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Egyptian
editGlyph origin
editRepresenting an archer’s bow consisting of two oryx horns joined by a wooden centerpiece. Compare the Chinese character 弓. The phonogrammatic value of pḏ is derived by the rebus principle from its use as the logogram for pḏt (“bow”).
Symbol
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- Biliteral phonogram for pḏ or (later) pd, as in pḏ (“stretch”).
- Logogram for pḏt (“bow”).
- Determinative for words relating to bows.
Alternative forms
edit- (Old Kingdom) 𓌓 (
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 511