D52

phallus

D·Parts of the human body·U+130B8·both

Transliteration

mt¹²bꜣḥmtwt³

phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

private parts

Variants (1)

D52A

Meanings

Representing a human phallus. During the Old Kingdom, this glyph was used to represent the organ and the concepts it represented, while D53 was used to represent the actions the organ performed or the substances issued from it. During the Middle Kingdom, usage of these two signs differed and became less consistent. This glyph was conventionally colored red.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. Phonogram: mt

logogramRepresents a complete word or concept

1. Logogram: kꜣ — bull

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

1. Determinative for "male", such as in ꜥꜣ (“ass”), tꜣy (“male, man”), and kꜣ (“bull”).

2. Determinative: Male, penis

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. Phonetic mt, such as in mtwt (“poison”) and ḫmt (“three”)

2. A phallus with a scrotum.