𓁷

Representing a man’s face with a squared-off beard, one of the few hieroglyphs depicted in frontal view. Compare the Chinese character 面, 𦣻. The elements of the face tend to be somewhat flattened and exaggerated. Although the face is male, it is traditionally colored yellow, as if female, rather than the expected red. The phonogrammatic value of ḥr is derived by the rebus principle from the glyph’s use as the logogram for ḥr (“face”).

(ḥr)

1. Biliteral phonogram for ḥr.
2. Logogram for ḥr (“face; upon”).

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 450
• Fischer, Henry (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 18
• Betrò, Maria (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN