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𓀐 U+13010, 𓀐 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH A014 Gardiner number: A14 ← 𓀏 [U+1300F] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓀑 → [U+13011]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a fallen man with blood streaming from his head. This and other glyphs depicting men conventionally color the skin red; the hair is typically black, and the clothing white (sometimes with black outlines or details). The blood is red. Some scribes reinterpreted or depicted the blood as an axe, with a red (wood) handle and white (simple stone) axehead.

Symbol

1. Determinative for death, as in mwt (“to die”).
2. Determinative for enemies, as in ḫftj (“enemy”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 443