O40
stairwayTransliteration
phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother
Shape tags
Variants (1)
Meanings
Representing a stairway, conventionally with four steps.
phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value
1. Phonogram: rwd
logogramRepresents a complete word or concept
1. Logogram for or determinative in rwd (“stairway”).
2. Logogram for or determinative in ḫtw (“platform, terrace, terraced hillside”).
3. Logogram stairway
4. Logogram: rwd — stairway
5. Logogram: ḫtjw — terrace
determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs
1. Determinative for stairways and stepped constructions.
2. Determinative: stairway
otherHas a specialized or contextual function
1. A stairway.
