Meanings
Representing a man crouching with his arms raised, hiding. In later depictions (since partway through the 18th Dynasty), the man is hiding behind a wall; in earlier depictions the wall is not present, and the glyph was visually similar to 𓀃 (A4) but for the different posture. 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).
Determinative for jmn (“hide”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Logogram (to hide)
Represents a complete word or concept
Man, seated, right knee raised, back straight, both arms raised in front, hand palms outwards, under a corner of a wall.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Determinative: Hide
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- A5
- Unicode
- U+13005
- Category
- A
- Meanings
- 4
- Transliterations
- 3
- Source
- both
