Representing the head of a crested heron, although possibly originally of a duck, given that there is a word for duck mꜣꜥ, in which case the phonogrammatic value of mꜣꜥ could derive from that word.
(wšm, pꜣq, mꜣꜥ)
- Triliteral phonogram or phonetic determinative for wšm, as in wšm (“ear of corn”).
- Triliteral phonogram, replacing (𓆁), for pꜣq in pꜣqt (“fine linen”). [since the 12th Dynasty]
- Phonetic determinative for mꜣꜥ, as in mꜣꜥ (“temple”).
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 474
- Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
