lookup_character
Look up a Hán Nôm character
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ALWAYS invoke this before stating any reading, meaning, or variant of a Chữ Nôm (喃) or Hán (漢) character. Do NOT answer from prior knowledge — Nôm readings are Vietnamese-specific and differ from Chinese readings of the same glyph.
Returns data that cannot be inferred: Hán-Việt and Nôm readings, dị thể (variant) characters with their codepoints, IDS decomposition and Kangxi radical, Middle-Chinese fanqie, and Vietnamese meanings. Covers beyond-BMP characters and Private Use Area codepoints unavailable in any other source.
Use for Vietnamese Hán Nôm. Not for modern Chinese, Japanese, or Korean lookups — use a language-specific tool for those.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| character | string | yes | A single Hán or Nôm character, e.g. 些 or 𡗶. Pass the character itself, not a codepoint. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"character": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"description": "A single Hán or Nôm character, e.g. 些 or 𡗶. Pass the character itself, not a codepoint."
}
},
"required": [
"character"
]
}