Gardiner G42

A widgeon (Mareca penelope)

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Description
A widgeon (Mareca penelope)
Category
G
Shape family
G-07
Unicode
U+13170 · EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH G042
Readings
ḏfꜣ
Functions
phonogram

Readings

ḏfꜣ
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[1]
Pronunciation
ḏfꜣ
Note
Vowels are not attested in Egyptian writing; the transliteration is a modern scholarly convention, not a reconstructed pronunciation.

Functions

Phonogram · triliteral
ḏfꜣAggregated from sources · not yet reviewed
[1]

Words

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Attestations

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Sources

[1]

Unicode Consortium. Unikemet Data for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Unicode 17.0.0 (Unikemet-17.0.0.txt).

Cited for: U+13170

[2]

Gardiner, Alan H. Egyptian Grammar. 3rd ed. Griffith Institute, 1957.

Origin of the Gardiner sign-list numbering (e.g. A1, D21).

Cited for: Sign-list G42

External data

From Unikemet 18.0.0, Unicode, Inc. Not reviewed by this archive; sources vary. Licence · Source

Description
A widgeon (Mareca penelope).
Functions
  • Phonemogram
Readings (unreviewed)
ḏfꜣ
Core status
Core
Catalogue
G042 · G-07-003

Unicode License v3 (Unicode terms of use). Retrieved 2026-05-19.

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