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𓆇 U+13187, 𓆇
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH H008
Gardiner number:H8
← 𓆆
[U+13186] 		Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓆈 →
[U+13188]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing an egg. Compare the Chinese character 卵. As a determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”), it may have originally been a different glyph, a clod of earth.

Symbol
H8
  1. (in hieratic texts) Logogram for zꜣ (“son”) by conflation with
    zA
    (𓅭)     [19th Dynasty]
  2. Determinative in swḥt (“egg”).
  3. Determinative in names of goddesses.
  4. Determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”).

References
  • Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 474
  • Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
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