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

Egyptian

Glyph origin

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

Symbol

(wḏb)

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

References

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