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Friday, December 17, 2021

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Urbi & Orbi
 G43 — The quail chick is the symbol for the Letter U It's pronounced "Ooo"

G43
w / u̯ (G43) —(en: Gardiner's Sign List)

Egyptian hieroglyph: Quail chick: phonogram w "oo" or u

property (w); an enclitic negative particle: not (w); dependent pronoun: I, me (wỉ); an admirative particle: how! (wy)
The component in phonograms
G44
 
G45
 
G46
ww (G44) phon ww; wˁ (G45) phon wa; mȝw (G46) phon maw.
Similar forms:
G50
rḫty (G50) Two plovers: logogram of the launderer.
Others phonograms w
Z7
w / u̯ (Z7) Hieratic adaption. Category: Coil (w hieroglyph)
𓁹 D4 U+13079 eye I 
  • eye (jrt)
  • make (mꜣ)
  • see (mꜣꜣ)
  • watchto be watchfulto be awake (rs)
  • to be blind (šp)
  • Osiris

There are two hieroglyphs for the letter "G". They represent the different sounds of the letter.
  1. The pot stand is used for the hard 'G' sound in words like great and God, and names like Gary and Margaret
  2. The cobra is used for the soft 'G' sound in words like gentle, giant and names like George and Gemma.

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