ḫw.f-wj

Egyptian

ḫw (“protects”) +‎ .f (“he”) +‎ wj (“me”), thus literally ’He protects me’; longer versions of the name reveal that ‘he’ is the god Khnum.

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xuːʔɛf wi/, /xuːfuː/
- Conventional anglicization: khu.ef-wi, khufu

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Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫw.f-wj

ḫ.f-w

ḫ.f-wf

ḫw.f-w

ḫw.f

Abydos King List

Saqqara King List

→ English: Khufu
→ Ancient Greek: Χέοψ (Khéops), Σοῦφις (Soûphis), Σοφη (Sophē)
- → Latin: Cheops
  - → English: Cheops
  - → Italian: Cheope

von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, →ISBN, page 52, 178

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