What 𐦩 means
It marks the syllable na.
The scholarly Meroitic transliteration n omits that vowel.
In this script, only 𐦢 (i) usually joins the preceding consonant.
How does 𐦩 relate to Meroitic hieroglyphs?
They wrote the same language in two distinct scripts.
As Egyptian writing waned in Kush, two local scripts emerged: cursive, partly based on Demotic (Egyptian handwriting), for documents and funerary or royal inscriptions; hieroglyphs, based partly on Egyptian hieroglyphs, for temples.
The earliest cursive text dates to around 200 BCE; writing continued through the 4th century CE. By the 6th century, the Coptic-based alphabet used for Old Nubian included three Meroitic signs.
Who writes 𐦩
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐦩 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Meroitic Cursive 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 𐦩
- Also called
- Meroitic na · Meroitic n sign
- Search it as
- Meroitic cursive · Meroitic n · Meroitic hieroglyphs
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐦩\109A9Codes and encoding1 code points
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