𓅱
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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a quail chick. In semi-cursive hieroglyphic writing the head tends to be summarized as a hook. This glyph was conventionally colored yellow.
Symbol
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(w)
- Uniliteral phonogram for w, as in the plural ending -w.
References
- Fischer, Henry (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
- Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 48
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