Hand (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.

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).