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𓂧 U+130A7, 𓂧 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH D046 Gardiner number: D46 ← 𓂦 [U+130A6] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓂨 → [U+130A8]

Egyptian

The hand hieroglyph in the name Senedj.

Glyph origin

Representing a human hand. This glyph was conventionally colored red. Compare the Chinese character 手 and Epigraphic Mayan / ("hand").

Symbol

(d)

1. Uniliteral phonogram for d.
2. Logogram for ḏrt (“hand”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 455
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
• Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎^[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48