In ancient Egypt, a shen ring was a circle with a line tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means "encircling" in ancient Egyptian, while the shen ring itself represents eternal protection.
In Gardiner's sign list, it is sign V9.
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| shen šn in hieroglyphs | ||
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| Gardiner: V9 | ||
