List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by alphabetization
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A List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements. Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for religious literature on papyrus and wood...

 by alphabetization, starts at A-(3), has 3, (or 4) more vowel
Vowel
In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, such as English ah! or oh! , pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure at any point above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants, such as English sh! , where there is a constriction or closure at some...

-equivalents, and ends at dj, (not an Egyptian bilteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

).

The common use Egyptian hieroglyphs numbered between 650-700, including variants. By late Ancient Egyptian time, including the Ptolemaic Egypt
Ptolemaic Egypt
Ptolemaic Egypt began when Ptolemy I Soter invaded Egypt and declared himself Pharaoh of Egypt in 305 BC and ended with the death of queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and the Roman conquest in 30 BC. The Ptolemaic Kingdom was a powerful Hellenistic state, extending from southern Syria in the east, to...

, the number of hieroglyphs became in the multiple thousands, as many can be found ligatured, (for example the Min Palette
Min Palette
The Min Palette, or El Amrah Palette is an ancient Egyptian cosmetic palette from El Amrah , found in Naqada, tomb B62. It is held in the British Museum, no. 35501.-Description:...

 of Predynastic Egypt
Predynastic Egypt
The Prehistory of Egypt spans the period of earliest human settlement to the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period of Egypt in ca. 3100 BC, starting with King Menes/Narmer....

).

The alphabet of 24 (25) common characters is arranged as follows: (there are also supplemental alphabetic characters)
a
G1
i
M17
y
M17-M17
'
D36
(w,u)
G43
B
b
P
p
F
f
M
G17
N
N35
R
D21
H1
h
H2
H
Kh1
Aa1
Kh2
F32
S
O34
(Sh)=Š
N37
Q/K2
N29
K
k
G
g
T
t
Ch—Tj
V13
D
d
Dj
I10
L/(R)
(special)
(Ptolemaic,
etc)
E23
-- -- -- -- --

A

G1-(Egyptian-vulture)
List (A to Azzz), 3 to 3tf
    1. -3, Vulture (hieroglyph)
      Vulture (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Vulture hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G1 for the Egyptian Vulture.The vulture hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter a-....

    2. -3u, Spine +fluid, "length", extent
    3. -3b, elephant
    4. -3b, chisel

    1. -3(kh), Sacred Ibis
    2. -3ḫt, Akhet (hieroglyph and season)
      Akhet (hieroglyph and season)
      The Egyptian language word Akhet is both a hieroglyph and an Ancient Egyptian season.The two uses for akhet:* In ancient Egyptian, the place where the sun rises and sets; often translated as "horizon" or "mountain of light". It is included in names like "Akhet Khufu" and Akhetaten...

    3. -3t, "moment", "instant"
    4. -3tf, Atef Crown
      Atef
      Atef is the specific feathered white crown of the Egyptian Deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the crown of Upper Egypt, with red ostrich feathers for the Osiris cult. The feathers are identified as ostrich from their curl or curve at the upper ends, with a slight flare toward the base. They are...

      , Atef crown (hieroglyph)
      Atef crown (hieroglyph)
      The ancient Egyptian Atef crown hieroglyph is one of a series of language hieroglyphs related to Ancient Egyptian crowns, staves, dress, etc. Though used in the hieroglyphic language, the Atef crown is probably more commonly found in iconography, in tomb reliefs, wall scenes, statuary, or...

    5. -3tp, 3dp, man-seated-with-basket-on-head

The Biliterals/Triliterals: au, ab, a(kh).

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
3
(A)
vulture
G1 3 Egyptian vulture Vulture (hieroglyph)
Vulture (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Vulture hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G1 for the Egyptian Vulture.The vulture hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter a-....

3u
spine
issuing fluid
F40 3u
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
spine, issuing fluid to be long, length, to extend
Pharaoh: Extent of Happiness-(for Egypt-Land), F40:F34, (on Relief
Relief
Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

s)
(i.e. the Welfare of the Nation)
3b
elephant
E26 3bu
3b
dnhr-(Ptolemaic)
elephant 1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in 3bw, elephant; phonetic
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 3b 2. Ptolemaic Period, new use of dnhr.
3b
mr
chisel
U23 3b
mr
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)-3b
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)-mr
chisel
(hieroglyph)
(See: Narmer Palette
Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great ierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. It is thought by some to depict the unification of...

)
bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

, 3b, mr; (see also for mr, Canal)
3(kh)
Sacred Ibis
G25 3(kh)
(3ḫ)
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
Sacred Ibis Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 3(kh), for the 'divine'; also the ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

3ḫt
("horizon")
mountain-
-with-
rising-sun
N27 a(kh)t
3ḫt
mountain-with
-rising-sun
(or setting-sun)
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for a(kh)t-(3ḫt), "horizon"; (see Akhenaten
Akhenaten
Akhenaten also spelled Echnaton,Ikhnaton,and Khuenaten;meaning "living spirit of Aten") known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV , was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC...

's townsite, Akhetaten)
3t
"moment"
"instant" of time
F3 ! -.- ! F3:N5*Z1 3t Hippo head
in Papyrus of Ani
Papyrus of Ani
The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript written in cursive hieroglyphs and illustrated with color miniatures created in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt ....

, Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead is the modern name of an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom to around 50 BC. The original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw is translated as "Book of Coming Forth by Day". Another translation would be "Book of...

, crocodile head
'moment', 'instant', a Snap-of-a-finger
3t
"moment
of time"
(instant)
F3 at
(3t)
moment
snap-of-a-finger
a "moment", 'an instant', a snap-of-a-finger; phonetically
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 3t; in composition block
Quadrat (hieroglyph block)
A quadrat block is a virtual rectangle or square in Egyptian hieroglyphic text.The glyphs can be variable in number within the virtual block, though they are often proportioned according to variable standardized rules of scribal methods.The definition for the block in Illustrated Hieroglyphics...

, with sun (hieroglyph)
Sun (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Sun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. N5 for the sun-disc; it is also one of the hieroglyphs that refers to the god Ra.-Luwian hieroglyhs, Sa-sub4:...

, Gardiner no. 5, ,:,:N5-F3:,, F3:N5*Z1
3tf
Atef
Atef
Atef is the specific feathered white crown of the Egyptian Deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the crown of Upper Egypt, with red ostrich feathers for the Osiris cult. The feathers are identified as ostrich from their curl or curve at the upper ends, with a slight flare toward the base. They are...

-
Crown
S8 atf
(3tf)
Atef
Atef crown (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Atef crown hieroglyph is one of a series of language hieroglyphs related to Ancient Egyptian crowns, staves, dress, etc. Though used in the hieroglyphic language, the Atef crown is probably more commonly found in iconography, in tomb reliefs, wall scenes, statuary, or...


crown
Atef crown (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Atef crown hieroglyph is one of a series of language hieroglyphs related to Ancient Egyptian crowns, staves, dress, etc. Though used in the hieroglyphic language, the Atef crown is probably more commonly found in iconography, in tomb reliefs, wall scenes, statuary, or...


(hieroglyph)
Atef crown (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Atef crown hieroglyph is one of a series of language hieroglyphs related to Ancient Egyptian crowns, staves, dress, etc. Though used in the hieroglyphic language, the Atef crown is probably more commonly found in iconography, in tomb reliefs, wall scenes, statuary, or...

Ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for the crown 3tf-(atef)
3tp, 3dp
man-seated-with-
basket-on-head
3tp, 3dp
fa, fai
& k3t
A9 1a.-3tp, 3dp
(Coptic
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

-otp)
1b.-fa, fai
2.-k3t
man-seated-with-
basket-on-head
man-seated-with-basket-
on-head
1a. for 3tp, 3dp, to load, to be laden, master of the load; equals Coptic language
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

, otp; (minor use for 'tp, 'dp);
1b. for fa, fai, to carry, to bear; additional constructs for carrier, bearer, supporter, (and types thereof); for fa-dni, the "bearer-of-the-
-basket", see: Greek-Kanephoros
Kanephoros
The Kanephoros was an honorific office given to unmarried young women in ancient Greece, which involved the privilege of leading the procession to sacrifice at festivals; the highest honour was to lead the pompe at the Panathenaic Festival...

;
2. for ka-t, kau-ti, work, labour, toil; workmen, labourers, artisans, craftsmen, etc.

I

M17-(reed)

List i to isu
    1. -i, reed
    2. -i3wt, "office", position
    3. -i'b, vase, bowl, vessel, pot, 'cup'
    4. -i'r-t, Uraeus
      Uraeus
      The Uraeus is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian spitting cobra , used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt.The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet, who was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and who...

    5. -i'ḥ, (crescent)-moon
    6. -i'ḥ, fields-(planting, laborer)
    7. -ib, heart
    8. -ib, kid goat-('young animal')
    9. -ib3, draughtsman, pawn
    10. -ib3u, man-dancing (plural)-'dancers [of the gods]'
    11. -Imn, Amun
      Amun
      Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...

    12. -imn, man-hiding
    13. -imny, Emblem of the West
      Emblem of the West (hieroglyph)
      The ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for the Emblem of the West, or Symbol of the West is one of the pairs of symbols for 'east', and 'west'....


    1. -in, fish (Tilapia-shape)
    2. -inb, wall
    3. -inr, block
    4. -ir, eye; to do, to make
    5. -irp, wine jars
    6. -is-t, seat, throne
    7. -ISt, Isis
      Isis
      Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

    8. -ISir, Osiris
      Osiris
      Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...

    9. -isu, bone w/meat

The Biliterals/Triliterals: iu, iun, in, ir, is.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
i
reed
(flowering)-reed
reed-(=rush)
M17 i (flowering)
reed-(=rush)
alphabetic uniliteral vowel i; ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 in i, "rush"
i3wt
office
'post'
'position'
O44 iaut-i3wt office
'post'
'position'
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for iaut-(i3wt), for "post", "office", "position", etc;
2. the fetish of the "Temple of Min
Min
Min may refer to:*Min , an Egyptian fertility god*Min , a modern working copy of an Ancient Egyptian ship of Hatshepsut's time*Min , a South Korean celebrity most popularly known as a member of miss A*Min *Min River...

"
i'b
vase, bowl,
vessel, pot,
'cup'
W10 i'b 'cup' A. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for the "vessel", Egyptian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...

, i'b-(no. 5 of 6); det. for i'b (1 & 2), 1: to approach, to come towards, to meet; 2: "to present a gift", to make an offering, 'an offering';
B. i', i'y, bathing; i'u, food, morning meal; i'b-(no. 3 of 6), uses Gardiner no. F16, 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); ( ' ' b-no. 1 is a vessel, bowl, but made of "copper", etc.)
i'r
i'r-t-(feminine)
uraeus
Uraeus
The Uraeus is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian spitting cobra , used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt.The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet, who was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and who...

I12 ! I13 i'r-t uraeus Uraeus
Uraeus
The Uraeus is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian spitting cobra , used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt.The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet, who was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and who...

; Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for i'rt, the Uraeus, and also in Goddess names
i'ḥ
(crescent)
moon
N11 ! N12 i'ḥ moon 1. Det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 "moon"; 2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

, i'h-(i'ḥ), 'moon'; 3. items of the 'month', (timeperiod); see ploughing, laborer ("planting"), Gardiner no. T24, (also i'ḥ) T24
i'ḥ
fields-(planting)
T24 i'ḥ fields-(planting)
(etc.)
see moon, (also i'h);
A. plough, break ground;
B. field laborer, peasant;
C. field;
D. det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in name of a god "I'h-ur"-(I'h-Great)
iy
to go, to come
M18 ! -.- ! M18-M17-M17 iy to go, to come to go, to come, (see i(i))
i(i)
it
reed
with legs
M18 i(i)
it
(flowering)
reed-(=rush)
w/ legs
combined sound-sign, determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for i(+i); come, to come, coming, etc
iy-m-ḥtp
Imhotep
Imhotep
Imhotep , fl. 27th century BC was an Egyptian polymath, who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis...

M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3 iy-m-ḥtp Imhotep
Imhotep
Imhotep , fl. 27th century BC was an Egyptian polymath, who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis...

Imhotep
Imhotep
Imhotep , fl. 27th century BC was an Egyptian polymath, who served under the Third Dynasty king Djoser as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis...

iw, iw'
isu
swt
bone w/meat
F44 isu
iw', iw
swt
bone w/meat 1. Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

, isu-"Reward". 2. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for thigh bone, iw' -"Heir", Inheritance, Ancestry, (phonetic iw. Also, tibia, swt.
ib
heart
F34 ib heart Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for ib, "heart"; (See also kid (goat), for ib)
ib
calf
kid (goat)
E8 ib calf
kid (goat)
1. Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 ib for 'young goat';
2. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for words of 'young farm animals'
3. (See also heart, for ib)
ib3
pawn
(draughtsman)
(token)
Y6 ib3 game piece
Game piece (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Game piece , also a Token, or the general term for any gaming-gambling piece, Draughtsman is an ancient hieroglyph. Gaming pieces were certainly required in predynastic times, as the cultural creation of games and entertainment has a long history in most cultures...


(hieroglyph)
Game piece (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Game piece , also a Token, or the general term for any gaming-gambling piece, Draughtsman is an ancient hieroglyph. Gaming pieces were certainly required in predynastic times, as the cultural creation of games and entertainment has a long history in most cultures...


1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in ib3, "pawn", draughtsman; phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
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 for ib3; 2. Det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for ib3u, ib3, dance [of the gods]; also dancer, dancing man, etc.
ib3u, ib3
ib, ibu
man-dancing
(kh)bi
ib, ibu
ib3u, ib3
A32 (kh)bi
ib, ibu
ib3u, ib3
man-dancing Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for (kh)bi, to dance; also det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for ib, ibu; ib3u, ib3, for dance, dancer, etc.
Imn
Amun
Amun
Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...

C12 imn Amun
Amun
Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...

see Amun
Amun
Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...

imn
man-hiding
A5 imn man-hiding Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for imn, to hide, to conceal, secret, mysterious; also hidden person or thing, concealed, secret, mysterious (verb, noun, adjective)
imny
unmy
Emblem
of-the-West
R14 ! (or) ! R13 imny-("West")
unmy-("right")
Emblem
Emblem of the West (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for the Emblem of the West, or Symbol of the West is one of the pairs of symbols for 'east', and 'west'....


of-the-West
Emblem of the West (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for the Emblem of the West, or Symbol of the West is one of the pairs of symbols for 'east', and 'west'....


(hieroglyph)
Emblem of the West (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for the Emblem of the West, or Symbol of the West is one of the pairs of symbols for 'east', and 'west'....

