Hieroglyph
Gardiner Unicode
Description
Ideogram
Phonogram
Notes
A
Man and his occupations
𓀀
seated man
I, me, my (masculine) (.j )
man (z )
Determinative for masculine names
𓀁
man with hand to mouth
eat (wnm )
drink (zwr )
speak , think , recount (sḏd )
refrain from speech, be(come) silent (gr )
plan, plot (kꜣj )
love (mrj )
Determinative for activities involving the mouth, head, or ideas
𓀂
man sitting on heel
sit, besiege, dwell (ḥmsj )
𓀃
seated man with hands raised
offer, praise, beseech (dwꜣ )
hide, conceal (jmn )
𓀄
crouching man hiding behind wall
Determinative for words relating to concealing, secret, mysterious
𓀅
seated man hiding behind wall
𓀆
seated man under vase from which water flows
Possibly refers to all aspects of 'clean' dependent on context, i.e. 'cleanliness', 'to cleanse', 'purify', etc.
𓀇
seated man reaching for libation stone, under vase from which water flows
𓀈
seated man reaching down, under vase from which water flows
𓀉
fatigued man
to be tired or weak (wrḏ )
𓀊
man performing hnw -rite
rejoice , celebrate , to be jubilant (hnw )
Possibly also 'joyful', 'celebratory', etc.
𓀋
man steadying basket on head
work , toil (kꜣt )
load (verb or noun) , burden (ꜣdp )
carry, haul (fꜣj )
f, .f (Ptolemaic, from fꜣj )
1a. to load, to be laden, master of the load; equals Coptic language , ⲱⲧⲡ ; (minor use for ꜣtp , ꜣṯp ); 1b. to carry, to bear; additional constructs for carrier, bearer, supporter, (and types thereof); for fꜣ dnj , the "bearer-of-the-basket", see: Greek Kanephoros ; 2. for kꜣt , kꜣwtj
𓀌
seated man holding oar
to saw (sqdw )
rower, oarsman (ẖn )
𓀍
seated man holding scepter of authority and shepherd's crook
𓀎
soldier with bow and quiver
soldier , company/unit of soldiers (mnfyt ), army/expedition (mšꜥ )
𓀏
man with arms tied behind his back
Possibly also 'criminal', 'traitor', 'prisoner'
𓀐
falling man with blood streaming from his head
The wound is either self-inflicted or from a weapon strike.
The A14 figure could be a youth or child, being depicted without clothing, while A14A would be an adult.
𓀑
man whose head is hit with an axe
𓀒
man falling
𓀓
man bowing down
to bend or bow oneself (ksj )
A. Determinative for ks , ksj , & ks , to bow, to do homage, to submit; B. same for ḫꜣb , (and thematic words of ḫꜣ-ꜣ-b, star & luminary, hippopotamus, lamp & light, etc.)
𓀔
child sitting with hand to mouth
young , child (šrj )
orphan (nmḥ )
child (ẖrd, ḫy )
infant (nnj )
ms, nn
A17, depicted with bare head, indicates the figure as a 'lower' class than A17A
𓀕
child sitting with arms hanging down
Noble/Aristocratic Supplement for A3 and A17 sitting , sitting youth
The head of A17A indicates the class of the figure to be of a 'higher' class than A17
𓀖
child wearing red crown
𓀗
bent man leaning on staff
old , to be fragile (jꜥw )
elder (smsw )
great (wr )
to lean (rhn )
to hit (ḥwj )
jk
Perhaps also wise and sage
𓀘
man leaning on forked staff
𓀙
man holding staff with handkerchief
Civil Servant (sr )
Courtier (smr )
great (wr )
strike (ḥwj )
𓀚
statue of man with staff and scepter of authority
𓀛
king with staff and mace with round head
monarch , lord , ruler (jty )
𓀜
man striking with both hands
to hit or strike (ḥwj )
power , strength (nḫt )
teach lesson or instruct (sbꜣ )
call (njs )
be happy (ḥꜥj )
𓀝
man striking, with left arm hanging behind back
Most likely synonymous with A24
𓀞
man with one arm pointing forward
𓀟
hastening man
jn
𓀠
man with hands raised on either side
to be high, in high spirits, elevate (qꜣj )
mourn (ḥꜣj )
𓀡
man upside down
𓀢
man with hands raised in front
praise , adore , laud , thank (dwꜣ )
𓀣
man with hands raised behind him
𓀤
man dancing with arms to the back
dance (ḫbj )
cheer , rejoice (hy-hnw )
dance, dancer (jb )
𓀥
man dancing with arms to the front
𓀦
man with stick and bundle on shoulder
to herd, shepherd (mnjw )
journey , tramp (ḫwsj )
construction , (qd )
foreign , strange (šmꜣw )
𓀧
man pounding in a mortar
Man grinding (etc.); to grind in a mortar, to build, to construct, etc.
𓀨
man building wall
Man constructing: a "Mason "; Ideogram or det. for qd , Coptic “ⲔⲰⲦ“ "to construct"; (see Wall, (Collapsing)-Wall)
𓀩
man kneading into vessel
𓀪
man in vessel
𓀫
man holding necks of two emblematic animals with panther heads
𓀬
man on two giraffes
𓀭
seated god
I, me, my (when the speaker is a god) (.j )
God (nṯr )
Determinative for God’s names
𓀮
seated god with Was-sceptre
I, me, my (when the speaker is a god) (.j )
God (nṯr )
𓀯
king with uraeus
king (nsw )
majesty (ḥm )
I, me, my (when speaker is a king) (.j )
𓀰
king with uraeus and flagellum
king (nsw )
majesty (ḥm )
I, me, my (when speaker is a king) (.j )
𓀱
king with uraeus and flagellum
king (nsw )
majesty (ḥm )
I, me, my (when speaker is a king) (.j )
𓀲
king wearing white crown
𓀳
king wearing white crown with sceptre
𓀴
king wearing white crown with flagellum
King of Upper Egypt (nsw )
Atum (jtmw )
𓀵
king wearing red crown
n
𓀶
king wearing red crown with sceptre
n
𓀷
king wearing red crown with flagellum
King of Lower Egypt (bjtj )
𓀸
shepherd seated and wrapped in mantle, holding stick
shepherd (mnjw )
guard (sꜣw )
𓀹
beardless man seated and holding knife
belonging to, keeper (jrj )
Guardian, keeper (jrj )
𓀺
seated Syrian holding stick
𓀻
noble on chair
courtier (smr )
I, me, my (when speaker is a nobleman) (.j )
noble (šps )
𓀼
noble on chair with flagellum
to be of noble blood (špsj )
undertake a task (špsj )
𓀽
noble squatting with flagellum
to be of noble blood (špsj )
𓀾
standing mummy
Form, likeness, image, (double)Tutankhamun : Form-Living-(of)-Amun
𓀿
lying mummy
𓁀
mummy on bed
lie down, spend the night (sḏr )
corpse (ẖꜣt )
Overnight meaning an overnight stay in any location, i.e. 'spend the night at home', 'spent the night in a hotel', 'slept over at (random person's name)'s house', etc.
𓁁
seated man holding stick
𓁂
man holding loaf on mat
An offering which the King gives (ḥtp-dj-nsw )
Abbreviation for the beginning of the Offering Formula .
𓁃
man applying hoe to ground
𓁄
man threatening with stick
𓁅
man sowing seeds
𓁆
man looking over his shoulder
𓁇
Asiatic
𓁈
king on throne holding staff
𓁉
man sitting on heels holding forward cup
𓁊
man wearing tunic with fringes and holding mace
𓁋
man holding sistrum
Ihy (jḥy )
Great God (Ptolemaic) (nṯr-Ꜥꜣ )
𓁌
dwarf
𓁍
man holding up knife
𓁎
seated man with raised right arm and left arm hanging down
𓁏
seated man with raised arms
B
Woman and her occupations
𓁐
seated woman
woman (zt )
I, me, my (when speaker is feminine) (.j )
Determinative for feminine names
𓁑
pregnant woman
to be pregnant (bkꜣ )
conceive (jwr )
𓁒
woman giving birth
to give birth (msj )
conceive (jwr )
𓁓
combination of woman giving birth and three skins tied together
𓁔
woman suckling child
to nurse , to nurture , to care for (rnn )
wet nurse (noun def. 1) (mnꜥt )
𓁕
woman suckling child (simplified)
𓁖
woman on chair with child on lap
to nurse , to nurture , to care for (rnn )
𓁗
queen wearing diadem and holding flower
𓁘
woman holding lotus flower
𓁙
woman holding sistrum
C
Anthropomorphic deities
𓁚
god with sun-disk and uraeus
𓁛
god with falcon head and sun-disk holding ankh
Ideogram and Determinative for Ra (rꜤ )
Variant of C1 god with sun-disk and uraeus
𓁜
god with falcon head and sun-disk
𓁝
C2A reversed
𓁞
C2 reversed
𓁟
god with ibis head
Id. & Det. for Thoth (ḏḥwty )
𓁠
god with ram head
Id. & Det. for Khnum (ẖnmw )
𓁡
god with ram head holding ankh
Id. & Det. for Khnum (ẖnmw )
Variant of C4 god with ram head
𓁢
god with jackal head
𓁣
god with Seth-animal head
Id. & Det. for Seth (stḫ, stẖ, stš )
𓁤
ithyphallic god with two plumes, uplifted arm and flagellum
𓁥
goddess with horned sun-disk
Id. & Det. for Hathor (ḥwt-ḥr )
𓁦
goddess with feather
Id. & Det. for Maat (mꜣꜥt )
𓁧
goddess with feather holding ankh
Id. & Det. for Maat (mꜣꜥt )
𓁨
god with arms supporting the sky and palm branch on head
Id. & Det. for Heh (ḥḥ )
Million (ḥḥ )
Million, manyHeh (god)
𓁩
god with two plumes and scepter
Id. & Det. for Amun (jmn )
𓁪
C12 reversed
𓁫
god with two plumes and scimitar
Amun is with his Strong Arm (Amunherkhepeshef) (jmn-ḥr-ḫpš.f )
Abbreviated form found In royal cartouches.
𓁬
C14 reversed
Amun is with his Strong Arm (Amunherkhepeshef) (jmn-ḥr-ḫpš.f )
Abbreviated form found In royal cartouches.
