π“ˆ˜


π“ˆ˜ U+13218, 𓈘
EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH N036
Gardiner number:N36
← π“ˆ—
[U+13217] 		Egyptian Hieroglyphs π“ˆ™ β†’
[U+13219]

Egyptian

Glyph origin
Representing a canal bordered by banks and dikes. In detailed Old Kingdom depictions the water area is covered with zigzagging ripples,
N36A
. Sometimes the canal is shown curved rather than straight,
N100
, especially in the Old Kingdom. This glyph partly supplanted
N22
(π“ˆ†), its variants
N21
(π“ˆ…) and
N20
(π“ˆ„), and
Aa12
(π“š) as a determinative for cultivated land in the 8th Dynasty, but in this function eventually changed into the form
N23
(π“ˆ‡) in the 11th Dynasty. The water in the canal is conventionally green, or sometimes (lighter) blue; the outline is (darker) blue, perhaps representing mud brick. The phonogrammatic value of mr is derived by the rebus principle from its use as a logogram for mr (β€œcanal”).

Symbol
N36
 (mr, mj)
  1. Biliteral phonogram for mr.
  2. Biliteral phonogram for mj, as in mjzt (β€œliver”), mjκœ₯αΈ₯κœ₯t (β€œtomb”). [since the 18th Dynasty]
  3. Logogram for mr (β€œcanal”).
  4. Determinative for bodies of water, interchanging with π“ˆ™ (
    S
    ) in early times.
  5. Used in
    mwN36
    N23
    or
    mwN36
    , a composite determinative for bodies of water.     [since the 18th Dynasty]
  6. Determinative for irrigated land. [8th–11th Dynasty]

References
  • Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, β†’ISBN, page 491
  • Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, β†’ISBN, pages 35–36
  • BetrΓ², Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., β†’ISBN
  • David Nunn, A Palaeography of Polychrome Hieroglyphs (2020)
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