B4

Representing a woman giving birth, with the depict

B·Woman and her occupations·U+13053·both

Transliteration

msmsi͗͗

phonogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

holding nothing pregnant kneeled

Meanings

Representing a woman giving birth, with the depiction of the child’s emerging head and arms seen in (B3) symbolically replaced by fennec skins from the hieroglyph (ms), itself used in various words relating to birth and children. In old examples the woman and the skins are found almost or completely separated.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. Phonogram: ms

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

1. Classifier birth

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. alternative form of (B3)

2. alternative form of (A3)

3. Woman, pregnant, seated, both knees down, right arm forward, angling down towards the knee, left arm hanging beside the body, with three vertical lines coming from the legs.