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𓊅 U+13285, 𓊅
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH O036
Gardiner number:O36
𓊄
[U+13284]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓊆
[U+13286]

Egyptian[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Originally representing the plan of a fortified brick enclosure with buttresslike projections. Very early this signification was forgotten and the glyph was reinterpreted as a wall. A horizontal variant
O36w
is also found. Compare the Chinese character .

Symbol[edit]

O36
  1. Logogram for or determinative in jnb (wall).
  2. Determinative for walls, as in wmtt (fortification, bulwark), snb (to overleap (a wall)).

References[edit]

  • Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 496
  • Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN