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𓊅 U+13285, 𓊅 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH O036 Gardiner number: O36 ← 𓊄 [U+13284] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓊆 → [U+13286]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

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

1. Logogram for or determinative in jnb (“wall”).
2. Determinative for walls, as in wmtt (“fortification, bulwark”), snb (“to overleap (a wall)”).

References

• 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