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𓇅 U+131C5, 𓇅 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH M013 Gardiner number: M13 ← 𓇄 [U+131C4] Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓇆 → [U+131C6]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing a highly stylized papyrus stem with umbel. Archaic forms of the glyph show a sheath of tall projecting leaves at the base of the stem as well as narrow outer leaves at the base of the umbel; occasionally this persisted even into the Old Kingdom and later. This glyph was conventionally colored green. The phonogrammatic value derives by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for wꜣḏ (“papyrus stem”).

Symbol

(wꜣḏ, wḏ)

1. Triliteral phonogram for wꜣḏ, as in wꜣḏ (“to be(come) green”).
2. Biliteral phonogram for wḏ by conflation with (𓎗), as in swḏ (“to bequeath”). [Since the Middle Kingdom]
3. Logogram for or determinative in wꜣḏ (“papyrus stem”).

References

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 480
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN