𓈙
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a lake or pool. Compare the Chinese character 𣶒. Detailed Old Kingdom forms cover the interior with vertical zigzags of green or blue rippling water:
(𓈜). A form with a few diagonal lines across the interior
(𓈚) appeared in hieratic and semi-cursive hieroglyphs during the Old Kingdom but rarely appeared in hieroglyphs proper before the Late Period. In general, the glyph is usually colored black/blue. The phonogrammatic value of š is derived by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for š (“pool, lake”).
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Symbol
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(š)
- Uniliteral phonogram for š.
- Occasional biliteral phonogram for zn in zn (“to open”), by confusion with
, a variant of
(𓏒).
- Logogram for š (“pool, lake”).
- Determinative for bodies of water, interchanging with
(𓈘).
- Occasional determinative for irrigated land, by confusion with
(𓈘). - Occasional determinative for stone, by confusion with
(𓊌).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 491
- Fischer, Henry (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 13
- Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
- Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48