Emblem of the West
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for imnt, west, (and similar); also for unmy, "right".
in
fish
K1 int, in
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)-in
fish
Tilapia nilotica
Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 in; det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for "Tilapia", int; phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for in; the common fish shape for relief
Relief
Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

s & art; also for the fish cosmetic palette
Fish cosmetic palette
The Fish palettes of predynastic Egypt are one of the common types of the zoomorphic palettes, which are shaped in the form of the animal portrayed...

s.
inb
wall
O36 inb wall 1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for inb, "wall";2. (a det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for related words)
inr
dbt-ḏbt
block
N39 ! -.- ! O39-(short-(no-lines)) 1.-inr
2.-dbt-ḏbt
dby-t-plinth
block 1. block of stone, (or brick, etc.)
2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in inr for "stone", "block", etc.
3. Det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in types of building stones or types of minerals;
4A. Det. for dbt-(ḏbt), "brick"; 4B. dby-t-plinth, pedestal
ir
eye
D4 ir
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
eye 1. Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 ir; ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for irt, eye; phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for ir; det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for words related to 'vision' and the eye. 2. Egyptian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...

 meaning of 'to do', or 'to make', for example: to conduct a "festival"-(the Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...

)
utcha-t
Eye of
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...


Horus
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...

D10 utchat Eye of Horus
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...

Eye of Horus
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...

irp
wine
jars
W21 "irp" wine
jars
Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in irp, "wine"
is-t
seat
throne
Q1-.-Q1-X1 ! -.- ! Q1-X1::Q2-.-Q2:X1-(examples) st
(also is-t)-(constructs)
seat
throne
see: st; seat, throne, place, abode, tomb, room, chamber, etc.; many constructs as "Place of... XXX"; place of purity, Place of Landing, (a quay, wharf), is-t meni, Q1-X1:O1-Y5:N35-M17-T14-P1:D40
ISt
Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

Q1-X1:H8-B1-.-Q1-X1:O1 iSt Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

ISir
"ASar"-Osiris
Osiris
Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...

D4:Q1*A40 ! Q1:D4 iSir
"ASar"
Osiris Osiris
Osiris
Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...

chair
(chair for carrying)
Q2 -- carrying
chair
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for 3sir, the God Osiris
Osiris
Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...

isu
iw, iw'
swt
bone w/meat
F44 isu
iw', iw
swt
bone w/meat 1. Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

, isu-"Reward". 2. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for thigh bone, iw' -"Heir", Inheritance, Ancestry, (phonetic iw. Also, tibia, swt.

Y

M17-M17-(reeds)-.- Z4-(two-strokes)

List y to i(i)
Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
y
ii
pair-of-reeds
M17-M17 y pair-of-reeds alphabetic uniliteral vowel y
i(i)
it
reed
with legs
M18 i(i)
it
(flowering)
reed-(=rush)
w/ legs
combined sound-sign, determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for i(+i); come, to come, coming, etc
1–cane
2–reed-(=Rush)
3–(swt)-Rush
4–flowering-
rush-(sedge)
M22 ! M17-.-M17-M17 ! M23 ! M26 -- -- --

'

D36-(arm)
List ' to '(sh)3
    1. - '3, door, gateway
    2. - '3, wooden-column, Great
    3. - 'nḫ, live, life
    4. - 'ḥ, palace
    5. - 'ḥ3, arms-with-shield

    1. - 'h' , mast
    2. - 'h' , stele, tablet, hill
    3. - 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u, stack (of grain)
    4. - '(sh)3, lizard

The Biliterals/Triliterals: '3, 'n(kh), 'ḥ', '(sh)3, 'q, '(dj).

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
'3
door/
(gateway)
O31 ! -.- ! O31V-(vertical) '3 door
(often vertical)
1. Egyptian language, '3, equivalent to O29-.-O29V.
2. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

, 'open'
'3
Great
wooden-column
O29 ! O29V '3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
column?, club? 'Great'
(wooden)-column
'nḫ
life
live
S34 ankh
Ankh
The ankh , also known as key of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata, was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "eternal life", a triliteral sign for the consonants ʻ-n-ḫ...


'n(kh)
'nḫ
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
life
live
Tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 'n(kh);
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for "life", "live"
'ḥ
palace
O11 ! O12 'ḥ palace 1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

, 'h-('ḥ), "palace"; see also: O6 palace, temple, tomb, ḥut
'ḥ3
arms-
with-shield-
and-mace
(or axe)
D34 ! D34A 'ḥ3 arms-
with-shield-
and-mace
(or axe)
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for 'ha-('ḥ3), "combat"; (fight, contest, struggle)-(noun or verb)
'ḥ'
mast
P6 ! P7 'h'
( 'ḥ' )
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
mast
Mast (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian ship's mast hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on a famous label of Pharaoh Den of the First dynasty, but forms part of the location hieroglyph: Emblem of the East....


(hieroglyph)
Mast (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian ship's mast hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on a famous label of Pharaoh Den of the First dynasty, but forms part of the location hieroglyph: Emblem of the East....


--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
Triliteral
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

  'h' , "to erect"
'ḥ' - 'ḥ'it
stele, tablet, hill
P6-O26 'ḥ',-'ḥ'it 'mast' + stele see: u(dj); stele, tablet, hill;
'h'u, (the Plural), for: place, post, station, position, condition, state
'ḥ'-'ḥ'u
stack-(of grain)
heap
(kh)ty
'ḥ'-'ḥ'u
M35 (kh)ty
'ḥ'-'ḥ'u
stack
(of grain)
Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in 1. 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u, for "stack-(of grain)"; (or other determiners for: food, provisions, stores, heaps of grain, wealth, riches, abundance);
2. and (kh)ty, 'heap of grain', where (kh)tyt, is "barn floor", or "place where grain is stored for sale"
'(sh)3
lizard
many
multitude
I1 '(sh)
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
lizard much, many, numerous, overmuch
'(sh)3
lizard
I1 '(sh)a
'š3
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
lizard 1. "multitudes", (=the populace, etc.); 2. Det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 or ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 in 'š3-('(sh)a), "lizard"; also the tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...


W, U

G43-(quail-chick)-.- Z7-(coil-(hieraatic-equivalent))

List u to u(dj)b
    1. -u, quail chick (hieroglyph)
      Quail chick (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Quail chick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G43 for the quail chick.The quail chick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...

    2. -u, coil (hieroglyph)
      Coil (hieroglyph)
      The coil hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as an equivalent for the Quail chick , but is also used in other word constructions, probably for the balance of the hieroglyph composition block. The coil as well as the quail chick are used for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...

    3. -u3, lasso
    4. -u3ḥ, (straw)-broom, fiber swab
    5. -u3s, scepter-Was
      Was
      The was sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art and hieroglyphics associated with the ancient Egyptian religion...

    6. -u3(dj), papyrus stem
    7. -u' , harpoon
    8. -uba, hand-drill, (Old Kingdom
      Old Kingdom
      Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley .The term itself was...

      , bowls, etc.), 'open'
    9. -ubn, sun-shining, with rays, 'open', 'rise'
    10. -up, 2-horns
    11. -up-rnp-t, horns + renpet
      Renpet
      In the Egyptian language, Renpet was the word for year. Its hieroglyph was figuratively depicted in art as a woman wearing a palm shoot over her head. This figurative woman was often referred to as the mistress of eternity. She is the goddess of springtime and youth in ancient Egyptian history....

    12. -un, hare (hieroglyph)
      Hare (hieroglyph)
      The ancient Egyptian Hare hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. E34 is a portrayal of the desert hare of Egypt, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of sekhat for the hare....

    13. -ur, swallow (Hirundinidae family), "Great"

    1. -uḥm, leg of hoofed animal
    2. -u(sh)n, sn(tj), trussed goose
    3. -utn, an offering, gift
    4. -uṯs, to lift up
    5. -utch, u(dj), "command staff"
    6. -u(dj), stele
      Stele
      A stele , also stela , is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief , or painted onto the slab...

      , boundary stone
      Boundary marker
      A boundary marker, boundary stone or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in a direction of a boundary...

    7. -utcha-t, Eye of Horus
      Eye of Horus
      The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...

    8. -u(dj)' , balance + arm, "judgement"
    9. -utchb-u(dj)b, festival routes, "to turn in other direction", (dikes & agriculture fields)

The Biliterals/Triliterals: u3, u3ḥ, u3s, u3(dj), u', up, un-(hare), un-(flower-shape), ur, uḥm, usr, u(dj).

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
u
quail
chick
G43 w
u
quail
Quail chick (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Quail chick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G43 for the quail chick.The quail chick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...


chick
Quail chick (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Quail chick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G43 for the quail chick.The quail chick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...


(hieroglyph)
Quail chick (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Quail chick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G43 for the quail chick.The quail chick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...

1. Unil. w, or u;
2. Either "quail chick" or equivalent coil (hieroglyph)
Coil (hieroglyph)
The coil hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as an equivalent for the Quail chick , but is also used in other word constructions, probably for the balance of the hieroglyph composition block. The coil as well as the quail chick are used for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...

, Gardiner no. Z7, Z7, used as the Plural at word endings; 3. (see also: Plural)
u
coil
(shape)
Z7 w
u
coil
Coil (hieroglyph)
The coil hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as an equivalent for the Quail chick , but is also used in other word constructions, probably for the balance of the hieroglyph composition block. The coil as well as the quail chick are used for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...


(hieroglyph)
Coil (hieroglyph)
The coil hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as an equivalent for the Quail chick , but is also used in other word constructions, probably for the balance of the hieroglyph composition block. The coil as well as the quail chick are used for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...


(hieratic equivalent)
unil., equivalent of unil. w, the quail chick
Quail chick (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Quail chick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G43 for the quail chick.The quail chick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...

, G43; Both chick and coil are used for plural, the w, (or u);
(see also: Plural)
u3
lasso
V4 (ua)
w3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
lasso lasso, for "cord", (possibly earlier, a word related to "lasso")
u3ḥ
sq
(fiber)
swab
straw-broom
V29 sq, (or)
u3ḥ

(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

-tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
(fiber)
swab
(straw broom)
1. Biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 sq; "to clean", "dust";
2. Triliteral
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 uah, (w3ḥ)
u3s
scepter-Was
Was
The was sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art and hieroglyphics associated with the ancient Egyptian religion...


Was
Was
The was sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art and hieroglyphics associated with the ancient Egyptian religion...

-sceptre
S40 ! S41 w3s
(uas)
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
w3s
(u3s)
see Was scepter
u3ḏ
papyrus
stem
M13 u3ḏ

(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
papyrus
Papyrus stem (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian papyrus stem hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. Along with the hieroglyph for the Papyrus clump, a symbol of the Nile god Hapy, it is one of the foundation hieroglyphs at the core of the history of Ancient Egypt...


stem
Papyrus stem (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian papyrus stem hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. Along with the hieroglyph for the Papyrus clump, a symbol of the Nile god Hapy, it is one of the foundation hieroglyphs at the core of the history of Ancient Egypt...


(hieroglyph)
Papyrus stem (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian papyrus stem hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. Along with the hieroglyph for the Papyrus clump, a symbol of the Nile god Hapy, it is one of the foundation hieroglyphs at the core of the history of Ancient Egypt...

Tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 ua(dj)-(w3ḏ)
u'
harpoon
(single-
barbed)
T21 u'
w'
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
harpoon
Harpoon (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian harpoon, , is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on the famous Narmer Palette, of Pharaoh Narmer from the 31st century BC, in an archaic hieroglyphic form....


(hieroglyph)
Harpoon (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian harpoon, , is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on the famous Narmer Palette, of Pharaoh Narmer from the 31st century BC, in an archaic hieroglyphic form....

1. "single" items; "1", 'each', etc.; 2. Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 w'
uba
hand
drill
ḥmt
ub3
U24 ! U25 ḥmt hand
Hand drill (hieroglyph)
A Hand drill is a hieroglyph, , used in Ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars...


drill
Hand drill (hieroglyph)
A Hand drill is a hieroglyph, , used in Ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars...


(hieroglyph)
Hand drill (hieroglyph)
A Hand drill is a hieroglyph, , used in Ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars...

1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 in hmt-(ḥmt), the name for the 'hand drill tool'; also hmt for words of "art", "artisan", etc.
2. Ideo. or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for uba, (wb3), to 'rise', to 'open'; see: Rise of a Star: ubn: N8
ubn
sun-shining-
with-rays
ubn
3(kh)u, psdj
piercing-
-rays
stiut-stut
N8 ! S16-(equal-equiv) ! -.- ! F29-N8 (many uses)
(Betrò ref)
sun-shining-
Sun-shining-with-rays (hieroglyph)
In the Egyptian language, the sun-with-rays hieroglyph is used as an ideogram, determinative, and phoneme.-Rosetta Stone usage:The ancient Egyptian Sun-shining-with-rays hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no...


with-rays
Sun-shining-with-rays (hieroglyph)
In the Egyptian language, the sun-with-rays hieroglyph is used as an ideogram, determinative, and phoneme.-Rosetta Stone usage:The ancient Egyptian Sun-shining-with-rays hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no...


(hieroglyph)
Sun-shining-with-rays (hieroglyph)
In the Egyptian language, the sun-with-rays hieroglyph is used as an ideogram, determinative, and phoneme.-Rosetta Stone usage:The ancient Egyptian Sun-shining-with-rays hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no...

"Sun-with-rays"; also used for "people of the sun"-(Heliopolitan theology)
For "Piercing Rays", see "to shoot", Hide-with-pierced-arrow, sti
up
horns
F13 up
(wp)
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
(pair of)-horns "open", the New Year
New Year
The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....

 Festival, (Opening the Year)
up-rnp-t
horns
+ time
F14 up-rnp-t (pair of)-horns ligatured with "stalk"-(palm)-(=time) (see: Renpet
Renpet
In the Egyptian language, Renpet was the word for year. Its hieroglyph was figuratively depicted in art as a woman wearing a palm shoot over her head. This figurative woman was often referred to as the mistress of eternity. She is the goddess of springtime and youth in ancient Egyptian history....

)
un
hare
E34 ! -.- ! E34:N35 un
(wn)
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
desert
hare
(hieroglyph)
Hare (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Hare hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. E34 is a portrayal of the desert hare of Egypt, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of sekhat for the hare....

bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 wn
ur
swallow
Great
G36 ! -.- ! G36:D21 ur
(wr)
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
swallow
swallow (hieroglyph)
Swallow (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Swallow hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G36 for swallow birds. The Sparrow hieroglyph appears similar in size and shape, but it is used to represent small, or bad items....

, (Hirundinidae family)
bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 wr
urrt
chariot
T17 urrt chariot Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for chariot
urs
headrest
Q4 urs headrest A. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for urs-(wrs), the "headrest";
B. headrest is also Egyptian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...

, uars-t, V4-E23-Aa18:Z1-M3:X1*Z1-(one-spelling) (equals Coptic language
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

, "ouras").
C. See also: WikiCommons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Egyptian_headrests
uḥm
leg of
hoofed animal
F25 (uhm)-(whm)
wḥm
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
leg of
ox
hoof, claw of a bird
uḥm
leg of
hoofed animal
F25 (uhm)-(whm)
wḥm
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
leg of
ox
1. meanings of: "repeat, repitition"
2. Tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 for wḥm;
3. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for "bovine leg"
4. (to repeat, narrate, recount, tell a story, tell a dream)
u(sh)n
trussed
goose
(or duck)
u(sh)n
sn(tj)
G54 u(sh)n
(phon.
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

-sn(tj))
trussed
goose
(or duck)
1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for u(sh)n, (wšn), Egyptian: "twist the neck (of a bird)";
2. Phonetically
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 sn(tj), (snṯ)
3. (see Trussed-goose Palette)
utn
"long-stemmed
plant"
M11 ! -.- ! F48-(intestine-shape) utn
wtn
"long-stemmed-plant", (actual hieroglyph, has a papyrus head); similar to festival route, Intestine-(shape) an offering, gift; make a gift; see utchb-udjb
uṯs
u(tj)s
to lift up
tjs'
to raise oneself
U40 u(tj)s
uṯs
a support-(to lift) 1. to lift up, support, etc.
2. see also: tjs'
u(dj)
"command
staff"
V25 u(dj)
(w(dj))
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
"command staff" to give an order, to command, to decree; (bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

u(dj)
1.-stela
Stele
A stele , also stela , is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief , or painted onto the slab...


2.-boundary stone
Boundary marker
A boundary marker, boundary stone or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in a direction of a boundary...


u(dj)
'h'u
O26 u(dj)-wḏ
'h'u-'ḥ'w
1.-stele
Stele
A stele , also stela , is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief , or painted onto the slab...


2.-"boundary
stone"
'landmark'
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for u(dj)-(wḏ), a "stele"; det. for 'h'u-('ḥ'w), station (of a procession), "stele"; used also for 'memorial slab', boundary stone
Boundary marker
A boundary marker, boundary stone or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in a direction of a boundary...

, landmark. 2. NOTE: there are other listed, (or Non-listed) hieroglyphs for boundary steles: Aa20-(similar)-O26-(variants)3. Similar spelling for udj: uses a stone block as det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 and hand
Hand (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Hand is an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d"; it is also used in the word for 'hand', and actions that are performed, i.e. by the 'way of one's hands', or actions....

: ud V25-D46:N39
utcha-t
Eye of
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...


Horus
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...

D10 utchat Eye of Horus
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...

Eye of Horus
Eye of Horus
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...

udj'
utch'
a scale
a balance
(="judgement")
Aa22 u(dj)' balance ligatured with arm judge, "judgement"
('an equivalent')
(=type of)
scale
(?)
Aa21 ! Aa22 u(dj)'
wḏ'
(=type of)
scale
(or balance)
1. for utcha'=w(dj)' , to weigh, estimate, consider, reckon up, decide; =G43-Aa21, and other spellings, G43-I10:D36, and also no. I10, cobra, I10, replaced by, U28, (=utcha), U28; (see the use of w(dj)' in AUS
Ankh wedja seneb
The Ancient Egyptian phrase ankh, wedja, seneb meaning "life, prosperity, health" is an epithetic formula which often appears after the names of Egyptian kings or references to their household...

, for "Life, Prosperity, Health");
2. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 or ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for right, correct, just, equable, etc
utchb-u(dj)b
p(kh)ar, rr
utchb
intestine-(shape)
F46 ! -.- ! F48 ! -.- ! N21-N21-.-N23 p(kh)ar, rr
utchb-udjb
intestine-(shape); in Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...

, festival routes
Egyptian language, utchb; from dikeworks, to turn round, to change the direction, (crop rows)

B

D58-(foot))
List b to bnri
    1. -ba, soul-bird
    2. -baiu, divine souls

    1. -bi3, basin, (bia phoneme)
    2. -bint, bnt, harp
    3. -bit, bee
    4. -bnu, Bennu
      Bennu
      The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra.-Egyptian description:...

       bird
    5. -bnri, date; sweet(s), to be sweet

The Biliterals/Triliterals: ba, bḥ/ḥw.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
ba
Ba-soul-bird
G29 ! G53 ba
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
baiu
Ba-soul-bird
G30 baiu divine souls, souls of gods
bi3
basin
'wife',
'woman'
ḥmt
bi3
N41 ! -.- ! N42 ḥmt
bi3
basin
basin w/ripples
Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

s for ḥmt, bi3; A "basin", but commonly used for 'wife', or 'woman'
bint
harp
Y7 bint
[bin-t, bn-t]
harp
(hieroglyph)
Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in bint, "harp"; (see article Medamud
Medamud
Medamud was a settlement in Ancient Egypt. Its present-day territory is located about 8 km east-north from Luxor. The temple was excavated by Fernand Bisson de la Roque in 1925, who identified several structures dedicated to the war-god Monthu....

 for relief
Relief
Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

 usage)
bit
bee
L2 bity bee abbreviation for bity, the "king"-"pharaoh"-see Nesu-bity, Nesu bity)
bnw
bnu
'bennu'
bennu-
bird
(Phoenix)
G31 ! G32 bnw
(bnu)
Bennu
Bennu
The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra.-Egyptian description:...


bird
1. the stork-like Bennu
Bennu
The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra.-Egyptian description:...

;
2. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for bnw, the "Phoenix
Phoenix (mythology)
The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....

-bird";
3. For 'Phoenix' & Harp, in both cultures-(Egypt & Mesopotamia), one of few Akkadian
Akkadian language
Akkadian is an extinct Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian, an unrelated language isolate...

, Semitic
Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a group of related languages whose living representatives are spoken by more than 270 million people across much of the Middle East, North Africa and the Horn of Africa...

 word similarities: Akkadian: banuA, to create, build, generate; and banuB, to be good, beautiful.
bnri
date-(sweet(s))
M30 bnri date Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for bnr, sweet, date; for Egyptian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...

 bnryt, sweetness, a favor, anything sweet, pleasant or nice; for bnry, the 'confectioner'.
n(dj)m
(carob)
(sweet)-rhizome
(sweet)-pod
M29 n(dj)m
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
rhizome
seed-pod
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for types of tree n(dj)m, and "sweet", n(dj)m;
2. Egyptian triliteral sign
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 for n(dj)m

  • belly, see water skin
  • (bird)-trap, see trap
  • "black"-(Kemet
    Kemet
    Kemet may refer to:* Km , km.t the name of ancient Egypt in Egyptian* Kemetism, revivals of the ancient Egyptian religion* Kmt , an academic journal of ancient Egypt- See also :* Kama* Kami* Kemi* Km...

