Egyptian
Glyph origin
Representing a woman giving birth, with the depiction of the childβs emerging head and arms seen in
π (
) symbolically replaced by
fennec skins from the hieroglyph
π (
), itself used in various words relating to birth and children. In old examples the woman and the skins are found almost or completely separated.
Symbol
- alternative form of π ()
- (rare, in a single hieratic manuscript) alternative form of π ()
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, βISBN, page 448
- BetrΓ², Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., βISBN