Sawndip character

Its parts do not reveal its Zhuang reading. The structural breakdown puts 刀 on the left and 向 on the right. Sawndip adapts Chinese-derived character forms to write Zhuang; these parts show the character's shape, not the word's reading.

A stone inscription dated 682 includes locally created forms, early evidence of this writing tradition. A Southern Song account from medieval China later describes local writing in legal records and contracts. Sawndip forms varied by region before a Latin-based Zhuang writing scheme was standardized in 1957.