Zhuang character baet

It writes the Zhuang reading baet, “brush lightly” or “pat.” Sawndip is the traditional character-based way of writing Zhuang, a language spoken mainly in Guangxi in southern China.

Sawndip adapted Chinese characters and their components to record spoken Zhuang. Some of its earliest known examples appear on Tang-era stone inscriptions; later songbooks, ritual recitations, stories, letters, and contracts show its local uses. Its forms varied by region rather than following one shared standard.