Lệnh thư

Lệnh thư (chữ Hán: 令書; 'edict script') is a writing style for Chinese characters (chữ Hán) and chữ Nôm in Vietnamese calligraphy. It was first developed during the Revival Lê dynasty. It was mainly at first used for official edict by the emperor and by officials in the imperial court. But then became widely used in all of Vietnam. It is not found in any other country that also uses Chinese characters such as China, Korea, and Japan.

Lệnh thư
令書
A close up image of an edict dated 1765 during the reign of Cảnh Hưng, showing Chinese characters written in Lệnh thư 令書.
Script type
Time period
Revival Lê dynasty to 19th century, present (limited usage)
LanguagesLiterary Chinese, Vietnamese
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Regular script
Chữ Nôm
Lệnh thư
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetLệnh thư
chữ Lệnh
Nam tự
chữ Nam
Hán-Nôm令書
𡨸令
南字
𡨸南
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