Egyptian
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Glyph origin
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A crouching depiction of the Egyptian desert hare (Lepus capensis aegyptius), called sẖꜥt. The use of the hare as a phonogram for wn could derive from an ancient epithet of ‘runner’ for the hare. Compare the Chinese character 兔.
(wn)
- Biliteral phonogram for wn.
- Logogram for wn (“desert hare”).
References
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- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 461
- Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN