𓈄 U+13204, 𓈄
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N020
Gardiner number:N20
𓈃
[U+13203]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓈅
[U+13205]

Egyptian edit

Glyph origin edit

Representing a tongue of land. This glyph developed from the earlier
N22
(𓈆). The phonogrammatic value of wḏb is derived by the rebus principle from its use in wḏb (sandbank).

Symbol edit

wDb
(wḏb)
  1. Triliteral phonogram for wḏb.
  2. Determinative in wḏb (sandbank, shore) and ḥꜣb-sd (sd festival).

References edit

  • Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 488