Meanings
A crouching depiction of the Egyptian desert hare (Lepus capensis aegyptius), called sẖꜥt. The use of the hare as a phonogram for wn could derive from an ancient epithet of ‘runner’ for the hare. Compare the Chinese character 兔.
Biliteral phonogram for wn.
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Logogram for wn (“desert hare”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Phonemogram
Has a specialized or contextual function
A desert hare, lying down, with whiskers.
Has a specialized or contextual function
A desert hare, lying down.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Phonogram: Wn
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓃹𓈖𓈖 𓄤
wnn nfr
Es wird gut sein.
𓃹𓀙 𓐩𓏌
wn.w nḏ
Torwächter Nedj
𓃹𓈖 𓍿𓅱
wni̯ ṯw
Beeile dich!
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- E34
- Unicode
- U+130F9
- Category
- E
- Meanings
- 6
- Transliterations
- 1
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
