Meanings
Representing an archer’s bow consisting of two oryx horns joined by a wooden centerpiece. Compare the Chinese character 弓. The phonogrammatic value of pḏ is derived by the rebus principle from its use as the logogram for pḏt (“bow”).
Biliteral phonogram for pḏ or (later) pd, as in pḏ (“stretch”).
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Logogram for pḏt (“bow”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative for words relating to bows.
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Classifier bow, weapon
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
A bow, written horizontally, with a rectangular central section, with the tips of the bow forming a bowl-shaped loop.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: PDt — bow
Represents a complete word or concept
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓌒𓏏 𓂧𓋴
pḏi̯.t ds
Das Schärfen des Messers.
𓇋 𓁷 𓊪𓏏𓇯 𓅡𓈎𓇣 𓊪𓌒𓏏𓇯
ꞽꜥi̯ ḥr p.t bꜣq pḏ.t
Das Antlitz des Himmels ist gewaschen, die Ausgespannte (scil. Weite des Himmels) ist klar.
𓂜𓈖 𓃀𓋴𓆟 𓎢 𓇋𓈖 𓌒𓏏𓅂𓌙𓀀𓏥
nn bz =k ꞽn pḏ.tꞽw.PL
"(Und) deine Beisetzung wird nicht durch die Bogenleute geschehen!"
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- T9
- Unicode
- U+13312
- Category
- T
- Meanings
- 6
- Transliterations
- 9
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