    ), see crocodile skin
  • bone-with-meat, see Joint of meat (hieroglyph)
    Joint of meat (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Bone-with-meat hieroglyph is one of the Gardiner's sign list glyphs listed under Parts of Mammals. It is one of many – in the category, as concepts were also presented by the body parts; for example hindquarters, and forequarters, represented things behind something, and...

  • "born-of", see 3-fox-skins
  • (bovine)-hide, see (bovine) hide
  • bow-(Nubian), see Nubian bow
  • brazier, see Lamp, tka, etc.
  • (butcher's) knife, see (butcher's) knife

P

Q3-(mat-(rectangle))

List from p to ptj
    1. -p3, duck-in-flight
    2. -p3t, loaf-with-(pressed)-decoration
    3. -pr, house (estate)
    4. -pḥ, hindpart of lion
    5. -pḥty, leopard head

    1. -p(kh)ar, to turn in other direction
    2. -pt, sky, (heaven)
    3. -pq, head-of-bird, (for cloth, etc.)
    4. -ptj, to extend, to stretch

The Biliterals/Triliterals: pa, pr, pḥ.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
p3
duck-in-flight
G40 p3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
duck-in-flight Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 and bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 for p3, to fly; phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for p3
(p3)
p3t, p3u-t
(bread)-loaf
with-decoration
X6-.-G40-X1:X6 ! -.- ! G40-G1-Z7:X4 ! -.- ! Q3-G40-G1--G43-X1:X6 p3t
(phoneme
Phoneme
In a language or dialect, a phoneme is the smallest segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterances....

 p3)
loaf-with-decoration 1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for the 'decorated bread loaf', p3t; phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for p3; meanings of: stuff, matter, substance; for 'bread': dough, cake, bread, offering, food, product;
2. for the "primordial god(s)": "Pauti", G40-X6:X6-(or)-X6:X1*Z4-R8-R8-R8-R8-R8-R8
(many spelling versions)
pr
house
estate
"home of"
O1 pr
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
house
Pr (hieroglyph)
Pr is the hieroglyph for 'house', the floor-plan of a walled building with an open doorway. While its original pronunciation is not known with certainty, modern Egyptology assigns it the value of per, but purely on the basis of a convention specific to the discipline...


(hieroglyph)
Pr (hieroglyph)
Pr is the hieroglyph for 'house', the floor-plan of a walled building with an open doorway. While its original pronunciation is not known with certainty, modern Egyptology assigns it the value of per, but purely on the basis of a convention specific to the discipline...


(plan of house)
bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 pr; used extensively in "placenames"-(home of God XXX); placenames for a Pharaoh, etc.
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

, house, estate; 2. bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 pr; 3. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for 'building', 'location'
pḥ
hindpart of
lion
F22 pḥ
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
"hindpart" 1. ideas of 'physical force', and 'strength, (from the legs of the hindparts);
2. Biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 pḥ;
3. see also: "forepart of lion", what is 'foremost', what 'excels', etc, F4
pḥty
leopard
head
F9 ! F9-F9 pḥty
("pehty")
leopard
Leopard head (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Leopard head hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. F9 is a portrayal of the head of a leopard; it is in the Gardiner subset for "parts of mammals"....


head
Leopard head (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Leopard head hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. F9 is a portrayal of the head of a leopard; it is in the Gardiner subset for "parts of mammals"....


(hieroglyph)
Leopard head (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Leopard head hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. F9 is a portrayal of the head of a leopard; it is in the Gardiner subset for "parts of mammals"....

Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 or abbreviation
Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...

 for "pehty"-(pḥty), "strength"
p(kh)ar, rr
utchb
intestine-(shape)
F46 ! -.- ! F48 ! -.- ! N21-N21-.-N23 p(kh)ar, rr
utchb
intestine-(shape); in Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...

, festival routes
Egyptian language, utchb; from dikeworks, to turn round, to change the direction, (crop rows)
pt
sky
heaven
N1 pt sky sky, (or heaven), and often used as God/Pharaoh XXXX, Lord of Sky/Heaven,
hieroglyph block
Quadrat (hieroglyph block)
A quadrat block is a virtual rectangle or square in Egyptian hieroglyphic text.The glyphs can be variable in number within the virtual block, though they are often proportioned according to variable standardized rules of scribal methods.The definition for the block in Illustrated Hieroglyphics...

: N1:X1:V30
pq
head
of bird(2-types)
H3 ! -.- ! H3A-(unlisted-open-beak) pq head
of bird
(open beak)
(or Spoonbill)
1. Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for pq;
2. Also as: H3-(head-of-duck-(one-type))or Q3:W11-S28-(cloth-apparel-covering-etc)
head
of duck
H1 apd
3pd
head
of duck
1. an abbreviation for 3pd, "bird"
pṯ
to extend
to stretch
T9-(stretching?) pṯ
p(tj)
to stretch, to extend to stretch, to extend

  • hair ribbon, see (hair) ribbon
  • hatchet(?), see adze
  • harvest-(in basket), see fruit-(in basket)
  • head of a leopard, see leopard head (hieroglyph)
    Leopard head (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Leopard head hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. F9 is a portrayal of the head of a leopard; it is in the Gardiner subset for "parts of mammals"....

  • herb, see garland
  • "Phoenix
    Phoenix (mythology)
    The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....

    -bird", see "Bennu
    Bennu
    The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra.-Egyptian description:...

    -bird"
  • 'post', or 'position', see office

F

I9-(viper)

List f to fnt
    1. -f, viper
      Viper (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Viper hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I9 for the viper; the viper is shown in full length extension, with undulations of motion....

    2. -fa, fai, man-seated-with-basket-on-head

    1. -fnt, nose

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
f
viper
I9 f viper
Viper (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Viper hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I9 for the viper; the viper is shown in full length extension, with undulations of motion....


(hieroglyph)
Viper (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Viper hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I9 for the viper; the viper is shown in full length extension, with undulations of motion....

1. Uniliteral f;
2. possessive pronoun "his", (following the noun, "...Pharaoh-his...", "town-his")
fa
fai, etc
man-seated-with-
basket-on-head
3tp, 3dp
fa, fai
& k3t
A9 1a.-3tp, 3dp
(Coptic
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

-otp)
1b.-fa, fai
2.-k3t
man-seated-with-
basket-on-head
1a. for 3tp, 3dp, to load, to be laden, master of the load; equals Coptic language
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

, otp; (minor use for 'tp, 'dp);
1b. for fa, fai, to carry, to bear; additional constructs for carrier, bearer, supporter, (and types thereof); for fa-dni, the "bearer-of-the-
-basket", see: Greek-Kanephoros
Kanephoros
The Kanephoros was an honorific office given to unmarried young women in ancient Greece, which involved the privilege of leading the procession to sacrifice at festivals; the highest honour was to lead the pompe at the Panathenaic Festival...

;
2. for ka-t, kau-ti, work, labour, toil; workmen, labourers, artisans, craftsmen, etc.
fa-dni
"bearer-of-the-
-basket"
Gk-Kanephoros
Kanephoros
The Kanephoros was an honorific office given to unmarried young women in ancient Greece, which involved the privilege of leading the procession to sacrifice at festivals; the highest honour was to lead the pompe at the Panathenaic Festival...

A9-D46:W24-M17-S12 ! A9-D46:N35:W24*Z7-S12:N33B:N33B*N33B fa-dni "bearer-of-the-
-basket"
(of sacred offerings)
"bearer-of-the-basket-of sacred offerings"; used in the Ptolemaic Decrees
Ptolemaic Decrees
The Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC, issued these series of decrees over the course of their reign. The Rosetta Stone is a well-known example of one of the decrees....

, for Ptolemy III, IV & V, the Decree of Canopus
Decree of Canopus
The Decree of Canopus is a bilingual inscription in two languages, and in three scripts. It was written in three writing systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian Demotic, and Greek, on an ancient Egyptian memorial stone stele, the Stone of Canopus...

, Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV)
Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV)
The Decree of Memphis is an ancient inscribed stone stela which comprises the second of the Ptolemaic Decrees issued by Ptolemy IV of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC. Like the Rosetta Stone, the Decree of Memphis is inscribed in three writing systems...

, & the Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...

, Greek language
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

, 'kanephoros', (the Kanephoros
Kanephoros
The Kanephoros was an honorific office given to unmarried young women in ancient Greece, which involved the privilege of leading the procession to sacrifice at festivals; the highest honour was to lead the pompe at the Panathenaic Festival...

)
fnt
shn-t
nose
D19 ! D20 shen-t
fent
nose nose
fnt
shn-t
nose
D19 ! D20 fndj/fnd-(fnḏ/fnd)
(sh)rt-(šrt)
(kh)nt-ẖnt
nose Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for the "nose", fndj/fnd-(fnḏ/fnd), (sh)rt-(šrt); det. for words relating to smell, joy, and the nose; det. for "face", (kh)nt, -(ẖnt), (and the phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

for face)

M

G17-(owl)-.-Aa15-(horizontal-plinth-shape)

List: m to mdju
    1. -m, owl
      Owl (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Owl hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G17 for the owl-in-profile, but the head faces the observer.The owl hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter m....

    2. -m, plinth
      Plinth (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Plinth- hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa15 for the shape of a plinth, side view.-Plinth use as mortuary: "Justified":...

    3. -m, Baker's tool
      Baker's tool (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Baker's tool hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. U31 for a 'bread-baking oven tool'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

    4. -m3' , plinth (also use with m3'-(kh)ru)
    5. -m3i, lion
    6. -M3't, Goddess Maat
      Maat
      Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

    7. -mi, milk-jug-in-net
    8. -miu, cat, (and onomatopoeic Meeeooo(ww))
    9. -mnit, Menat
      Menat
      Menat was a name used for the goddess Hathor. With a slightly different hieroglyphic spelling, it referred to an ancient Egyptian artifact which, like the sistrum, was closely connected with the goddess Hathor. It was held in the hand by its counterpoise and used as a rattle by Hathor's priestesses...

    10. -mnit, mooring post

    1. -mn(kh), mn(kh)-t, clapper-(of a bell), chisel
    2. -mr, chisel
    3. -mr, canal, "Beloved of XXXX"
    4. -mr, hoe, "Beloved of XXXX"
    5. -m(kh)3t, scale
    6. -ms, 3-fox-skins
    7. -m(dj), fetter + cobra-at-rest
      Cobra-at-rest (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture, is the famous pharaonic Uraeus, The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture,...

    8. -m(dj)3t, papyrus roll
    9. -m(dj)u, numeral 10

The Biliterals/Triliterals: m3, m3', mi, mw, mwt, mr-(hoe), mr-(canal), mr-[3b]-(chisel), mḥ, ms, mt.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
m
owl
G17 m
(vertical)
owl
Owl (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Owl hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G17 for the owl-in-profile, but the head faces the observer.The owl hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter m....


(hieroglyph)
Owl (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Owl hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G17 for the owl-in-profile, but the head faces the observer.The owl hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter m....

Unil. m
m
horizontal
plinth
(shape)
Aa15 ! -.- ! Aa13 m
(horizontal)
plinth
Plinth (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Plinth- hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa15 for the shape of a plinth, side view.-Plinth use as mortuary: "Justified":...


(hieroglyph)
Plinth (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Plinth- hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa15 for the shape of a plinth, side view.-Plinth use as mortuary: "Justified":...

Unil. m as the horizontal m
m
vertical
Baker's
tool
m
(vertical)
Baker's tool
Baker's tool (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Baker's tool hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. U31 for a 'bread-baking oven tool'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...


(hieroglyph)
Baker's tool (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Baker's tool hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. U31 for a 'bread-baking oven tool'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

Unil. m as the vertical m
m3'
plinth
Aa11 ma'-(m3') (a solid)
plinth
1. =to m3' , U2:D36;
2. det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 or ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for words meaning: true, right, truth, integrity, etc
m3i
lion
E22 m3i lion Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for standing lion, m3i
M3't
Goddess-Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

C10 ! -.- ! H6-(shu-feather-of-maat) m3't Goddess-Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

Goddess Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

mi
milk-jug
-in-net
W19 ! -.- ! W19-or-W19-M17-or-W19-M17-Aa29 ! -.- ! G17-M17-(the-equivalent) mi milk-jug
-in-
-carrying-
net
1. Biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 mi;
2. Det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in mhr, 'pitcher of milk';
3. Phonogram
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for mr and mi;
Egyptian language, as, like, 'as-like', similar, etc; ("...Pharaoh XXX, given Life, Power...Ra
Ra
Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god. By the Fifth Dynasty he had become a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the mid-day sun...

-Like"), (...."as like Ra"-'Ra-ma', 'Ra-mi')
milk-jug
-in-net
W19 ! -.- ! W19-or-W19-M17-or-W19-M17-Aa29 ! -.- ! G17-M17-(the-equivalent) mi milk-jug
-in-
-carrying-
net
1. like, as, according to, inasmuch as, since, as well as, together with; all adverb
Adverb
An adverb is a part of speech that modifies verbs or any part of speech other than a noun . Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives , clauses, sentences, and other adverbs....

ial forms, some as a segue
Segue
A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...

;
2. early forms use other hieroglyphs;
3. Egyptian: mity and mitt relate to "image" or "likeness": likeness, copy, resemblance, statue, image, similitude, the like etc
miu
cat
E13 miu cat Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for cat, as well as for the onomatopoeic Meeeeoooww, Egyptian miu
mnit
Menat
Menat
Menat was a name used for the goddess Hathor. With a slightly different hieroglyphic spelling, it referred to an ancient Egyptian artifact which, like the sistrum, was closely connected with the goddess Hathor. It was held in the hand by its counterpoise and used as a rattle by Hathor's priestesses...

S18 (mnit) "menat
necklace
and
counterpoise"
1. "Menat
Menat
Menat was a name used for the goddess Hathor. With a slightly different hieroglyphic spelling, it referred to an ancient Egyptian artifact which, like the sistrum, was closely connected with the goddess Hathor. It was held in the hand by its counterpoise and used as a rattle by Hathor's priestesses...

 and counterpoise"; 2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in mnit, the necklace of Menat pearls
mnit
mooring
post
P11 mnit mooring
post
1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in mnit, the "mooring post", or related words.
2. (of note, in the Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literature. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the protagonist of the story, Gilgamesh king of Uruk, which were fashioned into a longer Akkadian epic much...

, 2nd millennium BC, the (uprooted)-mooring posts are important in the wind and rainstorm of the flood story, (Gilgamesh flood story
Gilgamesh flood myth
The Gilgamesh flood myth is a deluge story in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Many scholars believe that the flood myth was added to Tablet XI in the "standard version" of the Gilgamesh Epic by an editor who utilized the flood story from the Epic of Atrahasis...

