Representing a man with his arms raised. This and other glyphs depicting men conventionally color the skin red; the hair is typically black, and the clothing white (sometimes with black outlines or details).
- Determinative meaning "supplicate", such as in dwꜣ (“praise”).
- Determinative meaning "hide", such as in sdgꜣ (“be hidden”), and jmn (“hide”).
This glyph's usage is closely aligned with the usage of
𓀢 (
). Compare also
𓀄 (
), which was similar in early depictions (before c. the 18th Dynasty, when that figure started to be depicted crouching behind a wall).
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 442
