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𓆱 U+131B1, 𓆱 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH M003 Gardiner number: M3 ← 𓆰 [U+131B0] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓆲 → [U+131B2]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a trunk or branch. Old Kingdom examples show a tree trunk with all of its knots and branches lopped off but the one at the very end. Later New Kingdom examples instead depict a branch with twigs. The phonogrammatic value derives by the rebus principle from the glyph’s use as a logogram for ḫt (“wood”).

Symbol

(ḫt)

1. Biliteral phonogram for ḫt.
2. Logogram for ḫt (“wood”).
3. Determinative in words for types of wood, things made of wood, or the woody parts of plants.

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 479
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN