The ancient Egyptian Hare hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. E34 (𓃹) is a portrayal of the desert hare or Cape hare, Lepus capensis of Egypt, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of sekhat for the hare.Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, biliteral: B80, p. 232-233.
It is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value wn,Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Biliteral: B80, p. 232-233. (or un), often used in a hieroglyph composition block with the horizontal n. E34:N35:N35 or E34:N35
The biliteral expresses the sound "oon", or "oonen",;Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998, p. 232-233, p. 232. it is also an ideogram for the verb "to be", or "to exist",Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998, p. 232-233, p. 232. (i.e. "is", "are", "was", etc.).
The famous Pharaoh Unas, (for his Pyramid Texts), is named using the hare hieroglyph. It also appears in the name of Wenamun, a (possibly fictional) priest who appears in a famous history of c. 1000 BCE.
See also
Gardiner's Sign List#E. Mammals List of Egyptian hieroglyphs Pharaoh Unas - (titulary)
References
Schumann-Antelme, and Rossini, 1998. Illustrated Hieroglyphics Handbook, Ruth Schumann-Antelme, and Stéphane Rossini. c 1998, English trans. 2002, Sterling Publishing Co. (Index, Summary lists (tables), selected uniliterals, biliterals, and triliterals.) (softcover, )