A1
𓀀Transliteration
Shape tags
Meanings
Representing a seated man with both arms flexed, the rearward arm overlapping the body, essentially portraying a man in a generic pose to draw little attention to any particular action or quality other than manhood. Compare the Chinese character 人. 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).
Logogram for z (“man”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram for rmṯ (“human, person”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram for .j (first person suffix pronoun).
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram for wj (first person dependent pronoun).
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative for the relations, occupations, and personal names of men.
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative for the first person, as in jnk, .kw, wj.
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Part of the combination A1:Z2, a logogram for rḥw (“comrades”) in certain personal names.
Represents a complete word or concept
Part of the combination A1*B1:Z2, a determinative for groups of people, as in rmṯw (“people”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Classifier human being
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Man, seated, right knee raised, right arm raised, left arm in front of body.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: =j — I
Represents a complete word or concept
Logogram: RHw — men
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative: S — man
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: Man and his occupations
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: People and their occupations
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: In personal names
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: First person singular
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓆓𓂧 𓀀
ḏd =ꞽ
Ich möchte (dazu) sagen:
𓈞𓊃𓀀
ḥmsi̯
Setzt euch!
𓁹 𓏞𓀀
ꞽri̯ zẖꜣ.w
Sei Schreiber!
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- A1
- Unicode
- U+13000
- Category
- A
- Meanings
- 17
- Transliterations
- 12
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
