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Representing the Eye of Horus or wḏꜣt (literally “Intact One”) in the form of a human eye with the markings of a falcon’s head. The vertical stripe represents the dark spot found beneath the falcon’s eye, while the spiral stylizes the feather pattern behind this spot.

1. Logogram for wḏꜣt (“Eye of Horus”).
2. Determinative in wḏꜣt (“Eye of Horus”).

• Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 451
• Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN
• Betrò, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., →ISBN