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==Han Characters== | ==Han Characters== | ||
*Han Characters (Harnji) have different literary ([[buun]]/文) and colloquial ([[peh]]/白) readings. Colloquial Taiwanese has roots in [[Sioxngkor Harngie|Old Chinese]]. Literary Taiwanese, which was originally developed in the 10th century in Fujian ([[Hokkiexn]]) and based on [[Middle Chinese]], was used at one time for formal writing, but is now largely extinct | *Han Characters are used to write many modern and old languages. Today they are used in the Chinese languages, Japanese, and Korean. They were used in Vietnamese in the past. | ||
*The problem with using only Chinese characters to write Taiwanese is that about 15 percent of running text would not be definitively associated with a particular character. | |||
*Another issue is Han Characters (Harnji) often have several pronunciations. See for yourself: [[wikt:zh-min-nan:老|老]] Note the different literary ([[buun]]/文) and colloquial ([[peh]]/白) readings. See [[Buun-peh-i-thak]]. | |||
**Colloquial Taiwanese has roots in [[Sioxngkor Harngie|Old Chinese]]. | |||
**Literary Taiwanese, which was originally developed in the 10th century in Fujian ([[Hokkiexn]]) and based on [[Middle Chinese]], was used at one time for formal writing, but is now largely extinct. | |||
*If you're curious how many readings one Harnji can have, find out at the [[TGJT]] (台語線頂字典) | *If you're curious how many readings one Harnji can have, find out at the [[TGJT]] (台語線頂字典) | ||
*You can input Harnji into the "MTL Interface to POJ Dictionary" (part of the [[MTL Toolbox]]) | *You can input Harnji into the "MTL Interface to POJ Dictionary" (part of the [[MTL Toolbox]]) | ||
*''Kanji'' are Chinese characters as used for the Japanese language. Kanji that were used as ''man'yōgana'' eventually gave rise to hiragana and katakana. | *''Kanji'' are Chinese characters as used for the Japanese language. Kanji that were used as ''man'yōgana'' eventually gave rise to hiragana and katakana. | ||