D52
𓂸Transliteration
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Meanings
Representing a human phallus. During the Old Kingdom, this glyph was used to represent the organ and the concepts it represented, while 𓂺 D53 was used to represent the actions the organ performed or the substances issued from it. During the Middle Kingdom, usage of these two signs differed and became less consistent. This glyph was conventionally colored red.
Determinative for "male", such as in ꜥꜣ (“ass”), ṯꜣy (“male, man”), and kꜣ (“bull”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Phonetic mt, such as in mtwt (“poison”) and ḫmt (“three”)
Has a specialized or contextual function
Phonemogram
Has a specialized or contextual function
A phallus with a scrotum.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: KA — bull
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative: Male, penis
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Phonogram: Mt
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓂚 𓂓𓂸
ꜥḥꜣ kꜣ.w
Das Kämpfen der Stiere.
𓈖𓎡𓂸
nk
Kopulieren.
𓁷 𓎡 𓅓𓂸 𓎡
ḥr =k m-bꜣḥ =k
Dein Gesicht ist vor dir.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- D52
- Unicode
- U+130B8
- Category
- D
- Meanings
- 7
- Transliterations
- 10
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
