Vietnamese Nôm character 𢶢

It writes Vietnamese chống in chữ Nôm. Chữ Nôm is a historical Vietnamese script that adapted Chinese-character forms to write Vietnamese. In compounds, chống can mean oppose, support, or lean on; nearby characters decide which sense fits.

A recorded character analysis describes 𢶢 as 扌, a hand component, plus 衆, a sound component. The first points to the action side; the second offers a pronunciation clue. Neither one alone means the full character.

Why is 𢶢 also read as chóng?

A Vietnamese Nôm dictionary also lists chóng as a reading. It records chống, dóng, and gióng as readings too. These are Vietnamese spellings; the sense comes from the compound, so chóng is not a blanket translation of every occurrence as “quick.”

Chữ Nôm adapted Chinese-character forms to write Vietnamese. A 1978 study discusses proposed early evidence but says the script’s beginnings cannot be dated securely; a 2019 history divides its development into periods from Proto-Nôm, the earliest proposed stage, through contemporary Nôm.

What does 𢶢 signal in a modern message?

It points to historical Vietnamese writing or discussion of Nôm. For an ordinary contemporary Vietnamese sentence, use quốc ngữ, the Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet; this character belongs in a Nôm quotation or a discussion of the script. A box on screen usually means the font or app lacks a glyph for it.