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The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|meli}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|meli}}}}) represents a person with long hair or wearing a {{w|hijab}}. An alternate glyph variant ({{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv81';">meli</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}) is derived from the planetary {{w|gender symbol}} also used for {{w|Venus}} (&female;).

The {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} word glyph for {{tp|meli}} ({{ss|meli}}) is derived from thean Early Pagan and Christian symbol for woman, in the shape of a triangle with a line on top.<ref>[[Gabel, Jonathan]] (2012). [https://jonathangabel.com/toki-pona/acknowledgements/ "{{tok|sitelen sitelen}} acknowledgements and etymology"]. Retrieved 16 November 2023.</ref><ref>Koch, Rudolph (1955). ''The book of signs, which contains all manner of symbols used from the earliest times to the Middle Ages by primitive peoples and early Christians''. ''Dover Books''. {{w|ISBN}} 978-7-240-01716-6. p. 9.</ref> The symbol is placed inside a circle and on top of a "pedestal", similarly to other gender glyphs.