𓁭
god wearing red crown with ankh
Id. & Det. for Atum (jtmw )
𓁮
god with falcon head and two plumes
Id. & Det. for Montu (mnṯw )
𓁯
squatting god
𓁰
mummy-shaped god
Id. & Det. for Ptah (ptḥ )
Divine (nṯry )
𓁱
mummy-shaped god in shrine
Id. & Det. for Ptah (ptḥ )
Divine (nṯry )
Variant of C19 mummy-shaped god
𓁲
Bes
𓁳
god with falcon head and moon
𓁴
goddess with feline head and sun with uraeus
𓁵
god wearing red crown with scepter
Id. & Det. for Atum (jtmw )
D
Parts of the human body
𓁶
head
head (dp ) (ḏꜣḏꜣ )
back of head (ḥꜣ )
behind (ḥꜣ )
neglect , to leave behind (mkḥꜣ )
1. Ideogram for dp , "head"; other uses related to actions of the head; (example "the dp of the rebels", 'the "chief" of the rebels') 2. also for dp , see archaic dagger 3. (Narmer Palette shows 10 enemy heads-(decapitated)) Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Resh and its descendants
𓁷
face
face (ḥr )
on, around , over , for (ḥr )
ḥr
1. Bil. hr -(ḥr) 2. Ideogram for 'face' 3. A major preposition for "on, upon", etc.; additional preposition constructs.
𓁸
hair
hair (šnj )
skin (jnm )
color (jwn )
empty , barely , loss of hair (wš )
𓁹
eye
eye (jrt )
make, create, do (jrj )
see (mꜣꜣ )
watch , to be watchful , to be awake (rs )
to be blind (šp )
jr
Part of the name Osiris Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Ayin and its descendants
𓁺
eye touched up with paint
eye (jrt )
view (dgi )
to be blind (šp )
𓁻
eye with painted upper lid
eye (jrt )
view (dgi )
to be blind (šp )
𓁼
eye with painted lower lid
eye make-up / eye paint (msdmt )
decorate , adorn , to be beautiful (ꜥn )
view (ptr )
see (mꜣꜣ ) (seldom, rarely used)
𓁽
eye enclosed in sandy tract
decorate , adorn , to be beautiful (ꜥn )
𓁾
eye with painted lower lid enclosed in sandy tract
decorate , adorn , to be beautiful (ꜥn )
𓁿
eye with flowing tears
weep (rmj )
person (rmṯ ) (Ptolemaic rebus)
𓂀
Eye of Horus
Wedjat-eye (wḏꜣt )
Eye (jrt )
Bright (bꜣq , in bꜣqt Egypt )
Eye of Horus
𓂁
left part of the eye of Horus
abbreviation for Heqat-measure grain: 1/2
𓂂
pupil
Eye (jr ) (Pars-pro-toto substitution)
abbreviation for Heqat-measure grain: 1/4
Determinative for pupil (ḏfḏ)
𓂃
eyebrow
abbreviation for Heqat-measure grain: 1/8
smd
𓂄
right part of eye of Horus
abbreviation for Heqat-measure grain: 1/16
𓂅
diagonal marking of eye of Horus
abbreviation for Heqat-measure grain: 1/32
𓂆
vertical marking of eye of Horus
abbreviation for Heqat-measure grain: 1/64
𓂇
diagonal and vertical markings of eye of Horus
𓂈
ear
to listen (sḏm )
Ear (msḏr )
𓂉
nose, eye and cheek
nose (fnḏ ),
smell (sn ),
be happy (ršw ),
face, front (ḫnt ),
ḫnt
Ideogram or det. for the "nose", fnḏ/fnd, det. for words relating to smell, joy, and the nose
𓂊
nose, eye and cheek (cursive)
nose (fnḏ ),
smell (sn ),
be happy (ršw ),
face, front (ḫnt ),
Ideogram or det. for the "nose", fnḏ/fnd, det. for words relating to smell, joy, and the nose
𓂋
mouth
mouth, utterance (r[ꜣ] )
Turn about (pẖr )
r, jw (Ptolemaic)
Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Pe and its descendants
𓂌
mouth with two strokes
𓂍
mouth with three strokes
𓂎
upper lip with teeth
𓂏
lips
𓂐
liquid issuing from lips
spit (psg )
to spit, to vomit (bšj )
blood (snf )
p (Ptolemaic)
𓂑
small breast
to suckle (snq )
breast (mnḏ )
wet nurse (mnꜥt )
𓂒
large breast
to suckle (snq )
breast (mnḏ )
wet nurse (mnꜥt )
𓂓
two arms upraised
the Ka (life spirit) (kꜣ )
kꜣ
𓂔
combination of hieroglyphs D28 and R12
the Ka (life spirit) (kꜣ )
𓂕
two arms upraised with tail
𓂖
arms embracing club
𓂗
two arms uppraised and club
𓂘
arms embracing
enclose (jnq )
embrace (ḥpt, sḫn )
open the arms (pgꜣ )
𓂙
arms rowing
ẖn
𓂚
arms with shield and battle axe
𓂛
arms with shield and mace
𓂜
arms in gesture of negation
not (n , nn )
that which is not (jwtj )
to not know (ḫm )
shrine (ḫm )
forget (smḫ )
n, nj
𓂝
forearm (palm upwards)
ꜥ
Uniliteral sign representing Egyptian ayin Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Yodh and its descendants
𓂞
forearm with bread cone
give (jmj)
give (rḏj , ḏj )
ḏ (only in ḏdw busiris), d, mj, m
𓂟
forearm with rounded loaf
to give (jmj )
to give (rḏj , ḏj )
to present (ḥnk )
mj, m, mwt (mother)
𓂠
forearm with bowl
m, mwt (Mother)
𓂡
forearm with stick
strength (nḫt )
to strike (ḥwj )
to examine (ḫꜣj )
Determinative for words involving strength, physical force, the use of the arm
𓂢
forearm with palm down and bent upper arm
arm (gbꜣ )
shoulder (rmn )
left (jꜣbj )
sing (ḥsj )
bend (ḥms )
end (grḥ )
negation (nj )
nj
𓂣
forearm with palm down and straight upper arm
𓂤
forearm with flail
𓂥
arm with sekhem scepter
𓂦
arm with wand
sacred, holy, be holy (ḏsr )
to be holy , to segregate See ḏsr
𓂧
hand
d, rarely t
Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Kaph and its descendants
𓂨
liquid falling from hand
to cense, to pour out a libation (jdj )
dew (jdt, jꜣdt )
𓂩
hand with palm up
hand (ḏrt )
receive (sšp, šsp )
𓂪
hand without thumb
𓂫
hand holding egg
𓂬
fist
𓂭
one finger
finger (ḏbꜥ )
abbreviation for 10,000 (ḏbꜥ )
𓂮
two fingers
𓂯
three fingers
𓂰
four fingers
𓂱
five fingers
𓂲
six fingers
𓂳
seven fingers
𓂴
eight fingers
𓂵
nine fingers
𓂶
five fingers (row)
𓂷
one finger (horizontal)
finger nail (ꜥnt )
Activities with finger: measure (ḫꜣj ), take (ṯꜣj ), press (dqr )
𓂸
phallus
phallus (ḥnn )
man-like, man (ṯꜣy )
donkey (ꜥꜣ )
bull (kꜣ )
presence (bꜣḥ )
mt
Excluded from default fonts by some OS vendors.[ 3]
Excluded from default fonts by some OS vendors.[ 3]
𓂺
phallus with emission
phallus (ḥnn )
man-like, man (ṯꜣy )
bull (kꜣ )
presence (bꜣḥ )
urinate (wsš )
Excluded from default fonts by some OS vendors.[ 3]
𓂻
legs walking
jw
Determinative for words involving motion
𓂼
hieratic legs walking
𓂽
legs walking backwards
𓂾
leg
leg (rd )
Gazelle (gḥs )
foot, part (wꜥrt )
pd
Ideo. , det. for leg, to tread
𓂿
leg with knife
mutilate (jꜣtj )
injure (nkn )
𓃀
foot
b
𓃁
foot and forearm
ꜥb, bꜥ
𓃂
foot under vase from which water flows
𓃃
three toes oriented leftward
𓃄
three toes oriented rightward
𓃅
two toes oriented leftward
toe (sꜣḥ )
The god Sah (sꜣḥ )
𓃆
hand with palm down
𓃇
Sidelock of hair
𓃈
arm with reed pen
𓃉
one dot
𓃊
two dots
𓃋
three dots
𓃌
four dots
𓃍
five dots
𓃎
six dots
𓃏
seven dots
𓃐
eight dots
𓃑
nine dots
E
Mammals
𓃒
bull
𓃓
bull charging
𓃔
calf
𓃕
sacred cow
𓃖
cow suckling calf
𓃗
horse
𓃘
donkey
𓃙
kid
jb
𓃚
kid jumping
jb
𓃛
newborn hartebeest
jw
Determinative for newborn animals , etc.
𓃜
mature bovine lying down
Be friendly (ꜣms )
Cow (jḥ )
Lady (nbt ) (Ptolemaic)
𓃝
ram
Ba-Soul (bꜣ )
Khnum (ẖnmw )
𓃞
ram
Ba-Soul (bꜣ )
Khnum (ẖnmw )
𓃟
pig
𓃠
cat
Cat (mjw )
When (ḫft-ḥr ) (Ptolemaic)
mj
Determinative for cat, as well as for the onomatopoeic Egyptian miu (meow )
𓃡
dog
𓃢
lying canine
Anubis (jnpw )
He Who is Privy to Secrets (A priestly title) (ḥrj-sštꜣ )
𓃣
lying canine on shrine
Anubis (jnpw )
He Who is Privy to Secrets (A priestly title) (ḥrj-sštꜣ )
𓃤
lying canine on shrine with flagellum
𓃥
jackal
jackal, (sꜣb )
dignitary, senior (sꜣb )
come (jw )
East (ỉꜣbtt )
𓃦
jackal looking back
𓃧
wolf on standard
𓃨
wolf on standard with mace
𓃩
Set-animal
𓃪
Set-animal on basket
𓃫
lying Set-animal
Set (stẖ, stš, swty )
storm (nšnj )
𓃬
lion
𓃭
lying lion
lion (rw )
lord (nb ) (Ptolemaic)
rw, r, later l
𓃮
panther
𓃯
hippopotamus
db
𓃰
elephant
1. Determinative in ꜣbw , elephant (ultimate source of English word ivory )
𓃱
giraffe
giraffe (mmj, sr )
fortell (sr )
𓃲
oryx
𓃳
oryx with irrigation system
16th Nome of Upper Egypt (see NU16), Ma-hedj
𓃴
gazelle
𓃵
ibex
𓃶
goat with collar
Noble, rank, be noble (sꜥḥ )
𓃷
baboon
𓃸
monkey
𓃹
hare
wn
Biliteral wn in wn ‘open’, wn ‘to be, exist’
𓃺
hare (low)
𓃻
baboon
Thoth (ḏḥwty )
King (nswt ) (Ptolemaic)
beautiful, good (nfr ) (Ptolemaic)
scribe (sẖꜣ ) (Ptolemaic)
son (sꜣ ) (Ptolemaic)
speak (ḏd ) (Ptolemaic)
Used most commonly for various cryptographic values in Ptolemaic texts.
𓃼
baboon with receptacle and basket
water-clock (Clepsydra) (šbt )
𓃽
long-horned bull
F
Parts of mammals
𓃾
ox head
kꜣ
Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Aleph and its descendants
𓃿
bovine head
nose (fnḏ )
Front, foremost (ḫnt )
Interchangeable with D19
𓄀
charging ox head
𓄁
hippopotamus head
𓄂
forepart of lion
Front, foremost, prow (ḥꜣt )
𓄃
hartebeest head
𓄄
forepart of hartebeest
𓄅
ram head
𓄆
forepart of ram
𓄇
leopard head
Strength (pḥty )
Moment (ꜣt )
Determinative or abbreviation for pḥty , "strength"
𓄈
head and neck of animal
Throat (ḫḫ )
know (ꜥm )
swallow (ꜥm )
𓄉
head and neck of animal
Throat (ḫḫ )
know (ꜥm )
swallow (ꜥm )
𓄊
head and neck of animal
wsr
𓄋
horns
wp, jp
in the New Year festival, wp-rnpt ‘opening the year’
𓄌
horns
wp
𓄍
horns with palm branch
opening the year (New year festival) (wp[t]-rnpt )
𓄎
horns with palm branch and sun
opening the year (New year festival) (wp[t]-rnpt )
𓄏
horn
ꜥb
𓄐
horn and vase from which water flows
𓄑
tusk
bḥ, ḥw, ḥ
𓄒
lower jaw-bone of ox
𓄓
tongue
ns
1. Egyp. bil. ns . 2. A-tongue, and related words for speech; B-30th-(the 'Last Day of the Month'), and therefore, (next)-last
𓄔
ear of bovine
Ear (msḏr )
leaf (ḏrḏ )
hear, listen (sḏm )
jdn
𓄕
hieratic ear of bovine
Ear (msḏr )
hear, listen (sḏm )
𓄖
hind-quarters of lion
hindquarters, back part (pḥt )
strength (pḥty )
pḥ
Biliteral pḥ
𓄗
foreleg of ox
Foreleg (ḫpš )
power (ḫpš )
𓄘
F23 reversed
ḫpš
𓄙
leg of ox
Cow’s leg (wḥm )
Repeat (wḥm )
wḥm
𓄚
skin of goat
ẖn
𓄛
skin of cow with bent tail
Determinative for animals
𓄜
skin of cow with straight tail
k (Ptolemaic)
𓄝
cow's skin pierced by arrow
Shoot, ejaculate, shine (sṯj )
𓄞
water- skin
Save (šdj )
Read aloud (šdj )
šd
1. Determinative for šdw, "belly"; phon. for šd 2. (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: V22 whip )
𓄟
three skins tied together
ms
Bil. ms , "born", "born-of"; example, Pharaoh Ahmose , "Moon-Born" ; Kamose , "Spirit-Born"
𓄠
three skins tied together
ms
𓄡
animal's belly
ẖ
𓄢
tail
sd
1. Determinative for sd , "tail"; then phon. , sd 2. (See: the Sed festival , 'Festival of the Tail')
𓄣
heart
jb
Ideogram or det. for ib , "heart" or also ḥ3ty,"heart"
𓄤
heart and windpipe
Good, beautiful, perfect, young (nfr )
nf (Ptolemaic)
Egyptian triliteral sign for nfr , (beauty), or "perfect" Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Teth and its descendants
𓄥
lung and windpipe
smꜣ
Egyptian "lung", used for union , (as in the "Two Lands" , "Upper and Lower Egypt )
𓄦
backbone and ribs and spinal cord
Slaughtering, massacre (šꜥt )
Back (jꜣt )
𓄧
backbone and ribs
Slaughtering, massacre (šꜥt )
Back (jꜣt )
𓄨
backbone and ribs
psḏ
𓄩
backbone and ribs and spinal cord
𓄪
backbone and spinal cord
Spinal cord (jmꜣḫ )
Veneration, reveredness (jmꜣḫ )
jmꜣḫ, psḏ
𓄫
backbone and spinal cords
ꜣw
To be long, length, to extend Pharaoh: Extent of Happiness -(for Egypt-Land), , (on reliefs ) (i.e. the Welfare of the Nation )
𓄬
vertebrae
Slaughtering, massacre (šꜥt )
psḏ
𓄭
rib
spr
𓄮
ribs
𓄯
bone with meat
reward (jsw )
Heir, inheritor, inheritance (jwꜥ )
Thigh bone (swt )
𓄰
uterus
𓄱
uterus
m (Ptolemaic)
𓄲
intestine
Turn about (pẖr )
Fold, turn back (wḏb )
dbn
𓄳
intestine
Turn about (pẖr )
Fold, turn back (wḏb )
dbn
𓄴
intestine
Turn about (pẖr )
Fold, turn back (wḏb )
dbn
𓄵
intestine
Turn about (pẖr )
Fold, turn back (wḏb )
dbn
𓄶
intestine
Turn about (pẖr )
Fold, turn back (wḏb )
dbn
𓄷
intestine
Turn about (pẖr )
Fold, turn back (wḏb )
dbn
𓄸
combination of F46 and S29
𓄹
piece of flesh
ꜣs, ws, f (Ptolemaic)
𓄺
three pieces of flesh horizontally
𓄻
three pieces of flesh vertically
𓄼
F51 reversed
𓄽
excrement
𓄾
divine rod with ram head
mt
G
Birds
𓄿
Egyptian vulture
ꜣ
Uniliteral sign representing Egyptian alef
𓅀
two Egyptian vultures
ꜣꜣ
𓅁
combination of Egyptian vulture and sickle
mꜣ
𓅂
buzzard
tjw
Tril. tjw , often used as a plural Nisbe ending -tjw
𓅃
falcon
Horus (ḥrw )
God (nṯr ) (Ptolemaic)
Above (ḥry ) (Ptolemaic)
lord (nb ) (Ptolemaic)
Horus ; about 200 forms of Horus; for example: Horus-the-Child, Greek language -equivalent, Harpokrates ; Egyptian, ḥrw-pꜣ-ẖrd,
𓅄
combination of falcon and flaggellum
falcon (bjk )
Horus (ḥrw )
God (nṯr ) (Ptolemaic)
lord (nb ) (Ptolemaic)
𓅅
falcon on basket
𓅆
falcon on standard
God (nṯr )
King (nswt ) (Rarely)
Determinative for god names
𓅇
falcon in boat
𓅈
falcon in boat
𓅉
falcon on collar of beads
Horus/Falcon of Gold (ḥr-nbw/bjk-nbw )
𓅊
falcon with sun on head
Most often in the name of Ra-Horakhty (rꜥ-ḥrw-ꜣḫtj)
𓅋
falcon in Sokar barque
Sokar (skr )
Henu-bark (ḥnw )
𓅌
image of falcon
Sopdu (spdw )
Image (ꜥẖm, ꜥšm, ꜥḫm )
Falcon (gnḥsw, šnbt )
𓅍
image of falcon on standard
𓅎
combination of image of falcon and flagellum
Sopdu (spdw )
Image (ꜥẖm, ꜥšm, ꜥḫm )
Falcon (gnḥsw, šnbt )
𓅏
image of falcon with two plumes
Sopdu (spdw )
Horus of Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) (ḥrw-nḫnj )
𓅐
vulture
Mother (mwt )
vulture (nrt )
𓅑
combination of vulture and flagellum
Mother (mwt )
vulture (nrt )
Mut (mwt )
𓅒
vulture and cobra each on a basket
See Two Ladies
𓅓
owl
m, jm, n (Ptolemaic)
𓅔
two owls
mm, m, nm
𓅕
combination of owl and forearm with conical loaf
m, mj
𓅖
combination of owl and forearm
m, mj, mꜥ, ꜥm, m-ꜥ
𓅗
combination of owl and mouth
mr
𓅘
guineafowl
nḥ, nḥḥ
1. Egyp. bil. nḥ , for the bird; phon. for nḥ ; 2. Ideas of petition, supplicate, beseech; for Egyptian language nḥ-t , nḥḥ-t , oil, unguent, equivalent of Coptic language , "ⲛⲉϩ"; 3. for nḥḥ , eternity, or ever and ever, (see also ḥḥ' ), Coptic "ⲉⲛⲉϩ"
𓅙
hoopoe
ḏb
𓅚
lapwing
The common (Rekhyt-) people, subjects (rḫyt )
𓅛
lapwing with twisted wings
The common (Rekhyt-) people, subjects (rḫyt )
𓅜
northern bald ibis
Be effective, effective (Akh) spirit (ꜣḫ )
ꜣḫ
Bil. ꜣḫ
𓅝
sacred Ibis on standard
God Thoth , the god of scribes
𓅞
sacred Ibis
Ibis (hb )
Thoth (ḏḥwtj )
Excellent, skilled (jqr )
Discern, reckon (jp )
𓅟
flamingo
𓅠
glossy ibis
gm
𓅡
saddle-billed stork
bꜣ
𓅢
three saddle-billed storks
Ba-souls; metaphorically: Power, glory, respect (bꜣw )
𓅣
heron
1. the heron-like Bennu 2. Determinative for bnw , the "Phoenix -bird"
𓅤
heron on perch
𓅥
cattle egret
𓅦
ostrich
𓅧
cormorant
ꜥq
𓅨
swallow
swallow (mnt )
great, elder (wr )
wr
bil. wr
𓅩
swallow (low)
swallow (mnt )
great, elder (wr )
wr
𓅪
sparrow
Bad (bjn )
Small, weak (nḏs )
Determinative for various words related to negativity, small, bad
𓅫
sparrow (low)
Bad (bjn )
Small, weak (nḏs )
𓅬
white-fronted goose
Bird (ꜣpd )
Geb (gb )
Destroy (ḥtm )
𓅭
pintail duck
𓅮
pintail flying
pꜣ
Ideogram and bil. for pꜣ
𓅯
pintail alighting
pꜣ, qmꜣ
𓅰
widgeon
to fatten (wšꜣ )
Food (ḏfꜣw )
𓅱
quail chick
Field, district, region (w )
w
1. Unil. w 2. Either "quail chick" or equivalent coil (hieroglyph) , Gardiner Z7 , , used also for the plural word ending
𓅲
combination of quail chick and flat loaf
tw
𓅳
two quail chicks
ww
𓅴
combination of quail chick and forearm
wꜥ, ꜥw
𓅵
combination of quail chick and forearm with conical loaf
𓅶
combination of quail chick and sickle
mꜣw
𓅷
duckling
Fledgeling (ṯꜣ )
Vizier (ṯꜣty )
ṯꜣ
Bil. ṯꜣ
𓅸
three ducklings in nest
𓅹
three ducklings in pool
𓅺
two plovers
𓅻
bird pecking at fish
𓅼
goose picking up grain
𓅽
human-headed bird with bowl with smoke
Ba
𓅾
plucked bird
to wring (birds' necks) (wšn )
to fear (snḏ )
1. Determinative for wšn , Egyptian: "twist the neck (of a bird)" 2. Phonetically sn(tj) , (snṯ) 3. (see Trussed-goose Palette )
H
Parts of birds
𓅿
head of pintail
bird (ꜣpd )
Wring (the neck of a bird (wšn )
mꜣꜥ, wšm, pq (pꜣq)
1. an abbreviation for ꜣpd , "bird"
𓆀
head of heron
mꜣꜥ, wšm, pq (pꜣq)
1. Phoneme for pq 2. Also as: H2a (head of duck (one type))
or (cloth apparel covering etc )
𓆁
head of spoonbill
pꜣq, pq
𓆂
head of vulture
𓆃
wing
𓆄
feather
feather, plumage (šwt )
Maat (mꜣꜥt )
Shu (šw )
True (mꜣꜥ )
𓆅
hieratic feather
feather, plumage (šwt )
Maat (mꜣꜥt )
Shu (šw )
𓆆
bird foot
šꜣ (only in country šꜣt)
𓆇
egg
det. for feminine in goddess names, wives, etc.; det. in swḥt , 'egg'
I
Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc.
𓆈
gecko
Multitudes, countless (ꜥšꜣ )
Lizard (ꜥšꜣ )
𓆉
turtle
𓆊
crocodile
Crocodile (msḥ, jt, ḥntj )
Sobek (sbk )
jt, m
𓆋
crocodile on shrine
Ideogram of det. for sbk , (Sobek ); (see also Crocodile)
𓆌
crocodile with curved tail
pull together, be wary (sꜣq )
𓆍
image of crocodile
Sobek (sbk )
image (ꜥẖm, ꜥšm )
𓆎
crocodile scales
km
𓆏
frog
Heket (ḥqt )
Frog (ꜥbḫn, qrr )
Frog (lit. ‘repeating life’) (wḥm-ꜥnḫ )
100,000 (ḥfn ) (see I8)
Determinative , frog; (See also (frog)-Goddess Heket , her 'emblem')
𓆐
tadpole
𓆑
horned viper
f
Uniliteral f , 3rd person singular masculine suffix pronoun .f, also determinative for unknown reasons in jt ‘Father’.
𓆒
horned viper crawling out of enclosure
𓆓
cobra in repose
ḏ
Uniliteral ḏ
𓆔
cobra with feather
𓆕
two cobras
ḏḏ
𓆖
combination of cobra, flat loaf and sandy tract
(linear/stable) eternity (ḏt )
𓆗
cobra erect as on the forehead of the Pharaoh
Uraeus (jꜥrt )
Lady (nbt ) (Ptolemaic)
k (Ptolemaic)
Uraeus ; Determinative for jꜥrt "uraeus", determinative for all goddesses, but especially those to whom the appearance of a snake was attributed
𓆘
erect cobra on basket
Uraeus ; Determinative for goddesses, especially Wadjet
𓆙
snake
r (ptolemaic), f (Ptolemaic), ḏ (Ptolemaic)
𓆚
snake
K
Fishes and parts of fishes
𓆛
tilapia
jn
Egyptian biliteral sign jn ; det. for "Tilapia", jnt ; the common fish shape for reliefs & art; also for the fish cosmetic palettes
𓆜
barbel
bw, s (Late period)
𓆝
mullet
ꜥḏ
𓆞
elephant-snout fish
ẖꜣ
1. Phonetic value ẖꜣ , from name, ideogram ẖjt 2. Bil. for ẖꜣ
𓆟
Petrocephalus bane
bs
𓆠
fish scale
𓆡
puffer
𓆢
catfish
L
Invertebrata and lesser animals
𓆣
dung beetle
dung beetle/scarab, become, emerge, manifest (ḫpr )
land (tꜣ ) (Late period)
See: Scarab (artifact) See: God Khepri
𓆤
bee
bjt (only in "king of lower Egypt" (bjt))
In the royal title “Dual King” (nswt-bjty )- possibly a symbol for Lower Egypt together with the sedge for Upper Egypt (see L2A)
𓆥
combination of bee, sedge and two flat loafs
Title preceding the Throne name of a king. Translation contested.
𓆦
fly
Depicted on necklaces awarded for military bravery
𓆧
locust
r (Cryptographic)
𓆨
centipede
𓆩
shell
ḫꜣ (rarely)
𓆪
L6 reversed
𓆫
scorpion
Mutilated for superstitious reasons
𓆬
M
Trees and plants
𓆭
tree
Charm (jmꜣ )
Sycamore (nht )
Bright (bꜣq )
(A tree) (nꜥrt )
m, jmꜣ, jm
𓆮
combination of tree and branch
𓆯
combination of tree and horned viper
Within him/it (jm.f )
(A kind of tree) (nḏft )
(A kind of tree) (ꜣtf )
𓆰
plant
ḥn, js, j (cryptographic)
1. Determinative for various plants or flowers 2. Two phonemes for "cane", and "canes", ḥn -(from ḥnj), js -(from jsw). 3. flower (garland), plant, branch, seed 4. Rosetta Stone , line R12, The people shall wear garlands on their heads, shall be made festal...
𓆱
branch
Wood (ḫt )
Throughout (ḫt )
ḫt
𓆲
combination of owl and branch
𓆳
palm branch
Year (rnpt )
Young (rnp )
time (tr )
rnp, tr
𓆴
combination of palm branch and flat loaf
tr
𓆵
combination of palm branch and mouth
tr
𓆶
combination of palm branch and stool
rnp
𓆷
pool with lotus flowers
Field, Inundation season (ꜣḫt )
Field (šꜣ )
šꜣ
1. Ideogram & Phoneme for šꜣ , "flooded country" 2. Ideogram for ꜣḫt , Season of the Inundation
𓆸
lotus flower
Lotus (sšn, snšn, nḫb )
Beautiful (nfr )
A. Ideogram or det. in sšn , lotus flower; B. Greek language 'souson'; C. also det. for snšn , for lily, lotus
𓆹
lotus bud with straight stem
𓆺
lotus bud with winding stem
𓆻
flower on long twisted stalk
Offer (wdn )
Divert, revert (wḏb )
𓆼
one lotus plant
ḫꜣ
Ideogram for ḫꜣ , a part of the lotus; phonetically used for ḫꜣ ; in Egyptian mathematics , 1,000 : (see also ksj , bow, bend, do homage, etc. , for ḫꜣ-ꜣ-b )
𓆽
two lotus plants
𓆾
three lotus plants
𓆿
four lotus plants
𓇀
five lotus plants
𓇁
six lotus plants
𓇂
seven lotus plants
𓇃
eight lotus plants
𓇄
nine lotus plants
𓇅
papyrus stem
Fresh, green, raw (wꜣḏ )
Lower Egypt (mḥw )
Tril. wꜣḏ
𓇆
combination of papyrus and cobra
𓇇
clump of papyrus with buds
Lower Egypt (mḥw )
Around (ḥꜣ )
ḥꜣ, ꜣḫ (in ꜣḫ-bjt “Chemmis”)
𓇈
combination of clump of papyrus with buds and village
𓇉
clump of papyrus
Lower Egypt (mḥw )
Around (ḥꜣ )
ḥꜣ, ꜣḫ (in ꜣḫ-bjt “Chemmis”)
𓇊
combination of clump of papyrus and village
𓇋
reed
j
Alphabetic uniliteral vowel j
𓇌
two reeds
y, j
𓇍
combination of reed and legs walking
𓇎
heaped conical cakes between reed and club
Pleasing (ꜥꜣb )
Offerings, provisions (ꜥꜣbt )
𓇏
field of reeds
sm
𓇐
reeds with root
sm
𓇑
rush
n
Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Tsade and its descendants
𓇒
two rushes
nn
proximal demonstrative "this, that"
𓇓
sedge
Sedge (swt )
King (nswt )
Upper Egypt(ian) (šmꜥw )
South, Southern (rs, rsj, šmꜥw )
sw
See nswt-bjt
𓇔
combination of sedge and mouth
South, Southern (rs, rsj, rsw )
Alternate version of M25 𓇖. South
𓇕
lily
𓇖
combination of flowering sedge and mouth
South, Southern (rs, rsj, rsw )
𓇗
flowering sedge
Make music (šmꜥ )
South, Southern, Upper Egypt(ian) (šmꜥw )
šmꜥ
Flowering rush; also Gardiner nos. M25, M27, M28,
𓇘
combination of flowering sedge and forearm
Make music (šmꜥ )
South, Southern, Upper Egypt(ian) (šmꜥw )
šmꜥ
𓇙
combination of flowering sedge and hobble
Upper Egyptian 10’s (mḏw-šmꜥw )
𓇚
three lilies on village
𓇛
Carob seed-pod
nḏm
𓇜
root
Ideogram or det. for bnr , sweet, date; for Egyptian language bnrjt , sweetness, a favor, anything sweet, pleasant or nice; for bnryty , the 'confectioner'
𓇝
rhizome
rwḏ
𓇞
tree in vase
𓇟
rhizome
rwḏ
𓇠
3 grains horizontally
𓇡
3 grains vertically
𓇢
3 grains in triangular arrangement
𓇣
ear of emmer
𓇤
stack (of grain)
𓇥
bundle of flax
ḏr
𓇦
bundle of flax
ḏr
𓇧
wide bundle of flax
𓇨
basket of fruit or grain
End, limit (ḏr )
Bind together (dmꜣ )
ḏr
𓇩
bundle of reeds
js
𓇪
bundle of reeds
js
𓇫
piece of wood
𓇬
flower
wn
𓇭
vine on trellis
Wine (jrp )
Vintner, Gardener (kꜣny )
𓇮
thorn
N
Sky, earth, water
𓇯
sky
Sky, heaven (pt )
Above (ḥry )
𓇰
sky with sceptre
Darkness (kkw )
Night (grḥ )
𓇱
sky with sceptre
Darkness (kkw )
Night (grḥ )
𓇲
sky with rain
𓇳
sun
Ra , the sun (rꜥ )
Day (hrw )
𓇴
sun with uraeus
Ra , the sun (rꜥ )
Day (hrw )
𓇵
combination of sun and butcher's block
𓇶
sunshine
Shine (psḏ )
Rise (wbn )
Illuminate (sḥḏ )
Sunfolk (of Heliopolis) (ḥnmmt )
𓇷
moon with lower half obscured
Primeval time (pꜣwt )
Ennead (psḏt )
New moon festival (psḏntyw )
psḏ
𓇸
moon with lower section obscured
Primeval time (pꜣwt )
Ennead (psḏt )
New moon festival (psḏntyw )
𓇹
crescent moon
𓇺
crescent moon
𓇻
combination of crescent moon and star
Half-month festival (smdt )
𓇼
star
Star (sbꜣ )
Praise, adore, thank (dwꜣ )
5 (djw )
God (nṯr ) (Ptolemaic)
sbꜣ, dwꜣ
𓇽
star in circle
𓇾
land with grains
𓇿
land
Variant of N16
𓈀
sandy tract
Horizon (ꜣḫt )
Island (jw )
Kilt, loincloth (dꜣjw )
𓈁
combination of sandy tract and ripple of water
Amun (jmn ) (Cryptographic)
𓈂
combination of roll of bread and bolt
𓈃
two sandy tracts
In rꜥ-ḥrw-ꜣḫty “Ra-Horus of the Two Horizons”
𓈄
tongue of land
Riverbank (jdb )
Revert, divert (wḏb )
𓈅
short tongue of land
Riverbank (jdb )
Revert, divert (wḏb )
𓈆
broad tongue of land
Riverbank (jdb )
Revert, divert (wḏb )
𓈇
irrigation canal
Determinative for words involving land, especially farmland
𓈈
irrigation canal system
Base for the Nome signs (categories NL and NU)
𓈉
three hills
Determinative for foreign locations
𓈊
three hills (low)
Determinative for foreign locations
𓈋
two hills
𓈌
sun over mountain
𓈍
rays of sun over hill
ḫꜥ
𓈎
slope of hill
q
𓈏
mound of earth
𓈐
road with shrubs
Path, way (wꜣt )
Course, road (mṯn )
Distant (ḥr )
ḥr
𓈑
lump of clay
𓈒
grain
𓈓
three grains
Alternative plural marker. See Z2.
