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A depiction of three
ripples of water, identical in appearance to the glyph
(
𓈖) written three times in vertical sequence. Compare the Chinese character
巛.
(mw, m)
- Logogram for mw (“water”).
- Biliteral phonogram for mw.
- Uniliteral phonogram for m in group-writing.
- Determinative for water, liquid, and activities related to water.
- Used in or , a composite determinative for bodies of water. [since the 18th Dynasty]
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 490