Meanings
Representing a woman giving birth, in the posture that would typically be adopted by Egyptian women in such a scenario (crouching over birth bricks, though the bricks themselves are not depicted).
phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value
1. Phonogram: ms
logogramRepresents a complete word or concept
1. Logogram for msj (“to give birth”).
2. Logogram: msj — give birth
determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs
1. Determinative for giving birth, as in msj (“to give birth”), pꜥpꜥ (“to give birth”), etc.
2. Classifier birth
otherHas a specialized or contextual function
1. Woman, pregnant, seated, both knees down, right arm forward, angling down towards the knee, left arm hanging beside the body, with the head and arms of a child coming from the legs.
