𓂝
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing the human forearm and elbow. In Old Kingdom depictions, the hand is flat in the vertical plane so that its full breadth is shown. Later forms show the palm slightly cupped upward instead, but all the fingers remain distinguished in detailed depictions through the New Kingdom. The most detailed examples of all tend to follow the Old Kingdom form. This glyph was conventionally colored red. The phonetic value of ꜥ is derived by the rebus principle from its use as the logogram for ꜥ (“arm”).
Symbol
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(ꜥ)
- Uniliteral phonogram for ꜥ.
- Logogram for ꜥ (“arm”).
- Hieratic form of 𓂞 (
).
- Hieratic form of 𓂟 (
).
- Hieratic form of 𓂠 (
).
- Hieratic form of 𓂡 (
).
- Hieratic form of 𓂢 (
).
- Hieratic form of 𓂣 (
).
- Hieratic form of 𓂤 (
).
- Hieratic form of 𓂥 (
).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 454
- Fischer, Henry (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 50, 56
- Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48