List of hieroglyphs/B

Egyptian hieroglyphs

Types	uniliteral biliteral triliteral

Gardiner sign list	A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA

B1
sitting woman

Determinative:	woman in feminine role (st) Goddess (ntjrt) daughter (sAt) widow (hArt) singer (schm-ayt) (feminine) `I` (j)
Ideogram:	woman in feminine role (st) Goddess (ntjrt) daughter (sAt) widow (hArt) singer (schm-ayt) (feminine) `I` (j)
Commonly placed behind a name to indicate feminine sex of named person.

B2
pregnant woman

Determinative:	to be pregnant (bkA) conceive (jwr)

B3 and B4
birthing woman

Determinative:	to give birth (msj)
Ideogram:	to give birth (msj)

B5
kneeling, breastfeeding woman

Determinative:	to nurse, to nurture, to care for (rnn) wet nurse `n. def. 1` (mnat)

B6
sitting breastfeeding woman

Determinative:	to rear `v. def. 4, 5`

B7
Queen with flower

Determinative:	-

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