Substitute character

There are a large number of informal Chinese characters used to write Hokkien.

• These characters are identified by a 替 (thex/thøex) icon in the Taioaan Banlamguo Siong'iong-Suu Sutiern.
• The MoeDict records 829 such readings.

Examples

MoE Rec. Harnji	MTL
人	laang
肉	baq
這	zef / cid
彼	hid
一	cit
仔	ar
會	øe
袂	be
毋	m
按呢	afnnef
遮爾	ciahni
偌濟	joaxze

Example words with one substitute character

• afnzvoar
• sviafmih
• tøfui
• thutzhoee (脫箠^‡/thut箠 to go off the rails; to go wrong)

Køq khvoax

• Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters
• Twenty-seven words beginning with the grave accent