Wick (hieroglyph)
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The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp-(or "types of small whisk brooms"(?)).
The wick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter h.[1] A second and equivalent h hieroglyph is the plan view of a reed shelter,
, Gardiner no. O4.
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The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs. (24 letters, but multiple use hieroglyphs)
a
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i
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y
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'
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(w,u)
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B
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P
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F
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M
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N
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R
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H1
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H2
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Kh1
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Kh2
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S
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(Sh)=Š
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Q/K2
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K
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G
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T
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Ch—Tj
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D
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Dj
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| L/(R) (special) (Ptolemaic, etc.)
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| a | i (ee) |
y ii |
' ah, (aïn) |
w, (u) (oo) |
B | |||||||||||||||||
| P | F | M | N | R | H1 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | (Kh)1 | (Kh)2 | S | Sh (Sh) |
K emphatic | |||||||||||||||||
| K | G | T | Tj Ch Tsh |
D | Dj | |||||||||||||||||
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M (horiz) M2-Plinth |
N (vert) (see: N (red crown)) |
S (vert) S (folded) cloth) |
 M (3rd-M -2nd-vert) M3-Baker's tool (vertical) | |||||||||||||||||||
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is—
y2-Two strokes |
is—
letter w, u (see w2-Coil) |
T (no. 2) T2-Pestle |
See also
References
- ↑ Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, uniliteral: U9, p. 34-35.
- Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, ISBN 1-4027-0025-3)
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