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𓆇 U+13187, 𓆇 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH H008 Gardiner number: H8 ← 𓆆 [U+13186] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓆈 → [U+13188]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing an egg. Compare the Chinese character 卵. As a determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”), it may have originally been a different glyph, a clod of earth. This glyph was conventionally colored white or yellow, reflecting the creamy color of ostrich or goose eggs.

Symbol

1. (in hieratic texts) Logogram for zꜣ (“son”) by conflation with (𓅭) [19th Dynasty]
2. Determinative in swḥt (“egg”).
3. Determinative in names of goddesses.
4. Determinative in pꜥt (“patricians”).

References

• 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