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𓅱 U+13171, 𓅱 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH G043 Gardiner number: G43 ← 𓅰 [U+13170] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓅲 → [U+13172]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a quail chick. In semi-cursive hieroglyphic writing the head tends to be summarized as a hook. This glyph was conventionally colored yellow. The source of its phonetic value is unknown.

Symbol

(w)

1. Uniliteral phonogram for w, as in the plural ending -w.

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 472
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
• Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎^[1], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48