Definition

1. Noun:
   • Handwriting; script; penmanship: The distinctive style, form, and appearance of a person's written characters or letters. It refers to the personal and often recognizable way someone forms letters when writing by hand.
   • A stroke of writing; a character stroke: A single, continuous line or mark made when forming a part of a written character, such as a dot, a horizontal line, or a curved line in scripts like Chinese characters (Hán tự) or the letters of the Vietnamese alphabet.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi rất thích nét chữ thanh thoát của cô ấy. (I really like her elegant handwriting.)
  • Nét chữ này rất giống của anh trai tôi. (This handwriting looks very much like my brother's.)
  • Mỗi nét chữ Hán đều phải viết đúng thứ tự. (Every stroke of a Chinese character must be written in the correct order.)

Advanced Usage

• "nét chữ đẹp": beautiful/calligraphic handwriting.

  • Cô giáo khen nét chữ đẹp của học sinh. (The teacher praised the student's beautiful handwriting.)

• "nét chữ riêng": distinctive/personal handwriting style.

  • Mỗi người đều có nét chữ riêng. (Everyone has their own distinctive handwriting.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chữ viết tay (n): handwritten text; manuscript.

  • Bản thảo là toàn bộ chữ viết tay của tác giả. (The manuscript is entirely the author's handwritten text.)

• Kiểu chữ (n): typeface; font (in printing or digital contexts).

  • Anh ấy chọn một kiểu chữ dễ đọc cho tài liệu. (He chose an easy-to-read font for the document.)

Synonyms

• Handwriting: writing done by hand with a pen, pencil, or other instrument.
• Penmanship: the art or skill of writing by hand.
• Script: the written characters of a language; a particular system of writing.

Related Idioms

• "Nét chữ nết người": (Proverb) "Handwriting reveals character." This idiom suggests that a person's handwriting can reflect their personality traits.
  • Người xưa có câu "nét chữ nết người". (There is an old saying, "Handwriting reveals character.")

1. Handwriting