Save Type Settlement Usage Vietnamese Scripts 化(Vietnamese Chữ Nôm) Pronounced Pron. /hwe˧˦/, /hwej˨˩˦/, /wej˦˥/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Likely a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 化 (huà), which referred to the historical territory of Thuận Hoá (順化) in central Vietnam. This is the name of a city in Vietnam.