Hokkien dialects are typically written using <answer>Chinese</answer> characters (漢字, Hàn-jī). However, the written script was and remains adapted to the literary form, which is based on classical <answer>Chinese</answer>, not the vernacular and spoken form. Furthermore, the character inventory used for Mandarin (standard written <answer>Chinese</answer>) does not correspond to Hokkien words, and there are a large number of informal characters (替字, thè-jī or thòe-jī; 'substitute characters') which are unique to Hokkien (as is the case with Cantonese). For instance, about 20 to 25% of Taiwanese morphemes lack an appropriate or standard <answer>Chinese</answer> character.
Hokkien is usually written using what characters?
Chinese