a type of hieroglyph that functions similarly to a phonogram, representing a series of consonants, but is unable to function autonomously and must follow other phonograms that together represent the same consonants
Origin
The Egyptological sense was apparently coined by Alan Gardiner in his 1927–1957 Egyptian Grammar.
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