Don't follow the box shape of other words, and you can't read from right to left like other words. Therefore, a new kind of calligraphy was born, although it still retains the roots of East Asian calligraphy. Some people think Vietnamese calligraphy is unique, outstanding and beautiful, while others think it is ugly, contradictory and ineffective. This is because the combination of things has different effects on the viewer's eyes.
The most basic forms of Vietnamese calligraphy can be divided into five types, namely, authentic square, body, grass, imitation and wooden board. Authentic Fang is an easy-to-identify, very readable form without any artistic style, just like regular script. Style is a more authentic style, reflecting personal style.
Grass is very personal, and the viewer can recognize the author only by looking at the calligraphy without looking at the author's signature. Imitation is a form of imitating foreign languages such as Chinese, English and Arabic. The chessboard is a form similar to carving a chessboard. The characters are similar to Hannan characters when turned upside down, and you need a mirror to read them.
Characteristics of Vietnamese characters
The Vietnamese alphabet has nine diacritical marks, four of which are used to add vowels, and the other five are tones (flat toneNo. 1), and there are no tone marks. Vietnamese often has two phonetic symbols on a vowel, which makes Vietnamese easy to recognize.
In addition, THere are 10 binary letters (CH, GH, GI, KH, NG, NH, PH, QU, th, TR) and a ternary letter (NGH). These binary and ternary letters were previously considered as separate letters and listed separately in the old dictionary. Now it is no longer arranged as an independent letter. For example, "CH" is arranged between "CA" and "CO" in today's dictionary.
Vietnamese itself does not use "f", "j", "w" and "z", but it will be used in foreign words. "W" sometimes replaces "?" Abbreviated form. . Besides, in informal writing, "W", "F" and "J" are sometimes used instead of "Qu", "PH" and "GI".
Baidu Encyclopedia-Vietnamese Characters