𓈗
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Egyptian edit
Glyph origin edit
A depiction of three ripples of water, identical in appearance to the glyph
(𓈖) written three times in vertical sequence. Compare the Chinese character 巛.
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Symbol edit
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- Logogram for mw (“water”).
- Biliteral phonogram for mw.
- Uniliteral phonogram for m in group-writing.
- Determinative for water, liquid, and activities related to water.
- Used in
or
, a composite determinative for bodies of water. [since the 18th Dynasty]
References edit
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 490