𓁓

𓁓 U+13053, 𓁓 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH B004 Gardiner number: B4 ← 𓁒 [U+13052] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓁔 → [U+13054]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a woman giving birth, with the depiction of the child’s emerging head and arms seen in 𓁒 () symbolically replaced by fennec skins from the hieroglyph 𓄟 (), itself used in various words relating to birth and children. In old examples the woman and the skins are found almost or completely separated.

Symbol

1. Alternative form of 𓁒 ().
2. (rare, in a single hieratic manuscript) Alternative form of 𓀂 ().

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 448
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN