Meanings
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.
1. Phonogram: mwt
1. Determinative for death, as in mwt (“to die”).
2. Determinative for enemies, as in ḫftj (“enemy”).
3. Classifier rebel, opponent
4. Determinative: death
5. Determinative: enemy
1. Man, curled up, right and left lower legs separated, back nearly horizontal, both arms forward, forearms horizontal, grasping a line of liquid (blood) which comes from the head.
Words Using This Glyph
vessel (of the body); cord (of muscles, tenons, etc.)
companions
foes, enemies, opponents
foe
moor, die
Related Glyphs
Royal Names Using This Glyph
This glyph appears in 1 royal name.