	king	376
365. nhân	人	【person, people; man, mankind】	378
366. nhân	仁	kernel, filling; 【humane】	378
367. bảo	保	【to protect, to safeguard】	379
368. bảo, bảu	𠸒	to say	379
369. danh	名	name	380
370. khu	區	area, district, zone	381
371. lập	立	to form, to establish, to set up	385
372. thuật	術	art, technique	386	術
373. trái	賴	left; to the left	387	𣡚
374. trái	𣛤	fruit	387
375. càng	強	the ... the; all the more	389
376. ngọc	玉	gemstone, gem, jewel	390
377. khách	客	guest, visitor	391
378. gọi	噲	to call	392
379. long, rồng	龍	dragon	393	龙竜
380. hát	欱	to sing	395
381. vài	𠄧	some, several, quite a few	396
382. thống	統	【to unite; to control】	397
383. mở	𨷑	to open	398
384. chiều, triều	朝	direction; dimension, side	401
385. công	公	public; common	402
386. bước	𨀈	step, pace; to step, to pace	403
387. chung	終	common, general, public, shared	404
388. chọn	𢮪	to select, to choose	405
389. thiếu, thiểu	少	to lack	406
390. hiện	現	to appear	407
391. đứng	𨅸	to stand	408
392. bắt	扒	to catch	409
393. mạnh	孟	strong, powerful	410
394. bé	𡮣	small, little, tiny	411	𡮤
395. thị	示	【to show, to demonstrate】	413
396. thị	市	【city; market; town; trade】	413
397. thị	視	【to look, to see】	413
398. cấp	級	rank, level, class; (school) grade	414
399. hoà	和	【harmony, peace】	415
400. buổi	𣇜	time of day; time, period, duration; working shift	416
401. buồn	𢞂	sad, melancholic	419
402. lan	蘭	orchid	420
403. đá	跢	to kick	421
404. đá	𥒥	stone; rock	421
405. cậu	舅	uncle (mother's brother); young man	425
406. chơi	𨔈	to play	427
407. vật	物	thing, object	430
408. cũ	𫇰	old; ancient; second-hand	431
409. liên	連	【to connect】	432
410. liên	聯	【to join, to associate】	432	联
411. nhờ	𢘾	to commission, to resort to; thanks to, owing to	433
412. cha	吒	father	434
413. chùa	廚	buddhist temple	435	厨
414. gia	加	to increase, to add	436
415. gia	家	【house, home; family】	436
416. điện	電	electricity	437
417. hương	香	perfume; fragrancy	440
418. hương	鄉	【rural, village】	440	鄕
419. bay	𠖤	to fly	442
420. lo	𢗼	to worry, to take care of	443	𢥈
421. đội	隊	to wear (on the head); team	446
422. chỗ	𡊲	place, space, room, spot	448
423. vẻ	𨤔	look, appearance	449
424. định	定	to intend to, to decide	450
425. cười	唭	to laugh; to smile	451
426. tăng	增	to increase, to augment	452
427. sinh	生	life; birth	453
428. thái	太	【very, much; big; extreme】	455
429. độ	度	degree, measure	456
430. nhóm	𡖡	to group, to aggregate, to concentrate	459	呫
431. coi	𫀅	to look; to watch	462	𥋳䁛
432. quân	軍	army, military	464
433. lớp	𤖹	class; layer, coat	467
434. an	安	safe; secure; peaceful	469
435. kẻ	仉	man, person, he	471
436. bệnh	病	ill, sick; disease	472
437. dương	洋	ocean, sea	473
438. hồi	回	to return	474
439. hồi	徊	time, period; when, at (some time)	474
440. nghề, nghệ	藝	work, craft; occupation, profession	475	藝
441. thằng	𠊟	guy, boy, man; (form of address for male third-person, singular)	480
442. đôi	堆	pair, couple; double	481
443. trả	𠭤	to return, to pay back	483	𠭤
444. toàn	全	all, whole, entire	484
445. sài, thầy	柴		485
446. tối	最	night; dark; obscure; 【extremely, exceedingly】	486	𣋁
447. sông	滝	river	488
448. hồng	紅	rose, pink; rosy	489
449. in, ấn	印	to print	491
450. đánh, đả	打	to beat, to hit; to fight, to combat, to play	492
451. ít	𠃣	less; little; few	493
452. phi	飛	【to fly】	494	飞
453. kia	箕	that, the other	495
454. bác, bá	伯	uncle; aunt	496
455. bác	博	【extensive, comprehensive, wide, broad, rich; to gamble】	496
456. tàu	艚	ship, boat	497
457. bang	邦	nation, country, state	500
458. sĩ	士	scholar; feudal intellectual	504
459. cảnh	景	scene, scenery; landscape	507
460. cảnh	警	【guard】	507
461. dự	預	【before, in advance】	511
462. hoá	化	to become, to change, to transform	512
463. trắng	𤽸	white, clear, bare, blank	513
464. đảng	黨	party; gang, band	515	黨
465. khó	𧁷	difficult	516
466. mạng, mệnh	命	fate; destiny	517
467. giới	界	limit; world; society	518
468. a, à	阿	【prefix in people's name】	519
469. thầy	偨	teacher, master; father, dad	520
470. tấm	糝	broken rice	526
471. tấm	𤗲	board, tile, sheet; mat, blanket, cover	526
472. bóng	𩃳	shadow; reflection (of an image)	528
473. bóng	𣈖	ball, bulb	528
474. bóng	𤊡	lustrous, glossy, glittering, sparkling, radiant	528
475. chàng	払	young gentleman; large bladed chisel	530
476. thuốc	𧆄	medicine, remedy, medicament; drug	531
477. áo	襖	blouse, shirt, jacket	532
478. áo	奥	Austria; austrian	532
479. niên, nên	年	【year】	533
480. xưa	𠸗	ancient, old	535
481. nguồn, nguyên	源	source, origin; spring	540
482. kiếm	劍	sword	542
483. đình	庭	communal house in the village	544
484. quang	光	clear; brilliant	545
485. đừng, đình	停	don't, do not	546
486. lá	蘿	leaf	547	蘿
487. chịu	𠹾	to sustain, to accept, to bear, to stand	548
488. thông	聰	【intelligent; bright】	549	聰
489. thông	通	【clear, open; common; to communicate】	549
490. tài	才	talent, gift	550
491. tài	財	【wealth, richness】	550
492. tài	材	【material, stuff】	550
493. tử	子	【child】	551
494. trưởng, trường	長	leader	555
495. da	䏧	skin; leather; pelt	557
496. hà	河	river	560
497. quyền	權	right, power; authority	563	權
498. trăm	𤾓	hundred	567
499. già	𦓅	old, aged	568	𫅷
500. phạm	犯	to violate, to offend, to commit (a crime)	570
501. hắn	𪝳	he; him (derogatory)	572
502. tiếp	接	to continue, to proceed; to connect	574
503. trận	陣	battle, fight	578
504. xong, xung	衝	ready, finished, complete	591
505. dịch	譯	to translate, to decode	592
506. viện	院	institute; court	596
507. xanh	撑	green; blue	604	𩇢
508. ngắn	𥐉	short; abbreviate	605
509. bốn	𦊚	four	607
510. tham	貪	to be greedy, to crave something	608
511. tham	參	【to take part, to attend】	608	參
512. vương	王	【king, ruler; royal】	611
513. thần	神	【spirit, supernatural being】	612
514. dễ	易	easy	613
515. la	囉	to shout, to cry	614
516. thăm, thám	探	to visit	615
517. phố	庯	street that is built-up on both sides; avenue, boulevard	617	鋪舖
518. đen	黰	black	621
519. thức	式	【type, style; system, formula】	623
520. đạo	道	method, way; road, street	625
521. đồ	圖	thing, object; 【chart, map】	629
522. đồ	途	【way, road, path】	629
523. cơ	機	opportunity; 【machine, engine】	632	機
524. cơ	基	【foundation, base】	632
525. hải	海	【sea, ocean】	633
526. bố	布	linen, canvas, heavy duty fabric	636
527. bố	佈	【publicize, announce】	636
528. bố	𢂞	father, dad	636
529. sợ	𢜝	to fear, to be afraid	637
530. thiên	天	【sky, heaven】	638
531. chủ, chúa	主	owner; chief; lord	641
532. đem	𨑻	to bring; to carry	642	抌
533. mai	埋	【to bury】	643
534. chắc	𢟘	sure; solid, firm, steady	647
535. chí	志	will, ambition	649
536. uống	㕵	to drink	651
537. chỉ	指	to show, to indicate, to instruct	652
538. tuy	雖	though	653
539. thủ	首	【head】	656
540. thủ	手	【hand】	656
541. mặc	默	【silent, quiet; dark】	657
542. đỏ	𧹼	red	659	𧺃𣠶𧹦𪜕赭
543. khắp	泣	all, all of	660
544. hơi	唏	steam, air, gas; a little bit, slightly	661
545. đấy, đế	帝	there	662
546. xã	社	【society, company】	670
547. chi	支	to spend money, to pay	671
548. núi	𡶀	mountain; hill	675
549. sáu	𦒹	six	678
550. phương	方	direction	680
551. giấy	紙	paper	681
552. bảy	𬙞	seven	689	𦉱
553. cá	𩵜	fish	690
554. á	亞	Asia (continent)	691	亞
555. thay	台	to change, to replace	699
556. rượu	𨢇	liquor	700
557. tức	息	angry, upset; 【to rest, to end, to cease】	705
558. to	𡚢	big, large, wide	706
559. quên	𠅳	to forget	708
560. dẫn	引	to conduct, to guide, to escort	713
561. luật	律	law, rule, regulation	714
562. thượng	上	【top, above, superior】	719
563. gió	䬔	wind; air	721	𩙌𩙋𫖾𩙍
564. chờ, từ	徐	to wait	728
565. kiến	見	【to see】	732
566. động	動	to move	733
567. mày	𠋥	you, your (informal)	735
568. bàn	盤	table; to discuss	736	盤
569. bàn	搬	【to transfer, to move】	736
570. đảo	島	island	743
571. mưa	𩅹	rain	746
572. nghiệp	業	profession; trade	750
573. tao	𠋺	I, me, my (colloquial)	751
574. nửa, nữa	姅	half	755	𡛤
575. mười, mươi	𨑮	ten	759
576. dựng	𥩯	to erect, to raise, to set up, to put up	762	孕
577. dạy	𠰺	to teach, to educate, to train	767
578. kinh	經	classic works, prayer book	768	經
579. tướng	將	officer, general; minister	771
580. lục	綠	green	774
581. ngủ	𥄬	to sleep, asleep	775
582. tế	際	【border, boundary】	776	際
583. tế	濟	to run	776	濟
584. chiến	戰	war	777
585. lửa	焒	fire	779
586. trai	𤳇	male; boy, young man	784	𤳆
587. cảm, cám	感	【to feel】	789
588. phật	佛	Buddha	792
589. khóc	哭	to cry, to weep, to shed tears	793
590. phủ	府	government; prefecture; prefect	794
591. bất	不	【non-, un-, not】	795
592. phẩm	品	【product, article】	798
593. cứu	究	【to examine, to investigate】	799
594. lâm	林	【forest, woods】	802
595. công	功	【achievement】	804
596. trọng, chồng	重	to value, to respect; 【weight, heavy】	806
597. xây	𡏦	to build	810
598. đỡ	拖	to support, to relieve; to hold up	812
599. bao	包	bag; to wrap, to bundle	819
600. thể	體	【body】	821	體
601. trị	治	to cure, to treat; 【to regulate, to administer】	837
602. trị	値	【value, worth】	837
603. kết	結	to tie, to knot	838
