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The main Vietnamese term used for Chinese characters is chữ Hán (𡨸漢).It is made of chữ meaning 'character' and Hán 'Han (referring to the Han dynasty)'.Other synonyms of chữ Hán includes chữ Nho (𡨸儒 [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥ ɲɔ˧˧], literally 'Confucian characters') and Hán tự [a] (漢字 [haːn˧˦ tɨ˧˨ʔ] ⓘ) which was borrowed directly from Chinese.
The Vân đài loại ngữ (芸臺類語) is a 1773 chữ Hán encyclopedia compiled by the Vietnamese scholar Lê Quý Đôn. Its title is variously translated into English as Categorized Sayings from the Van Terrace or Classified discourse from the library. [1] [2] The work was heavily influenced by Song dynasty Confucianism. [3]
The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign states. [a] Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a division into local authorities (counties and county-level cities) that have their own administration.