𓈔
ingot of metal
𓈕
ingot of metal
𓈖
ripple of water
To, for (Dative preposition) (n )
Of (Genitival adjective) (n[j] )
n
Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Mem and its descendants
𓈗
three ripples of water
Determinative for water and liquid
𓈘
canal
Canal (mr )
Beloved [of] (mry )
mr
𓈙
pool
š, ẖ (Old kingdom)
𓈚
pool
š, ẖ (Old kingdom)
𓈛
deep pool
š, ẖ (Old kingdom)
𓈜
pool with water
š, ẖ (Old kingdom)
𓈝
pool with legs
𓈞
well with ripple of water
Copper (ḥmt )
Metal (bjꜣ )
Wife (ḥmt )
ḥm, bjꜣ
𓈟
well with line of water
Copper (ḥmt )
Metal (bjꜣ )
Wife (ḥmt )
ḥm, bjꜣ
NL
Lower nile
See: Lower Egyptian Nomes
𓈠
Nome sign with wall and mace
1st Nome of Lower Egypt (NL001), the Memphite nome Inebu-hedj
𓈡
Nome sign with cow thigh
2nd Nome of Lower Egypt (NL002)
𓈢
Nome sign with falcon and feather
3rd Nome of Lower Egypt (NL003)
𓈣
Nome sign with shield, crossed arrows, and sedge
4th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL004)
𓈤
Nome sign with shield, crossed arrows, and papyrus plant
5th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL005)
𓈥
Nome sign with shield, crossed arrows, and whip upon bread loaf
5th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL005A)
𓈦
Nome sign with mountain and bull
6th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL006), Khaset
𓈧
Nome sign with harpoon and West-emblem
Western harpoon (ḥww-(gs)-jmnty )
7th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL007)
𓈨
Nome sign with harpoon and East-emblem
Eastern harpoon (ḥww-(gs)-jꜣbty )
8th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL008)
𓈩
Nome sign with Andjety
9th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL009)
𓈪
Nome sign with bull and crocodile skin
10th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL010)
𓈫
Nome sign with bull and pustule
11th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL011)
𓈬
Nome sign with bull and calf
12th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL012)
𓈭
Nome sign with shuttle and crook
Prospering scepter (ḥqꜣ-ꜥḏ )
13th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL013), the Heliopolite nome, Heqat-Adj
𓈮
Nome sign with simplified jars and East-emblem
Foremost of the East (ḫnty-ỉꜣbty )
14th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL014)
𓈯
Nome sign with ibis
15th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL015)
𓈰
Nome sign with fish
16th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL016)
𓈱
Nome sign with tusk, hand, bread loaf, and crossroads
17th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL017)
𓈲
Nome sign with lungs, tusk, hand, bread loaf, and crossroads
Uniting the throne (?) (smꜣ-bḥdt )
17th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL017A)
𓈳
Nome sign with child wearing white crown and cow’s head
Southern prince (jmty-ḫnt )
18th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL018)
𓈴
Nome sign with child wearing white crown and hindquarters of lion
Northern prince (jmty-pḥw )
19th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL019)
𓈵
Nome sign with thorn and Sopdu
20th Nome of Lower Egypt (NL020)
NU
Upper nile
See: Upper Egyptian Nomes
𓈶
Nome sign with land, bow, bread loaf and land
1st Nome of Upper Egypt (NU001), Ta-Seti
𓈷
Nome sign with balance column and falcon
Throne of Horus (wṯst-ḥrw )
2nd Nome of Upper Egypt (NU002), Wetjes-Hor
𓈸
Nome sign with emblem of Nekhen
3rd Nome of Upper Egypt (NU003), Nekhen (nome)
𓈹
Nome sign with Was-scepter
4th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU004)
𓈺
Nome sign with two falcons
Two falcons/Two gods/Two Horuses (bjkwy/nṯrwy/ḥrwy )
5th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU005), Herui
𓈻
Nome sign with crocodile with feather
6th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU006), Iqer
𓈼
Nome sign with Sistrum
7th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU007)
𓈽
Nome sign with Osiris fetish
8th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU008), the Thinite nome, Ta-wer
𓈾
Nome sign with emblem of Min
9th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU009)
𓈿
Nome sign with cobra with feather
10th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU010), Wadjet
𓉀
Nome sign with papyrus column, cobra, and bread loaf
10th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU010A), Wadjet
𓉁
Nome sign with Set-animal
11th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU011)
𓉂
Nome sign with wick, Red crown, ripples of water
11th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU011A)
𓉃
Nome sign with mountain and viper
12th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU012)
𓉄
Nome sign with tree crossed by viper and simplified jars
Southern ꜣtf/nḏft-tree (ꜣtf-ḫntt/nḏft-ḫntt )
13th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU013)
𓉅
Nome sign with tree crossed by viper, hindquarters of lion, bread loaf
Northern ꜣtf/nḏft-tree (ꜣtf-pḥt/nḏft-ḫntt )
14th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU014)
𓉆
Nome sign with hare
15th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU015), Wenet
𓉇
Nome sign with oryx
16th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU016), Ma-hedj
𓉈
Nome sign with jackal
17th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU017)
𓉉
Nome sign with falcon, wings spread
18th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU018)
𓉊
Nome sign with falcon on boat
18th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU018A)
𓉋
Nome sign with two Was-scepters and foot
Wabwi, Two Scepters? (wꜣbwy )
19th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU019)
𓉌
Nome sign with tree and simplified jars
Southern nꜥrt-tree (nꜥrt-ḫntt )
20th Nome of Upper Egypt (NU020)
𓉍
Nome sign with tree, hindquarters of a lion, and bread loaf
Northern nꜥrt-tree (nꜥrt-pḥt )
21st Nome of Upper Egypt (NU021)
𓉎
Nome sign with knife
22nd Nome of Upper Egypt (NU022)
𓉏
22nd Nome of Upper Egypt (NU022A)
O
Buildings, parts of buildings, etc.
