Shu in Hieroglyphs

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Once again, these hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 are from the wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 Coffin 𓋴𓅱𓎛𓏏𓆱 of Khnumnakht, an individual who lived during the 12th-13th Dynasties (c. 1850-1750 B.C.E.).

These hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 pictured spell out the name 𓂋𓈖 of the god 𓊹 “Shu 𓆄𓅱.” Shu 𓆄𓅱 is the god 𓊹 of the atmosphere/air and sunlight. The name 𓂋𓈖 Shu can also mean “emptiness.” In this inscription, the determinative symbol is missing; Shu can also be written as “𓆄𓅱𓀭.”

The “feather 𓆄” is a biliteral symbol and is representative of the sound šw. “𓆄” can also function as an ideogram for “feather 𓆄𓏺,” and as a determinative for “Maat/Truth 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓆄.”

The “Quail Chick 𓅱” is a super popular symbol! It is a uniliteral symbol that is representative of the sound w/u, and it is also an ideogram for the word “chick 𓅱𓏺.”

Here are some other words that are similar to Shu 𓆄𓅱! What is so cool about all of the words is that they all have to do with the atmosphere!
𓆄𓅱𓅨 – Empty
𓆄𓅱𓇳, 𓆄𓅱𓇶 – sun, sunlight
𓆄𓅱𓇳 – be dry