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𓃭 U+130ED, 𓃭 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH E023 Gardiner number: E23 ← 𓃬 [U+130EC] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓃮 → [U+130EE]

Egyptian

representing l on a cartouche of Alexander the Great

Glyph origin

Representing a recumbent lion. This glyph was conventionally colored yellow. The phonogrammatic value of rw derives by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for rw (“lion”).

Symbol

(rw)

1. Biliteral phonogram for rw.
2. (later) Uniliteral phonogram for r, sometimes representing /l/.
3. Triliteral phonogram for šnꜥ, through confusion with hieratic (𓍁).
4. Logogram for rw (“lion”).
5. Logogram for mꜣj (“lion”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 460
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN