What 𓃸 means
It marks a monkey word or can stand for “vervet monkey.” A determinative is a silent sign that marks a word’s category; a logogram writes a whole word. E33 can classify a monkey word or write the Ancient Egyptian word conventionally transliterated gjf (also gif), “vervet monkey.”
When does hieroglyphic writing first appear?
Clear hieroglyphic inscriptions date to around 3150 BCE. The earliest are short labels that often name a ruler or place; hieroglyphs also appeared on ceremonial objects. Egyptians later used the script on monuments, tombs, and religious writing. That date belongs to the writing system as a whole, not specifically to E33.
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Who writes 𓃸
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𓃸 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𓃸
- Also called
- E33 · monkey sign · vervet monkey sign
- Search it as
- Gardiner E33 · monkey hieroglyph · vervet monkey · gjf · gif monkey · baboon hieroglyph · Thoth baboon
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𓃸\130F8Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.