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𓃀 U+130C0, 𓃀 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH D058 ← 𓂿 [U+130BF] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓃁 → [U+130C1]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a foot. Originally (during the 1st Dynasty) this hieroglyph was very short, showing little above the truncated foot; it later grew taller, but even during the Middle Kingdom it was frequently shorter than the full height of a line. This glyph was conventionally colored red.

Symbol

(b)

1. Uniliteral phonogram for b.
2. Logogram for bw (“place, thing”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 457
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
• Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎^[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48