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𓈉 U+13209, 𓈉
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N025
Gardiner number:N25
𓈈
[U+13208]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓈊
[U+1320A]

Egyptian

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Glyph origin

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Representing hilly areas beyond the Nile River Valley. Compare the Chinese character . The hieroglyph was generally colored yellow, reddish, or pink with dark spots to represent desert and rock, and sometimes its base was colored with a black or green line to represent cultivated land. Archaic forms (and occasionally Old Kingdom and later forms) show the outer sides sloping instead of vertical.

Symbol

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xAst
  1. Logogram for ḫꜣst (foreign land, desert).
  2. Used in
    xAst
    R12
    , a logogram for ḥꜣ (the god Ha).
  3. Determinative for wild or desert places.
  4. Determinative for names of foreign countries.

References

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  • Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 488
  • Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 36
  • Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN