Meanings
Representation of a bird and fish.
1
determinative
Determinative in the word ḥꜣm/ḥjm (“to net fish or birds”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
2
determinative
Classifier catching fish
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
3
other
A cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), pecking and standing upon a fish with a long broad fin on its back, and two small fins on its belly.
Has a specialized or contextual function
4
determinative
Determinative: HAm — catch fish
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓎛𓅓𓅻 𓊪 𓉲𓎱𓆝 𓊪𓅱
ḥ(ꜣ)m p(ꜣ) ḥꜣb pw
Dieses Fischen ist ein Fang.
2345 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian
𓅻𓅆 𓊏𓊪𓅆 𓊗𓏻 𓈖𓏏𓏭 𓅓 𓊪𓏏𓇯
wḥꜥ šzp zp-2 n.tꞽ m p.t
(Oh) $Wḥꜥ$, (oh) $Šzp$, die im Himmel sind!
1292 BCE – 1077 BCElate Egyptian
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- G51
- Unicode
- U+1317B
- Category
- G
- Meanings
- 4
- Transliterations
- 3
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 2
