The star 𓇼 hieroglyph 𓊹𓌃𓏪 is one of my favorite symbols! I am an Earth/Environmental scientist, and I love astronomy (I teach Earth Science and Astrophysics)! Fun Fact about me: I went to Kennedy Space Center for my Sweet 16!
The star 𓇼 hieroglyph 𓊹𓌃 is so cool because it can function as a determinative, phonogram, and ideogram! Let’s take a look at how that works!
The word for star is “𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼” and here the “𓇼” functions as the determinative, or the last symbol in the word that almost acts as punctuation to let the reader know the general meaning of the word. It can also be used as the determinative in the name 𓂋𓈖 of a specific star, like “Sirius 𓇮𓏏𓇼”
In words like “𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐 Duat/afterlife” or
“𓇼𓄿𓇳 morning/tomorrow,” the “𓇼” functions as a phonogram for the sound “dw3” (almost like “dua”).
The word “star,” while written like “ 𓋴𓃀𓄿𓇼,” can also just be written as “𓇼𓏺,” and here the “𓇼” symbol functions as an ideogram, or a symbol that is used to write the word it represents.