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Representing an abstracted, universalized lizard; from the New Kingdom on a gecko is depicted instead. The phonogrammatic value derives by the rebus principle from the glyph’s use as a logogram for ꜥšꜣ (“lizard”).

1. Triliteral phonogram for ꜥšꜣ, as in ꜥšꜣ (“to be numerous”).
2. Logogram for ꜥšꜣ (“lizard”).
3. Determinative in words for lizards, as in ḥntꜣsw (“lizard”), ꜥšꜣ (“lizard”).

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