Night (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Night hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed nos. N3 is a portrayal of the "sky with the 'was' scepter hanging from it"; it is in the Gardiner subset for "sky, earth, and water". In the Egyptian language, the "night hieroglyph" is used as a determinative for words relating to 'obscurity'. In the language it is used for "grh"-(grḥ), and "w(kh)"-(uḫ) for night, and "kkw"-(kku) for dark, and a determinative for other related words.