僮 (zhuàng) — (noun) Zhuang (old name for the Zhuang ethnic g…

Definition

Bound form: the older written name for the Zhuang ethnic group (壮族). Now largely replaced by 壮, but survives in fixed historical terms like 僮族.

noun

Zhuang (old name for the Zhuang ethnic group)

Easily confused

僮。
Guǎng xī shì zhuàng zú de zhǔ yào jù jū dì.
Guangxi is the main settlement area of the Zhuang ethnic group.
僮“僮”。
Lì shǐ shàng zhuàng zú céng bèi chēng wéi "zhuàng rén".
Historically, the Zhuang people were once called 'Zhuang people'.
僮。
Zhè piān lùn wén yán jiū le zhuàng zú de wén huà chuán tǒng.
This paper studies the cultural traditions of the Zhuang ethnic group.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻童僮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

童

Same sound today

The left side 亻 relates to a person, and the right side 童 gives the sound.