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𓏭 U+133ED, 𓏭
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH Z004
Gardiner number:Z4
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[U+133EC] 		Egyptian Hieroglyphs 𓏮 →
[U+133EE]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Showing two strokes, often diagonal but sometimes vertical, to represent duality. This glyph was conventionally colored black. The phonetic value of j is derived from its use as the dual ending, -j.

Symbol

y

(j)

  1. Uniliteral phonogram for j.
  2. Used as an ideogram for dual number: see -j.

Usage notes

Some transliteration schemes treat this glyph as a phonogrammatic variant of
i
(j), while others treat it as a variant of
ii
(y), and some treat all three as equivalent.

References

  • 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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