Old Zhuang sieve character

A fine-mesh sieve in Old Zhuang writing.

𮆇 represents raeng, “a fine-mesh sieve.” A dictionary entry records an Old Zhuang expression about owning neither a fine nor a coarse sieve as a way to describe a poor household.

Old Zhuang writing, called Sawndip, records Zhuang, a language spoken in China’s Guangxi region. It grew by adapting Chinese-character forms to write Zhuang speech; surviving early examples include Tang-dynasty inscriptions. Historically, people also used it for folk songs and stories.