𓃾

𓃾	U+130FE, 𓃾 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH F001

Gardiner number:

← 𓃽
[U+130FD]

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

𓃿 →
[U+130FF]

Egyptian

Glyph origin

Representing the head of an ox. Compare cuneiform 𒄞 and the Chinese character 牛.

Symbol

Form of

used in the offering formula as a logogram for kꜣw (“oxen”).

Descendants

Proto-Sinaitic:
- Proto-Canaanite:
  - Phoenician script: 𐤀
    - Greek script: Α
      - Coptic script: Ⲁ
      - Cyrillic script: А
      - Gothic script: 𐌰
      - Old Italic script: 𐌀
        Latin script: A
        Runic script: ᚨ
    - Imperial Aramaic script: 𐡀
      - Hebrew script: א
      - Syriac script: ܐ
      - Pahlavi:
        Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠
        Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭀
        Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮀
        Avestan script: 𐬀, 𐬁
      - Nabataean script: 𐢀, 𐢁
        Arabic script: ا
        N'Ko script: ߊ
      - Mandaic script: ࡀ
      - Hatran script: 𐣠
      - Palmyrene script: 𐡠
      - Elymaic script: 𐿠
      - Kharoshthi script: 𐨀
      - >? Brahmi script: 𑀅 (see there for further descendants)
- Ancient South Arabian script: 𐩱
  - Ethiopic script: አ
- Ancient North Arabian script: 𐪑

References

Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 461