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𓃾	U+130FE, 𓃾 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH F001

Gardiner number:

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing the head of an ox. Compare cuneiform 𒄞 and the Chinese character 牛.

Symbol

Form of

used in the offering formula as a logogram for kꜣw (“oxen”).

Descendants

Proto-Sinaitic:
- Proto-Canaanite:
  - Phoenician: 𐤀 (ʾ)
    - Ancient Greek: Α (A)
      - Coptic: Ⲁ (A)
      - Cyrillic: А (A)
      - Gothic: 𐌰 (a)
      - Old Italic: 𐌀
        Latin: A
        Runic: ᚨ (a)
    - Aramaic: 𐡀 (ʾ)
      - Hebrew: א
      - Syriac: ܐ, ܐ, ܐ
      - Pahlavi:
        Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠 (ʾ)
        Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀 (ʾ)
        Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮀 (ʾ)
        Avestan: 𐬀 (a), 𐬁 (ā)
      - Nabataean: 𐢀, 𐢁 (ʾ)
        Arabic: ا, ء (ʔ)
      - Mandaic: ࡀ
      - Hatran: 𐣠 (ʾ)
      - Palmyrene: 𐡠 (ʾ)
      - Elymaic: 𐿠 (𐿠)
      - Kharosthi:𐨀
      - (debated) Brahmi: 𑀅 (see there for further descendants)
- South Semitic:
  - Old South Arabian: 𐩱 (ʾ)
    - Ge'ez: አ (ʾä)
  - Ancient North Arabian: 𐪑 (ʾ)

References

Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 461

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