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𓊅
U+13285
,
𓊅
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH O036
Gardiner number:
O36
←
𓊄
[U+13284]
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
𓊆
→
[U+13286]
Contents
1
Egyptian
1.1
Glyph origin
1.2
Symbol
1.3
References
Egyptian
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Glyph origin
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Originally representing the plan of a fortified brick enclosure with buttresslike projections. Very early this signification was forgotten and the glyph was reinterpreted as a wall. A horizontal variant
is also found. Compare the Chinese character
囗
.
Symbol
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Logogram
for or
determinative
in
jnb
(
“
wall
”
)
.
Determinative
for walls, as in
wmtt
(
“
fortification, bulwark
”
)
,
snb
(
“
to overleap (a wall)
”
)
.
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
496
Betrò, Maria Carmela (
1995
)
Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto
, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.,
→ISBN
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