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In ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the hand symbol represented the phoneme /d/, and was also used as a determinative for actions performed as if with the hands.
Also used in iconography. Pharaoh Den of the First Dynasty used the hand as part of his name: d + n.
An even earlier usage of hand can be compared to the sister hieroglyph: Hand-fist (hieroglyph). Five fists are held onto a rope bordering a hunt scene on a predynastic cosmetic palette. The damaged Bull Palette from Hierakonpolis is notable since each hand forms the base of a wooden vertical standard, with god-like animals, one standing on top of each.
The hand as hieroglyphic character also forms the word for 'hand' in the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic language: ṯet. In line 13, (R-13), one of ten ways for honoring the Pharaoh Ptolemy V was:
In the first half of the Rosetta Stone (the Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V)), supplied by the Nubayrah Stele, line N-22, the hand hieroglyph is used as part of an important word that implies the use of 'hands', or 'action'. The district or town that defiled Pharaoh, and had to be defeated, is referred to as: "[...] (the rebels) they led astray-(hand hieroglyph: seṯeman-sen) the nomes". [2]
The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs (24 letters, but multiple-use hieroglyphs).
a
| i
| y
| '
| ( w ,u)
| B
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P
| F
| M
| N
| R
| H1
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H2
| Kh1
| Kh2
| S
| (Sh)=Š
| Q/K2
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K
| G
| T
| Ch— Tj
| D
| Dj
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| L/(R) (special) (Ptolemaic, etc.)
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| a | i (ee) | y ii | ' ah, (aïn) | w, (u) (oo) | B | |||||||||||||||||
| P | F | M | N | R | H1 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | (Kh)1 | (Kh)2 | S | Sh (Sh) | K emphatic | |||||||||||||||||
| K | G | T | Tj Ch Tsh | D | Dj | |||||||||||||||||
| (additionally 4 for vert/horiz) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||
M (horiz) M2-Plinth |
N (vert) (see: N (red crown) ) |
S (vert) S (folded) cloth) |  M (3rd-M -2nd-vert) M3-Baker's tool (vertical) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (additionally 3 for equivalents) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||
is—
y2-Two strokes |
is—
letter w, u (see w2-Coil ) |
T (no. 2) T2-Pestle |
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