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{{GSW|Harnji|漢字|Chinese characters}} si iong laai siar kuynaxciorng hiexntai kab kofzar gybuun ee susiar bunji hexthorng.  Hiexntai ee [[Harngie]], [[Jidgie]], [[Hangie]] lorng u ioxngtiøh Harnji, kitiofng Hanbuun kannaf zhwn [[Lamhaan]] u iong, [[Pag Tiausiefn]] ykefng huytiau.  20 seakie cirnzeeng, Oadlambuun iao u laang iong Harnji siar.  Legsuo-siong ma bad u kithvaf ee binzok iong Harnji hegciar horng Harnji laai chix siar yn ee [[gygieen]].

==Han Characters==

*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.  

*In most cases, Written Taiwanese uses the ''Harnji'' script (as does Mandarin), although there are a number of special characters which are unique to Taiwanese and which are sometimes used in informal writing. Where Han characters are used, they are not always etymological or genetic; the borrowing of similar-sounding or similar-meaning characters is a common practice. (See [[thøeaji]]).

*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 ''Harnji'' often have several pronunciations. For example, {{bt|老}} has one colloquial reading and three literary readings (marked 文). 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.  

*[[Taiwanese Hokkien Dictionary of Common Words]]

*[[Taioaan Banlamgie thuiciexn ioxngji]]

| {{tts|Harnji na thak øe bad, [[zhuiechiw]] tøh [[phahsykad]]}}.

| 漢字若讀會捌，喙鬚就拍死結  

| By the time you understand Harnji, you've tied your beard into a knot.