604. máu	𧖱	blood	843
605. thập	十	【ten】	854
606. âu	歐	just, perhaps; 【european】	858
607. tiên	仙	fairy, immortal	860
608. tiên	先	first, firstly	860
609. hạ	下	to lower, to set down, to take down	863
610. chó	㹥	dog	866
611. dầu, dù	油	oil, fat, grease	873
612. sa	沙	【sand; granulated】	878
613. tiệm	店	shop	884
614. mừng	𢜠	happy, glad	888	𢜏
615. phát	發	to deliver, to distribute, to issue	889
616. ấm	萻	warm	892
617. thử, thi	試	to compete, to race, to take an examination	896
618. thử	此	【this; then】	896
619. chim	𪀄	bird	899
620. đàn, đạn	彈	group of beings of the same kind, drove, flock, herd; to play on stringed instruments, stringed music instrument	905
621. lão	老	old, aged	907
622. cắt	割	to cut; to cut off	916
623. thuyền	船	ship, boat, vessel	917
624. mùi, vị	味	【flavor, taste】	920
625. chia	𢺺	to share; to divide, to split	924	𢺹
626. tổ	組	group, team; to form, to organize	931
627. tổ	祖	【ancestor, forefather; grandfather】	931
628. cơm	粓	(cooked) rice	937
629. vực	域	【area, region, domain, field】	940
630. liệu	料	【materials, ingredients】	947
631. hợp	合	to fit; to join	963
632. chức	織	office; 【to organize】	967
633. bạc	鉑	silver	972
634. giả	者	【the one who, that person】	974
635. thuỷ	水	【water, liquid】	977
636. tục	俗	vulgar, crude; 【social customs】	981
637. má	媽	mother	982
638. gỗ	楛	wood, timber	986
639. giao	交	to deliver, to hand over, to exchange; 【to communicate】	989
640. đèn	畑	lamp, light	993
641. đổi	𢷮	to change, to exchange, to switch, to convert	996	𢷮
642. cử	舉	to raise; to elect	1005
643. bút	筆	brush; pen	1006
644. án	案	(legal) case, sentence; small table	1016
645. lãnh, lĩnh	領	to receive; 【to lead】	1018
646. tác	作	【to make, to work, to compose】	1039
647. mã	馬	【horse】	1045
648. sắc	色	color; beauty	1054
649. mê	迷	to be fascinated; to loose consciousness, to faint	1056
650. khí	氣	【air, steam】	1076
651. sư	師	【teacher, master】	1091
652. miệng	𠰘	mouth	1094
653. bò	𤙭	cow, ox, beef	1106
654. phụ	輔	to help, to assist, to aid	1108
655. phụ	婦	wife, woman, married woman	1108
656. tạm	暫	temporary, provisional	1110
657. sử	史	history	1111
658. à, a,ạ	啊	oh, aha, I see	1116
659. đấu	鬥	to fight, to compete	1125
660. đấu	斗	peck, bushel	1125
661. khổ, khó	苦	painful, hard, bitter	1126
662. tiếc	惜	to regret, to be sorry, to grudge	1129
663. phản	反	to betray, to be disloyal to	1138
664. quả	果	fruit; result	1163
665. tiêu	椒	pepper	1172
666. giáo	教	to teach, to educate	1180
667. tinh	精	【pure, clear; essence; spirit; perfect】	1182
668. tinh	星	【star, planet】	1182
669. khoa	科	field of study, subject of study	1187
670. lượng	量	quantity, measure	1192
671. trà	茶	tea; tea plant	1199
672. duyên	縁	charm, grace, loveliness; 【cause, reason】	1201	緣
673. trí	置	【to place, to set aside】	1203
674. lỗi	纇	mistake; fault; error	1206	𥓹
675. trợ	助	【to help, to assist】	1211
676. tám	𠔭	eight	1213	𫤯
677. tiểu	小	【small, tiny】	1219
678. hậu	後	【after, behind】	1222
