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𓇰 U+131F0, 𓇰 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N002 Gardiner number: N2 ← 𓇯 [U+131EF] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓇱 → [U+131F1]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing the sky with an uncertain object suspended from it, originally 𓇱 (), with the object possibly a broken oar or a drill , with the sky as drill-weight. In later versions from the 18th Dynasty the object looks similar to the lower half of a broken scepter .

Symbol

1. Logogram for grḥ (“night”).
2. Determinative for words relating to darkness, obscurity, and night, as in grḥ, wḫ (“night”), kkw (“darkness”), jḫḫw (“dusk”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 485
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 183
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN