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Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a cut block of stone or brick. The dimension of the sign varies, and it may be written long like
๐ (
), with which it should not be confused, although it was often written shorter to distinguish it. The stone glyph conventionally colored either white (in many examples, representing a whitish stone such as limestone), or blue (in other examples, perhaps representing a mud-brickโas Egyptian scribes generally used a limited color palette that did not include grey or brownโor a block of dark stone such as basalt or greywacke).
Compare the Chinese character ็ณ.
Symbol
- Logogram for jnr (โstoneโ).
- Determinative for stone, as in jnr (โstoneโ), ๊ฅ๊ฃt (โprecious stoneโ), dbn (โdeben, a measure of weightโ), ๊ฅr (โpebbleโ), แธbt (โbrickโ).
Usage notes
This glyph and
(
๐) are extremely similar, see the usage notes there regarding typical coloration and other distinguishing features of the two.
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