𓉐
house
pr
Determinative for buildings
𓉑
combination of house and ankh
House of Life (Scriptorium) (pr-ꜥnḫ )
𓉒
combination of house and mace with round head
𓉓
combination of house, oar, tall loaf and beer jug
𓉔
shelter
h
Egyptian uniliteral sign h
𓉕
winding wall from upper-left corner
mr
𓉖
winding wall from lower-left corner
mr
𓉗
enclosure
𓉘
opening of ḥwt -enclosure
Egyptological sign used for placing groups of signs inside a ḥwt-enclosure
𓉙
opening of ḥwt-enclosure
Egyptological sign used for placing groups of signs inside a ḥwt-enclosure
𓉚
opening of ḥwt-enclosure
Egyptological sign used for placing groups of signs inside a ḥwt-enclosure
𓉛
closing of ḥwt-enclosure
Egyptological sign used for placing groups of signs inside a ḥwt-enclosure
𓉜
closing of ḥwt-enclosure
Egyptological sign used for placing groups of signs inside a ḥwt-enclosure
𓉝
closing of ḥwt-enclosure
Egyptological sign used for placing groups of signs inside a ḥwt-enclosure
𓉞
combination of enclosure and flat loaf
𓉟
combination of enclosure, flat loaf and wooden column
Great house (ḥwt-ꜥꜣt ) (Not to be confused with pr-ꜥꜣ)
𓉠
combination of enclosure, flat loaf and basket
𓉡
combination of enclosure and falcon
𓉢
combination of enclosure and ankh
House of Life (ḥwt-ꜥnḫ ) (Not to be confused with pr-ꜥnḫ)
𓉣
combination of enclosure and bee
House of the king of Lower Egypt (ḥwt-bjty )
𓉤
combination of shrine in profile and face
𓉥
palace
𓉦
combination of palace and forearm
𓉧
battlemented enclosure
Portal (sbḫt )
Wide (wsḫ )
Wide hall (wsḫt )
𓉨
part of battlemented enclosure
𓉩
enclosure with cup and flat loaf
𓉪
gateway with serpents
Gate (rwt )
Shroud, door (tꜣyt )
𓉫
open gateway with serpents
Gate (rwt )
Shroud, door (tꜣyt )
𓉬
shrine in profile
𓉭
shrine with fence
Shrine (jtrt )
Great House (archaic shrine of El Kab and Upper Egypt) (pr-wr )
𓉮
shrine
Shrine (jtrt )
Great House (archaic shrine of El Kab and Upper Egypt) (pr-wr )
𓉯
shrine
Shrine (jtrt )
House of the Jar (archaic shrine of Buto ) and Lower Egypt (pr-nw )
𓉰
shrine
Shrine (jtrt )
House of the Jar (archaic shrine of Buto ) and Lower Egypt (pr-nw )
𓉱
façade of shrine
𓉲
booth with pole
Booth (sḥ )
Festival (ḥ(ꜣ)b )
ꜥrq
𓉳
double platform
𓉴
pyramid
𓉵
pedestal of sun temple
𓉶
obelisk
Obelisk (tḫn )
Monument (mn )
𓉷
obelisk and pedestal of sun temple
determinative for Sun temples
𓉸
stela
𓉹
hall of columns
𓉺
column
jwn
𓉻
horizontal wooden column
Column (ꜥꜣ )
Great (esp. of size) (ꜥꜣ )
ꜥꜣ
𓉼
vertical wooden column
Column (ꜥꜣ )
Great (esp. of size) (ꜥꜣ )
ꜥꜣ
𓉽
support
𓉾
four supports
The 4 supports of the sky (sḫnt )
𓉿
door
𓊀
gateway
𓊁
façade of palace
See: Serekh
𓊂
closing of srḫ -enclosure
Egyptological sign used in the horizontal writing of the Horus name (see: Serekh )
𓊃
door bolt
s
Unil. s , used for horizontal spaces instead of the vertical s-sign S29 , a folded cloth ,
𓊄
combination of bolt and legs
sj, sb
alone translates to "go!", can also be used in zbj , "perish".
𓊅
wall
1. Ideogram or det. for jnb , "wall"; 2. (a det. for related words)
𓊆
opening of oval fortified wall enclosure
Egyptological sign used to enclose groups of signs in a fortified wall
𓊇
closing of oval fortified wall enclosure
Egyptological sign used to enclose groups of signs in a fortified wall
𓊈
opening of square fortified wall enclosure
Egyptological sign used to enclose groups of signs in a fortified wall
𓊉
closure of square fortified wall enclosure
Egyptological sign used to enclose groups of signs in a fortified wall
𓊊
falling wall
Tilt, favor (gsꜣ )
Demolish (sẖnn )
𓊋
corner of wall
Corner, angle, court of magistrates (qnbt )
Gateway (ꜥrrt )
𓊌
stone
Determinative for types of stone
𓊍
stair single
𓊎
double stairway
1.
𓊏
fence
šsp
𓊐
low fence
šsp
𓊑
emblem of Min
Fetish of the Temple of Min
𓊒
domed building
Harem, temple chamber (jpt )
𓊓
domed building
Harem, temple chamber (jpt )
𓊔
enclosed mound
𓊕
enclosed mound
Nekhen (nḫn )
Twice, doubled (sp-snw )
𓊖
village
Determinative for towns, locations within Egypt
𓊗
threshing floor
Threshing floor (spt )
Time, occasion, etc. (sp )
sp
𓊘
hieratic threshing floor
𓊙
O50A reversed
𓊚
pile of grain
P
Ships and parts of ships
𓊛
ship, boat (dpt, jmw )
Ships (ꜥhꜥw )
sail, go downstream (ḫdj )
jm
𓊜
boat upside down
𓊝
ship under sail
𓊞
sacred barque
Ferry, traverse (ḏꜣj )
sacred barque (wiꜣ )
𓊟
sacred barque without steering oar
𓊠
boat with net
Release (wḥꜥ )
Fisherman, fowler (wḥꜥ )
𓊡
sail
sail (ṯꜣwt )
sailor (nfw ),
wind, breath (ṯꜣw )
north wind (mḥyt )
𓊢
mast
mast (ꜥḥꜥ )
to stand (ꜥḥꜥ )
ꜥḥꜥ
Triliteral ꜥḥꜥ , "to erect, stand,", related concepts
𓊣
combination of mast and forearm
ꜥḥꜥ, ꜥḥꜥw
Combination of P6 and D36
𓊤
oar
𓊥
combination of oar and horned viper
says (parenthetic) (ḫrwfj )
Combination of P8 and I9
𓊦
rudder
𓊧
mooring post
qd
Q
Domestic and funerary furniture
𓊨
seat throne
st, js, ws (in wsjr, “Osiris”), ḥtm
𓊩
carrying chair
ws (in wsjr, “Osiris”)
𓊪
stool
Base, mat, stool (p )
Buto (p )
p
𓊫
headrest
A. Determinative for wrs' , the "headrest"; B. headrest is also Egyptian language , wꜣrst , (Coptic language , "ⲟⲩⲣⲁⲥ"). C. See also: WikiCommons: Egyptian headrests
𓊬
chest
𓊭
sarcophagus
coffin, burial (qrst ), bury (qrs )
𓊮
brazier
fire, flame (nsr(sr) )
torch (tkꜣ )
cook (psj )
warmth (srf )
Lamp (ḫꜣbs )
Ideogram and determinative for various words related to fire, warmth, burning
R
Temple furniture and sacred emblems
𓊯
high table with offerings
offering table (ḫꜣwt )
Offerings (wdḥw )
Offering, satisfy (ḥtp )
𓊰
table with slices of bread
𓊱
high table with offerings
𓊲
low table with offerings
offering table (ḫꜣwt )
Offerings (wdḥw )
Offering, satisfy (ḥtp )
𓊳
low table
offering table (ḫꜣwt )
Offerings (wdḥw )
Offering, satisfy (ḥtp )
𓊴
low table with offerings (simplified)
𓊵
loaf on mat
Altar, offering, peace, be satisfied, be at peace, rest, set (of the sun) ((ḥtp )
𓊶
narrow censer
𓊷
broad censer
𓊸
bowl with smoke
Incense (snṯr )
Ba-soul (bꜣ )
𓊹
Cloth on pole
𓊺
combination of cloth on pole and bag
𓊻
combination of cloth on pole, butcher's block and slope of hill
𓊼
combination of cloth on pole and butcher's block
𓊽
reed column
Djed , a symbol of Osiris - originally probably a reed column, later reinterpreted as a spinal column
𓊾
standard
𓊿
falcon and feather on standard
𓋀
Emblem of the West
West (jmnty, jmntt )
'"right"' (wnmj )
Emblem of the West
𓋁
spear, Emblem of the East
East (jꜣbty, jꜣbtt )
Left (jꜣbj )
Emblem of the East
𓋂
sceptre with feathers and string
𓋃
sceptre with feathers
Wekh-fetish of Nefertem
𓋄
wig on pole
Great Land (8th nome of Upper Egypt) (tꜣ-wr )
Abydine fetish of Osiris . See also NU8, 8th nome of Upper Egypt
𓋅
combination of wig on pole and irrigation canal system
Great Land (8th nome of Upper Egypt) (tꜣ-wr )
Abydine fetish of Osiris . See also NU8, 8th nome of Upper Egypt
𓋆
scepter with feather
Emblem of Waset (Thebes )
𓋇
flower with horns
Emblem of Seshat
𓋈
flower with horns
Emblem of Seshat
𓋉
two narrow belemnites
Emblem of Min. Interpreted as belemnite fossils or a lightning bolt.
𓋊
two broad belemnites
Emblem of Min . Interpreted as belemnite fossils or a lightning bolt.
𓋋
two bows tied horizontally
Emblem of Neith . Alternatively interpreted as a weaver’s shuttle or a simplified Click beetle .
𓋌
two bows tied vertically
Emblem of Neith . Alternatively interpreted as a weaver’s shuttle or a simplified Click beetle .
𓋍
combination of land, lung and windpipe, lily, and papyrus
To unite the two lands (smꜣ-tꜣwy )
’Sema-Tawy’, heraldic symbol of the unification of the two lands. See: Sema Tawy
𓋎
two arrows crossed over a shield
Emblem of Neith
𓋏
Bat
𓋐
niche with serpent
Shrine (jtrt ), in jtrty “Double shrines”
S
Crowns, dress, staves, etc.
