Synonyms Distinguished By Vowel or Tones
Some names may appear the same if simplified into an ASCII script, as for example on websites, but are actually different names:
- Monarch Lê Hiến Tông (chữ Hán: 黎憲宗, 1461–1504), vs. Monarch Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗, 1717–1786)
- Nguyễn Du (1765–1820) writer and Nguyễn Dữ (c.1550) strange tales
- Hoàng Tích Chu (1897-1933) journalist, vs.Hoàng Tích Chù (1912-2003) painter
- Nguyễn Văn Tỵ (1917-1992) painter and poet, vs. Nguyễn Văn Tý (1925), composer
- Phan Thanh Hùng (1960) football manager, vs. Phan Thanh Hưng (1987), footballer
- Nguyễn Bình (1906-1951) and Nguyễn Bính (1918–1966)
- vi:Nguyễn Văn Hưng (1958-) representative of the Vietnam National Assembly, vs. Nguyễn Văn Hùng (1980), martial artist
Typically, as in the above examples, it is middle or the last personal given name which varies, as almost any Sino-Vietnamese character may be used. The number of family names is limited.
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