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𓈎 U+1320E, 𓈎 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N029 Gardiner number: N29 ← 𓈍 [U+1320D] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓈏 → [U+1320F]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a hill. Old Kingdom examples are fairly triangular. The glyph is usually colored (dark) blue, although white, yellow, and red are also found. The phonogrammatic value of q is derived by the rebus principle from the word for a hill, qꜣꜣ.

Symbol

(q)

1. Uniliteral phonogram for q.
2. Determinative in qꜣꜣ (“hill”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 489
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 13
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN
• Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎^[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48
• David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (2020)