N22

N22

broad tongue of land
N·Sky, earth, water·U+13206·both

Transliteration

sḫtwḏbi͗͗dbꜥḥt
phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother

Shape tags

Meanings

Representing a sandy tongue of land. The sand is sometimes represented as speckles across the glyph. This was the Old Kingdom precursor to both N20N20 () and N21N21 ().

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. Triliteral phonogram for wḏb.

logogramRepresents a complete word or concept

1. Logogram (riverbank)

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

1. Determinative in wḏb (“sandbank, shore”).

2. Determinative for land, as in ꜥḥt (“field”).

3. Determinative: lꜥnd

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. A tongue of land with a vertical line at the front.