679. ngài, người	𠊚	gentleman; Mr.	1238
680. nhập	入	to join, to enter; to import	1244
681. năng	能	【ability, capability, to be able to】	1248
682. nghìn, ngàn	𠦳	thousand	1249
683. bông	葻	flower	1254
684. mục	目	section, topic; program item; 【eye】	1255
685. chín	𠃩	nine	1257	𢒂
686. ngon	𤯆	tasty, delicious; well, easy	1261
687. mây	𩄲	cloud	1282
688. kêu	呌	to call; to cry	1287	呌
689. trăng	𦝄	moon	1292	𫆢
690. chào	嘲	to greet	1311
691. độc	獨	【alone, single】	1319
692. nguy	危	【dangerous】	1348
693. chương	章	chapter, section	1389
694. gã	妸	lad, bloke, underdog	1390
695. âm	音	sound; noise	1393
696. âm	陰	【lunar; female】	1393	陰
697. đề	題	topic, subject	1399
698. đề	提	【to hold】	1399
699. hạt	籺	grain, seed	1415	紇
700. vạn	萬	ten thousand	1426	萬
701. chế	製	to manufacture, to produce	1432
702. chế, chơi	制	to prepare (medicine); to pour (water); 【to regulate; system】	1432
703. điển	典	classic written source	1437
704. dây	絏	rope; cord; wire; string	1438
705. quỳnh	瓊	【jade; rare, precious; elegant】	1447
706. lực	力	force, strength	1448
707. nội	内	inside; paternal	1451	內
708. đợi	待	to wait	1453
709. đa	多	many; much; numerous	1459
710. mèo	猫	cat	1481
711. dạ, duy	唯	yes, yes sir, affirmative!	1486
712. cờ, kỳ	旗	flag, banner	1505
713. cờ	碁	chess	1505
714. yếu, yêu	要	【to need, to require, to demand; necessary】	1524
715. khẩu	口	【mouth; entrance; gate】	1525
716. ơn, ân	恩	favour; 【kindness, mercy】	1573
717. hạn	限	limit; term	1575
718. môi	媒	【medium, intermediary, agent, go-between】	1582
719. chứng	證	evidence, proof	1611
720. bụng, bóng	䏾	abdomen	1621
721. hưởng	響	【to make noise; sound】	1622
722. tiết, tết	節	festival, holiday	1637
723. mềm	𣟮	soft; tender	1651
724. phước, phúc	福	happiness	1653
725. địa	地	【earth, soil, ground】	1655
726. gian	間	【space, interval; between】	1656
727. thổ	土	earch; soil	1674
728. thiệt, thực	寔	really; true, real, genuine	1702
729. cạnh	競	【to compete】	1707
730. chỉ	址	【site, location】	1721
731. thất	失	【to lose; to make a mistake】	1725
732. lịch	曆	calendar	1732	曆
733. lịch	歷	【passing, successive, throughout; past, historic】	1732	历
734. hạnh	幸	【luck, fortunate】	1748
735. hạnh	杏	apricot tree	1748
736. xuất	出	【to go out; to produce】	1751
737. cập	及	to land, to lay alongside; 【to reach, to arrive】	1764
738. sợi	𥾘	fibre; filament	1768
739. gấp, cấp	急	pressing, urgent, hurry	1804
740. toán	算	【to count, to calculate, to plan】	1813
741. giáp	夾	bordering, adjacent, near	1835
742. trúng, đúng	𠁦	exactly, correct; to hit, to impact	1837
743. hán	漢	【Chinese; Chinese language】	1838
744. phường	坊	ward, urban subdistrict	1843
745. anh	英	England; english; 【brave, hero; petal, flower】	1861
746. ngữ	語	【language】	1867
747. nhì, nhị	二	【two】	1869
748. dựa	豫	to lean on; to stand against	1908
749. hộp	盒	box, case	1916
750. non	嫩	young, tender, green; premature; mild	1932
751. non	𡽫	mountain	1932
752. luận	論	to debate, to discuss; essay	1945
753. sen	蓮	lotus, water lily	1964
