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𓈐 U+13210, 𓈐 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N031 Gardiner number: N31 ← 𓈏 [U+1320F] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓈑 → [U+13211]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a road lined with shrubs. The depicted road tended to be curved in the early phases of the Old Kingdom, and such curved variants occasionally appeared even much later, when the most common form had become straight. The phonogrammatic value of ḥr is derived by the rebus principle from its use in ḥrt (“road”).

Symbol

(ḥr)

1. Biliteral phonogram for ḥr.
2. Logogram for wꜣt (“road”).
3. Logogram for wꜣj (“to fall into (a condition)”).
4. Determinative for words relating to roads, travel, position, and distance.

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 489
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 36
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN