𓊅

𓊅 - Egyptian

Glyph origin

Originally representing the plan of a fortified brick enclosure with buttresslike projections. Very early this signification was forgotten and the glyph was reinterpreted as a wall. A horizontal variant is also found. Compare the Chinese character 囗.

Symbol

Logogram for or determinative in jnb (“wall”).
Determinative for walls, as in wmtt (“fortification, bulwark”), snb (“to overleap (a wall)”).