The Arm, palm down or cubit hieroglyph (Gardiner D42) has the phonetic value mḥ. A variant with the upper arm "slanted" is D41.It represents the Egyptian cubit (about 20 inches).
Budge, (1920), 1978. An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, p. 316a.
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