𓋑
white crown
White crown (ḥḏt, wrt, wrrt )
Beautiful, good (nfr ) (Ptolemaic)
Kingship (nsyt )
King( of Upper Egypt) (nswt )
Upper Egypt(ian) (šmꜥw )
See Hedjet ; (see also Red crown & Pschent )
𓋒
combination of white crown and basket
White crown (ḥḏt, wrt, wrrt )
𓋓
combination of white crown and village
𓋔
red crown
Red crown (dšrt, nt )
King (of Lower Egypt) (bjty )
Lower Egypt(ian), North (mḥw )
n, jn
See Deshret ; Red crown (hieroglyph) -(uniliteral n - used in vertical spaces instead of the flat n-sign N35
𓋕
combination of red crown and basket
Red crown (dšrt, nt )
King (of Lower Egypt) (bjty )
𓋖
Pschent Crown
Double crown (sḫmty ) (lit. ‘two powers’)
Upper and Lower Egypt (šmꜥw-mḥw )
Dual king (nswt-bjty )
See: Pschent , derived from late Egyptian pꜣ-sḫmty “The double crown”
𓋗
combination of Pschent Crown and basket
Double crown (sḫmty ) (lit. ‘two powers’)
Dual king (nswt-bjty )
𓋘
combination of red crown and village
Lower Egypt(ian), North (mḥw )
𓋙
blue crown
khepresh -helmet, a.k.a. the “Blue crown” or “War crown”
𓋚
Atef crown
𓋛
shuty-crown (two falcon feathers) ]
two feathers , a crown related to Amun
𓋜
headband
𓋝
broad collar
see: Usekh collar
𓋞
collar of beads
Gold (nbw )
Lord (nb ) (Ptolemaic)
𓋟
combination of collar of beads and foot
Gold (nbw )
Lord (nb ) (Ptolemaic)
𓋠
combination of collar of beads and mace with round head
𓋡
combination of collar of beads and sceptre
𓋢
combination of collar of beads and sceptre
𓋣
pectoral
Sparkle, gleam, glitter (ṯḥn )
Faience (ṯḥnt )
𓋤
𓋥
pectoral
𓋦
girdle
𓋧
"menat necklace and counterpoise"
Menat necklace
𓋨
seal with necklace
Seal (ḫtm )
Seal-bearer (sḏꜣwty )
Seal with necklace
𓋩
necklace with seal
Seal (ḫtm )
Seal-bearer (sḏꜣwty )
𓋪
ring
𓋫
shoulder-knot
sṯ, st, tꜣ-wr
𓋬
two whips with shen ring
Bring together, collect (dmḏ )
𓋭
girdle knot
ṯs
1. knot; to tie in a knot, fetter; 2. Bil. ṯs
𓋮
garment with ties
𓋯
apron
𓋰
apron
𓋱
apron
𓋲
cloth with two strands
𓋳
cloth with fringe on top and folded cloth
Clothes, to clothe (ḥbs )
'Be naked (ḥꜣy )
s (Cryptographic)
𓋴
folded cloth
She, her, hers (.s ) (Suffix pronoun)
s
𓋵
combination of folded cloth and horned viper
sf
𓋶
combination of folded cloth and sickle
smꜣ
𓋷
cloth with fringe on the side
𓋸
sandal
𓋹
life ankh, possibly representing a sandal-strap
𓋺
sunshade
Shadow, shade, sunshade (ḫꜣbyt, šwt )
Standard (sryt )
𓋻
sunshade
Shadow, shade, sunshade (ḫꜣbyt, šwt )
Standard (sryt )
𓋼
sunshade
Shadow, shade, sunshade (ḫꜣbyt, šwt )
Standard (sryt )
𓋽
fan
𓋾
crook
Rule, ruler (ḥqꜣ )
Scepter (ḥqꜣt )
𓋿
shepherd's crook
𓌀
wꜣs scepter (uꜣs)
Power, dominion (wꜣs )
Iatet (a milk goddess) (ỉꜣtt )
See Was scepter
𓌁
sceptre
𓌂
Sekhem scepter
Power, force (sḫm )
ḫrp-scepter, control, direct (ḫrp )
ꜥbꜣ-scepter (ꜥbꜣ )
see: Sekhem scepter
𓌃
walking stick
Speak, word(s) (md(w) )
Staff (mdw )
𓌄
walking stick with flagellum
Club, mace, ꜣms-scepter (ꜣms )
𓌅
flagellum
𓌆
covering for head and neck
k (Ptolemaic)
T
Warfare, hunting, butchery
𓌇
mace with flat head
𓌈
mace with round head
𓌉
mace with round head
Ideogram , and phonogram for mace, ḥḏ Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Waw and its descendants
𓌊
combination of mace with round head and two hills
𓌋
mace with strap
𓌌
combination of mace with round head and cobra
𓌍
combination of mace with round head and two cobras
𓌎
axe
𓌏
axe
𓌐
dagger
"top", or "first" "first", "foremost"Ideogram in tp , tpy ; det. in mtpnt
𓌑
dagger
𓌒
bow
To stretch, to extend, to be wide
𓌓
bow
To stretch, to extend, to be wide
𓌔
composite bow
𓌕
arrow
𓌖
two crossed arrows
𓌗
bowstring
1. Tril. rwḏ ; Ideo. for "bowstring" 2. items that are "hard, durable, strong, rooted," thus "growth, growing" 3. (see Pharaoh Rudamun )
𓌘
joined pieces of wood
phonogram , rs
𓌙
throw stick vertically
Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Gimel and its descendants.
𓌚
throw stick slanted
𓌛
scimitar
𓌜
scimitar
𓌝
chariot
Ideogram or det. for chariot
𓌞
crook with package attached
šms
Follower sign
𓌟
harpoon head
"memorial, record, archive, memorandum"; in plural: "annals"
𓌠
harpoon head
𓌡
harpoon
1. "single" items; "1", 'each', etc.; 2. Bil. wꜥ
𓌢
arrowhead
Bil. sn ; Ideo. for "arrow" used for: brother, husband sister, wife "smell" touch, grasp 2, "second", 'the same'-(twin ), two , both , etc.
𓌣
arrowhead
𓌤
fishingnet
See moon, (also iꜥh ); A. plough, break ground; B. field laborer, peasant; C. field; D. det. in name of a god "I'h-ur"-(I'h-Great )
𓌥
float
to supply, furnish with, equip, provide, & to decorate ...(thus the "life preserver ") see also: seal, (to seal , ḏbꜥj-t )
𓌦
birdtrap
𓌧
trap
1. trap, bird-trap, (the device); 2. Ideogram or det. in sḫt , Egyptian "trap" and related words
𓌨
butcher's block
1. Bil. ẖr ; 2. Ideas of items below, (butchered, segmented, then 'owned'); and major use of 'below', or 'under', as a prepositional use
𓌩
butcher's block with knife
𓌪
knife
𓌫
knife-sharpener
phonogram for sšm
𓌬
combination of knife-sharpener and legs
𓌭
combination of knife and folded cloth
𓌮
knife-sharpener of butcher
𓌯
combination of knife-sharpener and folded cloth
𓌰
butcher's knife
bil. nm
𓌱
butcher's knife
𓌲
shield
U
Agriculture, crafts, and professions
𓌳
sickle
𓌴
sickle
𓌵
𓌶
𓌷
𓌸
phonogram for "mr"
𓌹
𓌺
𓌻
hoe
1. bil. mr , for "beloved" 2. used in Pharaoh, individuals, other names, etc.: (Pharaoh XX, Beloved of God/Goddess YY )
𓌼
𓌽
𓌾
grain measure (with plural, for grain particles)
𓌿
𓍀
𓍁
𓍂
𓍃
sled (sledge)
Bil. tm
𓍄
sled with jackal head
bjꜣ as in wonder or marvel, or Determinative for wnš , sledge.
𓍅
Pick, opening earth
To have, hold, possess; (used in building new town-locations)
𓍆
𓍇
nw
𓍈
𓍉
adze- on-block
triliteral , stp , for "chosen" often used in Pharaonic cartouche names as: "Chosen of God XXXX" , (example: Beloved of Maat, Chosen of Maat )
𓍊
clapper-(of-bell) tool/instrument forked-staff, etc.
1. Determinative for mnḫ , for "cut", "give shape to" 2. Ideogram in mnḫ , for "to be excellent " 3. The grandfather of Ptolemy V of the Rosetta Stone is Ptolemy III Euergetes -(the Canopus Stone ), the "Well-doer Gods" -(pharaohs).[ 4] Their name is a composition block of two 'God' hieroglyphs-(husband & wife), (R8 ), , with a chisel at the base of each,
𓍋
chisel
See: Narmer Palette bil. , ꜣb , mr ; (see also for mr , Canal)
𓍌
𓍍
hand drill (hieroglyph)
1. Ideogram in ḥmt , the name for the 'hand drill tool'; also hmt for words of "art", "artisan", etc. 2. Ideo. or det. for wbꜣ , to 'rise', to 'open'; see: Rise of a Star: wbn :
𓍎
𓍏
𓍐
𓍑
fire-drill
1. bil. ḏꜣ ; Ideogram for "forest"Emphatically used with words as ḏꜥḏꜥ constructs 2. (see AUS -(article), and "Scale-2"-(on list)-wḏꜣ )
𓍒
𓍓
𓍔
kiln
Bil. tꜣ ; Ideogram for "potter's kiln" (for tꜣ , see also Land, tꜣ )
𓍕
𓍖
Determinative for smn , establish, press down, support
𓍗
𓍘
'pestle'-(curved top)
Bil. tj
𓍙
𓍚
𓍛
fuller's-club
1. Egyptian biliteral sign ḥm , for a fuller's club; 2. Ideogram for ḥmw , 'washer', and ḥm , slave, servant; phonogram ḥm
𓍜
𓍝
scale
Ideogram and det. for mḫꜣt , "scale": see Stand (for Scales)
𓍞
𓍟
a support-(to lift)
wṯs wṯs
1. to lift up, support, etc. 2. see also: wṯs
𓍠
plummet
𓍡
pitchfork
V
Rope, fibre, baskets, bags, etc.
𓍢
"string, rope", Egyptian numeral 100
𓍣
Egyptian numeral 200
𓍤
Egyptian numeral 300
𓍥
Egyptian numeral 400
𓍦
Egyptian numeral 500
𓍧
Egyptian numeral 600
𓍨
Egyptian numeral 700
𓍩
Egyptian numeral 800
𓍪
Egyptian numeral 900
𓍫
Egyptian numeral 500
𓍬
𓍭
𓍮
𓍯
lasso
Lasso, for "cord", (possibly earlier, a word related to "lasso")
𓍰
𓍱
rope-(shape)
Egyptian biliteral sign šs
𓍲
rope-(shape)
Egyptian biliteral sign šn
𓍳
𓍴
𓍵
𓍶
shen ring
šn
Determinative in šnw , the cartouche
𓍷
cartouche
Special uses, (often with inserted name) šn-(shen), "circle", "encircle", or a 'ring'; later time period usage for "name", rn
𓍸
cartouche-(divided)
Ideas of to divide , to exclude , words related to Egyptian language tn , etc.
𓍹
𓍺
𓍻
𓍼
𓍽
𓍾
𓍿
tethering rope
Uniliteral ṯ (also written č )
𓎀
𓎁
tethering rope w/ walking legs
to take possession of, seize, carry off, conquer, acquire
𓎂
cattle hobble (bil. )
bil. sꜣ ; equivalent of Gardiner V17 , also sꜣ , (see also: tethering rope )
𓎃
lifesaver
bil. sꜣ ; equivalent of Gardiner V16 , also sꜣ , (see also: tethering rope )
𓎄
𓎅
𓎆
"cattle hobble"
Egyptian numeral 10
𓎇
Egyptian numeral 20
𓎈
Egyptian numeral 30
𓎉
Egyptian numeral 40
𓎊
Egyptian numeral 50
𓎋
Egyptian numeral 60
𓎌
Egyptian numeral 70
𓎍
Egyptian numeral 80
𓎎
Egyptian numeral 90
𓎏
Egyptian numeral 20
𓎐
Egyptian numeral 30
𓎑
Egyptian numeral 40
𓎒
Egyptian numeral 50
𓎓
Fetter + Cobra
Deep place, deep, pit, cavern-extending, subterranean shrine, etc.
𓎔
whip
Bil. mh , (mḥ); (See: similar shaped hieroglyph F30 , water-skin)
𓎕
𓎖
𓎗
𓎘
"command staff"
to give an order, to command, to decree ; (bil.
