Zhuang character

It is a traditional way to write Zhuang. Zhuang is spoken mainly in Guangxi, southern China. Sawndip adapts Chinese character forms: some signs are borrowed, while others combine parts to represent Zhuang words.

Scholars debate its beginnings. Tang-era inscriptions attest it, while Song-era accounts describe it as widespread. Later manuscripts include folk songs, ritual texts, letters, contracts, and genealogies. A Latin-based standard for written Zhuang arrived in the 1950s.