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𓀠	U+13020, 𓀠 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH A028

Gardiner number:

A28

← 𓀟
[U+1301F]

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

𓀡 →
[U+13021]

Egyptian edit

Glyph origin edit

Representing a man with his hands raised on either side. 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).

Symbol edit

Logogram for or determinative in qꜣj (“to be(come) high”).
Determinative in jꜣs (“to be(come) bald”).
Determinative for words relating to joy or happiness.
Determinative for words relating to mourning.

Descendants edit

Proto-Sinaitic:
- Proto-Canaanite:
  - Phoenician: 𐤄 (h)
    - Ancient Greek: Ε (E), ε (e)
      - Cyrillic: Е, е
      - Old Italic: 𐌄
        Latin: E, e
    - Aramaic: 𐡄 (h)
      - Syriac: ܗ
        Arabic: ه (h)
      - Hebrew: ה
      - Pahlavi:
        Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭤 (h)
        Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭄 (h)
      - Avestan: 𐬵 (h)
    - (debated) Brahmi: 𑀳 (see there for further descendants)
- Old South Arabian: 𐩠 (h)
  - Ge'ez: ሀ (hä)

References edit

Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN