Meanings
Three saddle-billed storks
phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value
1. Phonogram: bꜣw
logogramRepresents a complete word or concept
1. Logogram (souls)
2. Logogram: bꜣw — might
otherHas a specialized or contextual function
1. Plural of (bꜣ).
2. Ideogram for bꜣw (“impressiveness, power”).
3. Three saddle-billed storks (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), overlapping each other, the first bird having a lappet.
Words Using This Glyph
bꜣwNOUN
souls (of dead)
gm.bꜣw.sNOUN
(a name for Hathor and other goddesses)
bꜣw.rꜥNOUN
book, holy writing
bꜣw.ntrwNOUN
book, holy writing
rḫtywNOUN
Washermen
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Royal Names Using This Glyph
Neferkauhor
Amenemhat III★ Notable
Sobekhotep IV
Merenptah
This glyph appears in 4 royal names.