·    A. 4-component – long / “rectangular”, quadripartite glyph:

o Element 1: Bracket (can be rounder, almost 3/4 circle).

o Element 2: Washer with reinforcement on the end adjoining Element 3.

o Element 3: Oval with reinforcement on the end adjoining Element 4 (alternatively: bold bracket).

o Element 4: tri-foliate element:

§ Rather “stubby” leaves.

§ Often with spine.

Bonn recognizes a sub-sub-variant of “A” (0068tf) where the “washer” is covered by a different main sign, leaving the “bracket and the leaves” to stick out one side and the “end bracket” to stick out from either end of the main sign.

·    B. 3-component – long / “rectangular”, tripartite glyph:

o Resembles the 4-component sub-variant but without the “last” component. “Last” being the bottom component of the 4-component sub-variant when the leaves are pointing up and the leftmost component of the 4-component sub-variant when the leaves are pointing right.

Bonn recognizes a sub-sub-variant of “B” (0068tt) where the “washer” is covered by a different main sign, leaving the “bracket and the leaves” to stick out one side (which would usually be the top or the right).

·     Do not confuse tz’a with the visually similar SAK (particularly similar in the 3-component sub-variant):

o SAK has three components: a washer, a bracket, and 2 or 3 “leaves”.

o Usually, tz’a has four components: a bracket, a washer, a bracket, and (always) 3 “leaves”. When the first (“outside”/“bottom”) bracket is missing, it looks rather like SAK. In most cases, context can be used to determine which of the two is intended.

o In any case, the “leaves” of tz’a are more pointed, and the “leaves” of SAK are more rounded.