“Lung and Windpipe” Hieroglyphic Symbol

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! 

Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to look more closely at the hieroglyphic 𓊹𓌃 symbol of “𓄥.” Many will confuse this symbol with the ever popular “𓄤 nfr” as they look very similar to each other! 

The “lung and windpipe 𓄥” is a triliteral phonogram which would represent the sound zm3/sm3. This symbol only functions as a phonogram! 

The 3 is part of the phonetic alphabet and sounds like “ah” – it is a good idea to learn the phonetic alphabet of you want to learn the hieroglyphic “sounds”.

Here are some words that have the symbol 𓄥 in them:

𓊃𓌴𓄥𓅱𓄺 – Lungs

𓄥𓏏𓂝𓏺𓃉 – Offering (variant of 𓊵𓏏𓊪𓏏𓏔𓏦)

𓄥𓄿𓏜 / 𓊃𓌴𓄥 – Unite