僮 (Zhuàng): Zhuang (old written form for th…

Meanings

1 Zhuang (old written form for the Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, now written 壮)

Characters

僮

Zhuàng

Zhuang (old written form for the Zhuang ethnic group of G…

Examples

旧文献用这个字写广西的僮族。

Jiù wénxiàn yòng zhège zì xiě Guǎngxī de Zhuàngzú.

Old documents wrote the Zhuang people of Guangxi with this character.

僮族后来规范写作壮族。

Zhuàngzú hòulái guīfàn xiě zuò Zhuàngzú.

The name 僮族 was later standardized to 壮族.

Tips

history

Read Zhuàng, this is the old written form for the 壮族, China's largest minority, centered in 广西. The character was officially changed to 壮 in 1965 for a more positive sense.

Components

radical

亻 rén

person

亻 is the person radical, the left-side form of 人. It marks 僮 as a kind of person, here a boy servant.

phonetic

童 tóng

child

童 supplies the exact sound tóng and a strong hint of meaning: a 'child' beside the person radical, exactly the young servant that 僮 names.

Stroke Order

僮 Zhuàng

Related Words

僮族 Zhuàngzú

old written form of 壮族 (Zhuang ethnic group, China's largest ethnic minority, mainly in Guangxi)

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list / form / bill / bed sheet

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to present; to submit / to show; to display; to assume (a form)

陈 chén #3,754

Chen (surname) / to display / to lay out / old; stale

表格 biǎogé HSK 3 #5,319

form; table (document) / spreadsheet

称呼 chēnghu HSK 7-9 #3,111

to call / to address as / form of address / title

阿姨 āyí HSK 4 #2,877

maternal aunt / auntie (polite form of address for older women)

表 biǎo HSK 2 #1,763

watch / meter / form

单 dān HSK 4 #1,225

single; alone; only / list; form; bill / simple; odd (number)

大 dà HSK 1 #99

big / large / great / old (age)