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𓎛 U+1339B, 𓎛 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH V028 Gardiner number: V28 ← 𓎚 [U+1339A] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓎜 → [U+1339C]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a lamp wick of twisted flax. The uppermost loop is often the biggest of the three. These wicks were generally made of a folded strip of fabric twisted tightly and soaked in unused fat. This glyph was conventionally colored green. The phonogrammatic value of ḥ is derived by the rebus principle from ḥꜥt (“wick”).

Symbol

(ḥ)

1. Uniliteral phonogram for ḥ.
2. (rare) Determinative in tkꜣw (“candle, taper”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 525
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 11
• 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