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𓉗 U+13257, 𓉗 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH O006 Gardiner number: O6 ← 𓉖 [U+13256] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓉘 → [U+13258]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a plan of a walled rectangular enclosure, with the smaller rectangle representing the roofed living quarters.

Symbol

(ḥwt)

1. Triliteral phonogram for ḥwt, as in ḥwt (“verse”), ḥwtt (“quarry”).
2. Logogram for ḥwt (“large building”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 493
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN