Hieroglyphs Addenda · Signs

𓀁A2 · man with hand to mouth — classifier: eat, speak, think

hand to mouth

Where it comes from

The seated man again — but with his hand raised to his mouth. A silent classifierEgyptology's name for a determinative — the silent sign closing a word to say what kind of thing it is: person, speech, plural, idea for everything the mouth does and everything that feels like it: eat, drink, speak, love, think, keep silent.

How to remember it

Hand to mouth covers every traffic through the lips — food in, words out, and the thoughts behind both. If a word wears this figure, something is happening at the mouth or in the mind behind it.

In the wild

Piece by piece:

• swr≡k — may you drink: water pouring, and the hand at the mouth doing the drinking
• jm≡sn — from them: the cool waters just promised

A blessing for the dead — drink freely — sealed by the figure with his hand raised. The classifierEgyptology's name for a determinative — the silent sign closing a word to say what kind of thing it is: person, speech, plural, idea is taught in 101’s chapter 09; Wenamun’s drink is poured in 102’s chapter 06.