A forearm, with the palm of the hand facing upwards

ꜥ

Aggregated from sources · not yet reviewed

[1][2]

Pronunciation

ꜥ

Note

Vowels are not attested in Egyptian writing; the transliteration is a modern scholarly convention, not a reconstructed pronunciation.

Phonogram · uniliteral

ꜥAggregated from sources · not yet reviewed

[1][2]

Logogram

ꜥarm, hand (usually with a stroke)Aggregated from sources · not yet reviewed

[1][3]

ꜥ

𓂝

𓏤

Spelled with D36, Z1

arm

• Middle Egyptian

Role: Logogram · Reading: ꜥ

[3]

rꜥ

𓂋

𓂝

𓇳

Spelled with D21, D36, N5

sun; the god Re

• Middle Egyptian

Role: Phonogram (uniliteral) · Reading: ꜥ

[3]

ꜥꜣ

𓉻

𓂝

𓄿

Spelled with O29, D36, G1

great

• Middle Egyptian

Role: Phonogram (uniliteral) · Reading: ꜥ

[3]

Story of Sinuhe, opening

Text

• Middle Egyptian

P. Berlin 10499 (R), R 1

ꞽry-pꜥt ḥꜣty-ꜥ

“The hereditary noble and count”

ḥꜣty-ꜥ ends with the arm sign as ꜥ.

[4]

Discussion

[1]

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 D36; Sign-list D37; Excursus A

[2]

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

Cited for: U+1309D

[3]

Faulkner, Raymond O. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Griffith Institute, 1962.

Cited for: s.v. ꜥ; s.v. rꜥ; s.v. ꜥꜣ

[4]

Koch, Roland. Die Erzählung des Sinuhe. Bibliotheca Aegyptiaca 17. Brussels: Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1990.

Cited for: R 1

History

1. 2 Oct 2026·Direct edit

   Changed sign D36

   Common rank

   — → 4

   Edited by Archive maintainers