Meanings
This was originally three different glyphs: one representing a sandy tract of land (an island in the Nile or a sandy hill in the flood plain, N18), one representing a bolt of rolled-up linen ( , variant ), and one representing a roll of bread ( , variant
X4 ()). The land glyph is generally colored reddish yellow and sometimes speckled to indicate sand.
1. Logogram for jw (“island”).
2. Logogram (island)
3. Logogram: jw — island
4. Logogram: ḥr-ꜣḫtj — ḥꜥrꜥkhti
1. Determinative for deserts and foreign countries, as in ꜣḫt (“place of sunrise/sunset”), ṯḥnw (“libya”), stt (“ꜣsiꜥ”).
2. Determinative: desert, foreign land
Words Using This Glyph
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A87A
logogramMan and his occupations
A101B
Man and his occupations
A102
Man and his occupations
A123
determinativeMan and his occupations
D142
Parts of the human body
G49
phonogramBirds
G49E
logogramBirds
G49D
Birds
N18A
phonogramSky, earth, water
N19
phonogramSky, earth, water
N102
logogramSky, earth, water
O239
phonogramBuildings, parts of buildings, etc.
O352
Buildings, parts of buildings, etc.
S130
determinativeCrowns, dress, staves, etc.
S132
Crowns, dress, staves, etc.
T95
phonogramWarfare, hunting, butchery
Related Glyphs
Royal Names Using This Glyph
This glyph appears in 2 royal names.