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Glyph origin
Representing the human eye. Compare the Chinese character. The hieroglyph was given a somewhat elongated appearance with the iris partly covered by the upper lid. The outline of the eye was generally black; the sclera was white; the iris was often red (sometimes with a black pupil), but sometimes black. The phonogrammatic value of is derived by the rebus principle from the glyph’s use as the logogram for.