What 𓃢 means
It is the recumbent jackal sign associated with Anubis. Ancient scribes used it as a logogram—a sign standing for a name or word—for Anubis, and as a classifier after a consonant spelling to mark a related meaning. A classifier guides interpretation; it is not pronounced.
Jackal gods appear in Egypt's earliest written records around 3100 BC. The Thot Sign List records Old Kingdom examples associated with Unas, Teti, and Pepi I. The sign belongs to an evolving funerary tradition, not a one-time invention.
Why does this sign have another reading?
The signs around it change its job. The Thot Sign List also records E15 in an 18th Dynasty title for a person entrusted with hidden knowledge, in a deliberately cryptic form of hieroglyphic writing.
Does this mean Anubis when someone sends it?
It can point to Anubis, but it is not a full translation. In a message, the sign is a broad reference to Anubis, a jackal, or ancient Egyptian funerary imagery. A lone sign cannot tell you which one the sender means, so ask for context before treating it as a translation.
Historically funerary and specialist; in a modern message, it needs context to land.
Do not read every recumbent canine sign as Anubis.
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does this hieroglyph look different in another font?
Across text platforms, fonts may render the encoded sign with different detail; the encoding preserves the sign's identity, not every paleographic stroke. Compare a photo or facsimile when the exact ancient drawing matters.
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How to type or find 𓃢
- Also called
- Anubis glyph · Anubis sign · jackal hieroglyph
- Search it as
- anubis · jackal · dog · egyptian jackal · anubis symbol · jackal glyph · jackal symbol · e15
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𓃢\130E2Codes and encoding1 code points
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