754. chúc	祝	to wish so. sth.	1965
755. triển	展	【to open, to extend】	1992
756. hòn	𡉕	hill; small island; ball, piece	2036
757. kiện	件	item; case; matter; to sue	2062
758. cận	近	near, close	2065
759. khăn	巾	towel	2072
760. xá	舍	【house, dwelling】	2086
761. từ	詞	word; phrase	2092
762. dắt	𢩮	to lead; to tow; to guide	2099
763. cõi	𡎝	world; country, region	2152
764. tất	畢	all, whole; 【finish, complete】	2199	畢悉
765. tất	必	surely, of course	2199
766. đệ	第	【sequence, number】	2282
767. doanh	營	【to manage; barracks, casern, encampment】	2299	營
768. hoả	火	【fire, flame; anger, rage】	2308
769. ôi	喂	oh	2378
770. đắc	得		2386
771. sứ, sử	使	ambassador; 【envoy, ambassador; to make, to cause, to use】	2393
772. trong	𤄯	clear, pure	2400
773. dãy	𧿆	row, chain, series	2423
774. vâng	𠳐	yes, all right	2433
775. nhiên	然	【so, like that】	2445
776. ngôn	言	【speech; to speak】	2478
777. hệ	係	【to relate to, to connect】	2511
778. hệ	系	system, branch	2511
779. vệ	衛	【to guard, to protect】	2566	卫
780. tớ	伵	servant; I, my, me	2576
781. ngư	魚	【fish】	2596
782. chấp	執	【to execute; to grasp, to seize】	2683	執
783. cân	斤	to weigh; scale, balance; weight; kilogram	2704
784. khoẻ	劸	healthy, strong	2719	跬
785. ngũ	五	【five】	2840
786. vấn	問	【to ask, to inquire】	2846
787. hận	恨	hatred; resentiment	2996
788. ngân	銀	【money, cash】	3007
789. ngói	瓦	tile	3013
790. dược, ước	藥	medicine, pharmacy	3189
791. tra	查	to seek, to look up (in a dictionary); to investigate	3268
792. nôm	喃	nôm	3290
793. quỳ	跪	to kneel	3338
794. sôi	炊	to boil	3378	𤉚
795. sản	産	【to give birth】	3394
796. khổng	孔	【emptiness, hollow, hole, opening】	3439
797. quyết	決	to decide, to determine	3446
798. áp	壓	to press against, to oppress	3543
799. đán, đến	旦	【day, dawn, morning】	3550
800. nho	儒	【Confucian scholar】	4045
801. hét, hát	喝	to scream, to cry	4060
802. cải	改	to change, to alter, to reform, to correct	4212
803. khảo	考	【to verify, to test, to examine】	4239
804. thà, tha	他	rather, better	4389
805. nấy	乃	that (one), that (person or thing)	4435
806. sẻ	𢩿	to divide, to share	4616
807. một	没	【to sink; to have not】; also: number one (see 𠬠)	4619	沒
808. lựa	攎	to select, to choose	4822	𢫘
809. bây	𣊾	【this, that】	-	𣊾
810. bậy	呸	wrong	-
811. chuỷ	ㇶ	(iteration mark)	-
812. chỉ	止	【to stop; to detain】	-
813. chỉ	𥿗	thread; yarn	-	䊼
814. hiểm	險	dangerous, risky	-
815. hạch, cây	核	nucleus	-
816. hối	悔	to repent; to regret; to rue	-
817. hỗ	互	【mutually, reciprocally】	-
818. khuyển, chó	犬	【dog】	-
819. kỉ	几		-
820. kỷ	紀	period	-
821. lại	ㇴ	(iteration mark)	-
822. mỹ	美	beautiful; America; american	-
823. nghiên	研	【study, research】	-
824. nhiêu	饒	how many; (quantity)	-
825. nháy	𖿱		-	𡿨
826. nãy	迺	just (now), only just, a short while ago	-
827. phiến	片		-
828. phèn	𥽢	alum	-
829. rồ	𠱋		-
830. vói	𢭲	to reach sth.	-
831. xảy	仕	(see: xảy ra)	-
832. điểu	鳥	【bird】	-

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