1. The first visual impression of hahe glyphs is certainly not evincing the picture of 'to surround'. Instead it appears to be the opposite, at least if we consider the two symbols of tic-tac-toe:

X O

A zero or the letter O can be seen as a circumference (which surrounds an interior area). According to Wikipedia the game tic-tac-toe originates from ancient Egypt.

Wilkinson illustrates the use of senet, a variant of checkers, with a scene from a game played between lion and gazelle:

Senet may have illustrated how life after death was dependent upon winning in a game of chance against the dark forces. Maybe it helped if you crossed your fingers. Otherwise you were bound to be engulfed.

The lion surely represents the light side, and therefore the gazelle must be his dark opponent. The dark side gazelle is sitting on what looks like a hahe sign. But the lion is not sitting on a zero sign, instead it seems to be a moon crescent, the inside of which is divided horizontally in two halves (a sign which is also shown in his ear). Maybe it means 8, a sign of successfully moving on past the temporal death, like the Moon. But the moon crescent is the tail of the lion. And he is not sitting on his tail. Instead it is a chair similar to the Chinese hieroglyph for sun: