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𓃾 U+130FE, 𓃾 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH F001 Gardiner number: F1 ← 𓃽 [U+130FD] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓃿 → [U+130FF]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing the head of an ox. Compare cuneiform 𒄞 and the Chinese character 牛.

Symbol

1. Form of used in the offering formula as a logogram for kꜣw (“oxen”).

Descendants

• Proto-Sinaitic:
  • Proto-Canaanite:
    • Phoenician: 𐤀 (ʾ)
      • Ancient Greek: Α (A)
        • Coptic: Ⲁ (A)
        • Cyrillic: А (A)
        • Gothic: 𐌰 (a)
        • Old Italic: 𐌀
          • Latin: A
          • Runic: ᚨ (a)
      • Aramaic: 𐡀 (ʾ)
        • Hebrew: א
        • Syriac: ܐ, ܐ, ܐ
        • Pahlavi:
          • Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠 (ʾ)
          • Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀 (ʾ)
          • Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮀 (ʾ)
          • Avestan: 𐬀 (a), 𐬁 (ā)
        • Nabataean: 𐢀, 𐢁 (ʾ)
          • Arabic: ا, ء (ʔ)
        • Mandaic: ࡀ
        • Hatran: 𐣠 (ʾ)
        • Palmyrene: 𐡠 (ʾ)
        • Elymaic: 𐿠 (𐿠)
        • Kharosthi:𐨀
        • (debated) Brahmi: 𑀅 (see there for further descendants)
  • South Semitic:
    • Old South Arabian: 𐩱 (ʾ)
      • Ge'ez: አ (ʾä)
    • Ancient North Arabian: 𐪑 (ʾ)

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 461