𓎙
𓎚
𓎛
a twisted wick
Uniliteral ḥ ; eternity, or a long time period, (also variations of time periods, with tweaks of the seated man holding renpet -constructs) God Huh ? Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Heth and its descendants
𓎜
𓎝
(fiber) swab (straw broom)
1. Biliteral sq ; "to clean", "dust"; 2. Triliteral wꜣḥ
𓎞
𓎟
basket (hieroglyph)
Egyptian for "everything" , every ; major use: "Lord" , (or feminine, Lady ) Bil. nb Ideogram for basket: master , lord
𓎠
𓎡
basket- with-handle (hieroglyph)
Unil. k
𓎢
𓎣
𓎤
𓎥
𓎦
𓎧
𓎨
doubled container (or-added-glyphs) many spellings
Period of 120 years ; in translation: "for..'henti years'"; from, ḥn-t , border, boundary, end, limit, frontier, etc.
𓎩
𓎪
𓎫
𓎬
?stylized ankh (for Isis )(?)
Tyet , Knot of Isis , Girdle of Isis
𓎭
𓎮
W
Vessels of stone and earthenware
𓎯
Oil jar
𓎰
Oil-jar without ties
bꜣs
𓎱
alabaster basin
alabaster (šs), festival (ḥꜣb)
sš
festival (Equivalent to Gardiner W4 , Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph) )det. in sš , 'alabaster', or "precious stone"; det. in hb
abbreviation for ḥbt in "ritual book" ḥrj-ḥbt
𓎲
alabaster basin
𓎳
festival chamber, (the tail is also vertical 'Great': ꜥꜣ )
Sṯ
Sed festival
𓎴
Abbreviation for Lector Priest
𓎵
Metal vessel
𓎶
Granite Bowl
mꜣṯ
𓎷
Granite Bowl
𓎸
stone jug
ḥnm
𓎹
𓎺
cup
determinative for goblet (jꜥb)
wsḫ, sẖw
A. Determinative for the "vessel", Egyptian language , jꜥb -(no. 5 of 6); det. for jꜥb (1 & 2), 1: to approach, to come towards, to meet; 2: "to present a gift", to make an offering, 'an offering'; B. jꜥ, jꜥj , bathing; jꜥw , food, morning meal; jꜥb -(no. 3 of 6), uses Gardiner F16 , as det. for "to comb"; the other use of 'to comb', is for 'to card wool' and also uses the Horn hieroglyph, but is the equivalent word: b'-(no. 2, of 3); (no. 1 is a vessel, bowl, but made of "copper", etc.)
𓎻
Pot
bꜣ (rarely)
𓎼
Jar stand
g
𓎽
Jar stand
g
𓎾
pot
Heset-pitcher, Senbet-pitcher (snbt) or similar containers
𓎿
water jar
side area (jmw), side (gs)
m, m, gs
Bil. ḥs
𓏀
water jar with water
𓏁
water jar with rack
clean (qbḥ) (only Ideogram)
𓏂
water jar with rack
𓏃
water jar with rack
water pitchers in the stand (ḫntw), first ḫnt (j)
ḫnt
𓏄
𓏅
water jar with rack
water pitchers in the stand (ḫntw), first ḫnt (j)
ḫnt
𓏆
𓏇
Milk jug with handle
1. like, as, according to, inasmuch as, since, as well as, together with; all adverbial forms, some as a segue ; 2. early forms use other hieroglyphs; 3. Egyptian: mjtj and mjtt relate to "image" or "likeness": likeness, copy, resemblance, statue, image, similitude, the like etc.
𓏈
Milk jug with cover
milk (jrṯt), milk container and contents
𓏉
Wine jars
Determinative in jrp , "wine"
𓏊
Beer jug
beer (ḥnqt), containers and its contents, tribute (jnw), victim, attendant (wdpw)
𓏋
Beer jug
ontainer (qrḥt), containers and their contents
𓏌
Pot
nw, jn * (accompanies the signs Aa-27 and Aa-28) get (jnj)
nw qd (bil. )-nw
Phoneme for nw ; det. for qd , construct, mold; (see: ḥnk , Arm-with-nu-pot)
𓏍
three pots
𓏎
Pot with legs
fetch (jnj )
X
Loaves and cakes
𓏏
loaf of bread
Uniliteral for "t"
𓏐
𓏑
𓏒
1. Determinative for 'cake' or 'reward', fḳꜣ
𓏓
𓏔
𓏕
𓏖
loaf-with-decoration
1. Determinative for the 'decorated bread loaf', pꜣt ; phoneme for pꜣ ; meanings of: stuff, matter, substance; for 'bread': dough, cake, bread, offering, food, product; 2. for the "primordial god(s)": "Pauti", (many spelling versions)
𓏗
𓏘
𓏙
cone- shaped bread
Ideogram for ḏi , rḏj , give, given, to give; (an equivalent to arm offering conical "loaf" ), Gardiner D37 , In iconography and reliefs , used for pharaonic statements: "Given, Life, Power...Forever" -(the vertical form of 'to give')
𓏚
Y
Writings, games, music
𓏛
papyrus roll
papyrus scroll, book (mḏꜣt)
mḏꜣ-t mḏꜣt
Determinative for terms connected with writing , or 'abstract' concepts
𓏜
(as above, but vertical)
𓏝
papyrus scroll, book (mḏꜣt)
Old Kingdom variation of Y1
𓏞
Scribe's equipment
to write; writing; to become finely ground
zẖꜣ; nꜥꜥ
𓏟
Scribe's equipment
Rarer alternative of Y3
𓏠
Senet board
mn
Extensive dictionary entries beginning at "Mn"-(or men), since the definitions center around permanence , enduring , etc. A common Pharaonic epithet was: Mn-Kheper-Ra , but many names using "mn" as a name component
𓏡
game piece
game figure (jbꜣ) abbreviation for dancer (jbꜣ)
jbꜣ
1. Ideogram or det. in ibꜣ , "pawn", draughtsman; phoneme for ibꜣ; 2. Det. for ibꜣu , ibꜣ , dance [of the gods]; also dancer, dancing man, etc.
𓏢
harp
bjnt
Determinative in bjnt , "arched harp "; (see article Medamud for relief usage)
𓏣
Sistrum
sš, sššt (also sḫm)
A. Ideo. for "sistrum", sššt , (or sḫm (=sistrum)); det. in sššt ; B. sḫm is Egyptian for 'power', (confer with Sekhem scepter -(list sḫm ) and Medamud -(article))
Z
Strokes, signs derived from Hieratic, geometrical features
𓏤
Single stroke
Indicates that the prior sign is an Ideogram as if it had no feminine ending; can stand as an abundance stroke at empty places
𓏥
Plural stroke (horizontal)
Plural, majority, collective concept (e.g. meat, jwf)
𓏦
Can be used as a replacement for signs perceived to be dangerous to actually write
𓏧
𓏨
𓏩
𓏪
plural strokes (vertical)
Can be used as a replacement for signs perceived to be dangerous to actually write
𓏫
𓏬
𓏭
Dual stroke
plural, majority, collective concept (e.g. meat, jwf ),
duality
for j (y) (only if ending sounds like a dual ending)
Can be used as a replacement for signs perceived to be dangerous to actually write
𓏮
Egyptian numeral 2
𓏯
Diagonal stroke (from hieratic )
Can be used as a replacement for signs perceived to be dangerous to actually write
𓏰
𓏱
Substitute for various human figures
𓏲
coil (hieratic equivalent)
w (or u )
unil. , equivalent of unil. w , the quail chick , ; Both chick and coil are used for plural , the w , (or u ) (see also: Plural)
𓏳
Oval
𓏴
Crossed diagonal sticks
destroy (ḥḏj), break, divide (wpj), over load (ḏꜣj), cross, meet
swꜣ, sḏ, ḫbs, šbn, wp, wr
Possibly ancestral to Proto-Sinaitic Taw and its descendants
𓏵
Crossed diagonal sticks
destroy (ḥḏj), break, divide (wpj), over load (ḏꜣj), cross, meet
swꜣ, sḏ, ḫbs, šbn, wp, wr
Determinative for "break, divide" (wpj), "over load" (ḏꜣj), "cross, meet"
𓏶
two planks crossed and joined
imi
𓏷
𓏸
𓏹
𓏺
Egyptian numeral 1
𓏻
Egyptian numeral 2
𓏼
Egyptian numeral 3
𓏽
Egyptian numeral 4
𓏾
Egyptian numeral 5
𓏿
Egyptian numeral 6
𓐀
Egyptian numeral 7
𓐁
Egyptian numeral 8
𓐂
Egyptian numeral 9
𓐃
Egyptian numeral 5
𓐄
Numeral 1 in dates
𓐅
Numeral 2 in dates
𓐆
Numeral 3 in dates
𓐇
Numeral 4 in dates
𓐈
Numeral 5 in dates
𓐉
Numeral 6 in dates
𓐊
Numeral 7 in dates
𓐋
Numeral 8 in dates
𓐌
Numeral 9 in dates
Aa
Unclassified signs
𓐍
Placenta or sieve
ḫ
𓐎
Pustule
bodily growths or conditions, disease
𓐏
Pustule with liquid issuing from it
medical or anatomical condition, specifically soft matter or liquid
Rare alternative for AA2
𓐐
bꜣ (rarely)
See § W10
𓐑
Part of steering gear of a ship
hasten (ḥjp), hepet-device (ḥpt)
ḥp (rarely)
𓐒
tmꜣ, ṯmꜣ
𓐓
A Smiting-Blade
Abbreviation for "smite" (spr )
𓐔
𓐕
𓐖
Irrigation tunnels
qn, ḏꜣt, ḏꜣḏꜣt
𓐗
𓐘
𓐙
Raised platform (ṯntt), platform abbreviation for mꜣꜥ in (mꜣꜥ-ḫrw)
mꜣꜥ and mꜣꜥ in mꜣꜥ-ḫrw
𓐚
Raised platform (ṯntt), platform abbreviation for mꜣꜥ in (mꜣꜥ-ḫrw)
mꜣꜥ
𓐛
side area (jmw), side (gs)
m, m, gs
𓐜
side area (jmw), side (gs)
m, m, gs
𓐝
jm, m, gs
𓐞
gs
𓐟
sꜣ
𓐠
sꜣ
𓐡
ḥr
𓐢
ꜥpr
𓐣
Abbreviation for Seth
𓐤
Abbreviation for Seth
𓐥
Often instead of U35
𓐦
Often instead of U35
𓐧
𓐨
sbj
𓐩
nḏ
𓐪
qd
𓐫
𓐬
𓐭
𓐮