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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing two reed
panicles, as a reduplication of
(
π, phonogram for
j).
Symbol
(y)
- Uniliteral phonogram for y.
Usage notes
Some transliteration schemes treat this as a simple variant of its unreduplicated counterpart, transliterating them all alike as j.
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, βISBN, page 481
