Hapy 𓐑𓊪𓇌

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at the name of the Egyptian god “Hapy 𓐑𓊪𓇌.”

Hapy 𓐑𓊪𓇌 was one of the Four Sons of Horus who had the heqd of a baboon and appeared mostly on Canopic Jars and in funerary inscriptions. Hapy 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓇌 was tasked with protecting 𓅓𓂝𓎡𓀜 the lungs 𓊃𓌴𓄥𓅱𓄺!

Hapy’s 𓐑𓊪𓇌 name is very phonetic and uses many phonogram symbols to write it out! Let’s take a closer look at the name: 

𓐑 – ḥp

𓊪 – p

𓇌 – y

Let’s break down the symbols: 

The “part of a ship 𓐑” symbol is a biliteral phonogram for the sound “ḥp.” 

The “stool 𓊪” symbol is a uniliteral phonogram for the sound “p.” Here it is acting as a phonetic complement, which is emphasizing the “p” sound from “𓐑 hp.” 

The “double reed 𓇌” symbol acts similarly to the “reed 𓇋.” When the symbol is doubled, it usually acts as a uniliteral phonogram with the sound of “y.” 

Another very common way to write Hapy in hieroglyphs is “𓎛𓊪𓐑𓇌.” 

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