))
mn(kh), mn(kh)-t
chisel-(clapper-tool)

B1-clapper-(of-a-bell)
mn(kh)

B2-chisel-
-tool/instrument-
-'forked -staff'
mn(kh)-t(fem.)

A-mn(kh), mn(kh)-t
benificence, reward, well-doing, etc
U22 ! -.- ! Y5:N35-Aa1:U22-Aa29-.-Y5:N35-Aa1:X1-U22 mn(kh)-(mnḫ) clapper-(of-bell)
tool/instrument
forked-staff, etc
1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for mn(kh)-(mnḫ), for "cut", "give shape to";
2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 in mn(kh)-(mnḫ), for "to be excellent";
3. The grandfather of Ptolemy V of the Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...

 is Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes
-Family:Euergetes was the eldest son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife, Arsinoe I, and came to power in 246 BC upon the death of his father.He married Berenice of Cyrene in the year corresponding to 244/243 BC; and their children were:...

-(the Canopus Stone), the "Well-doer Gods"-(pharaohs). Their name is a composition block
Quadrat (hieroglyph block)
A quadrat block is a virtual rectangle or square in Egyptian hieroglyphic text.The glyphs can be variable in number within the virtual block, though they are often proportioned according to variable standardized rules of scribal methods.The definition for the block in Illustrated Hieroglyphics...

 of two 'God' hieroglyphs-(husband & wife), (no. R8), R8-R8, with a chisel at the base of each, -.-U22-R8--.-U22-R8
mr
3b
chisel
U23 3b
mr
chisel
(hieroglyph)
(See: Narmer Palette
Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great ierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. It is thought by some to depict the unification of...

)
bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

, 3b, mr; (see also for mr, Canal)
mr
canal
N36 mr canal
(hieroglyph)
mr-(Beloved of XX); det. water; (see also for mr, Chisel)
mr
(hand)-hoe
U7 mr (hand)-hoe "Beloved of XX"
hoe U7 ! U6 mr hoe
(hieroglyph)
1. bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 mr, for "beloved";
2. used in Pharaoh, individuals, other names, etc: (Pharaoh XX, Beloved of God/Goddess YY)
arm-(palm-down) D42 rmnu
ni
arm-palm-down arm
mḥ
cubit
D42 ! -.- ! V23:D42 mḥ cubit
mḥ
whip
V22 ! V23 mḥ whip Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 mḥ; (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: water-skin)
m(kh)3t
scale
U38 m(kh)3t scale Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 and det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for m(kh)3t-(mḫat), "scale": see Stand (for Scales)
ms
3-fox-
-skins
F31 ms 3-fox-
-skins
Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 ms, "born", "born-of"; example, Pharaoh Ahmose
Ahmose I
Ahmose I was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Eighteenth dynasty. He was a member of the Theban royal house, the son of pharaoh Tao II Seqenenre and brother of the last pharaoh of the Seventeenth dynasty, King Kamose...

, "Moon-Born"; Kamose
Kamose
Kamose was the last king of the Theban Seventeenth Dynasty. He was probably the son of Seqenenre Tao II and Ahhotep I and the full brother of Ahmose I, founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty. His reign fell at the very end of the Second Intermediate Period...

, "Spirit-Born"
m(dj) +
items:
to bind
m(dj) + A. (w/Jars)—scents, unguents, salve
B. w/Fetter + Cobra)—pits, caverns (graves?), etc
C. (w/P. Scroll)—1. a Decree, 2. divine literature
D. (w/Papyrus Scroll)—Letter, Writing, Book, etc.
E,F,G (w/various)—items that bind, to bind, and a girdle
m(dj), m(dj)ut
Fetter +
Cobra
V21 m(dj), m(dj)ut Fetter + Cobra deep place, deep, pit, cavern-extending, subterranean shrine, etc
m(dj)3t
papyrus
roll
Y1 ! -.- ! Y2 m(dj)3-t
m(dj)3t
papyrus
roll
papyrus roll
m(dj)u
md
cattle hobble
V20 ! -.- ! V19-(fetter) m(dj)u
(also md)
"cattle hobble" Egyptian mathematics
Egyptian mathematics
Egyptian mathematics is the mathematics that was developed and used in Ancient Egypt from ca. 3000 BC to ca. 300 BC.-Overview:Written evidence of the use of mathematics dates back to at least 3000 BC with the ivory labels found at Tomb Uj at Abydos. These labels appear to have been used as tags for...

, 10

N

N35-(water-ripple)-.-S3-(red-crown)

List n to ndjm
    1. -nu, pot
    2. -nb, (wicker)-basket, (etc.)
    3. -nb, nub, gold
    4. -nfr, heart + windpipe, beauty, perfect
    5. -nmm, "slaughter block, w/ knife"

    1. -nḥ, guinea fowl
    2. -ns, A-tongue; B-30th-(day), (next)-last(ly)
    3. -nt, Goddess Neith
      Neith
      In Egyptian mythology, Neith was an early goddess in the Egyptian pantheon. She was the patron deity of Sais, where her cult was centered in the Western Nile Delta of Egypt and attested as early as the First Dynasty...

    4. -n(dj), cross?, (a grinding tool, with pot)
    5. -n(dj)m, rhizome, "sweet"

The Biliterals/Triliterals: nw-[qd], nb, (nb)-nbw-(gold), nfr, nm, nn, nḥ, ns, n(tj)r, n(dj).

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
nu
pot
nu
qd
W24-(various-shapes) nu
qd
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)-nu
pot
(various)
(typical-spherical)
Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for nw; det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for qd, construct, mold; (see: ḥnk, Arm-with-nu-pot)
nb
basket
(wicker)
V30 nb
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
basket
Basket (hieroglyph)
-List of epithet uses:-Pharaonic uses:The pharaoh is often shown in reliefs or in cartouche-related statements as Lord of the Two Lands. The basket hieroglyph is used as 'lord', or 'king'. Queens, or goddesses use the 'lordess' form, the feminine implied from the "t" hieroglyph but not needed for...


(hieroglyph)
Basket (hieroglyph)
-List of epithet uses:-Pharaonic uses:The pharaoh is often shown in reliefs or in cartouche-related statements as Lord of the Two Lands. The basket hieroglyph is used as 'lord', or 'king'. Queens, or goddesses use the 'lordess' form, the feminine implied from the "t" hieroglyph but not needed for...

Egyptian for "everything", every; major use: "Lord", (or feminine, Lady);
Bil. nb
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for basket: master, lord
"nub"
nb
gold
Gold (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Gold hieroglyph is a member of the crowns, dress, staves hieroglyphs. Its major importance is as one of the Fivefold Titulary names of the Egyptian pharaoh, the Horus of Gold name....


(hieroglyph)
Gold (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Gold hieroglyph is a member of the crowns, dress, staves hieroglyphs. Its major importance is as one of the Fivefold Titulary names of the Egyptian pharaoh, the Horus of Gold name....


(gold collar)
S12 nb
(nub)
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
gold:
"pearls" of gold in necklace
bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 nb; Horus
Horus
Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...

 of Gold name in Pharaonic titulary
nfr
heart and
windpipe
F35 nfr
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
heart and
windpipe
Egyptian triliteral sign
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 for nfr, (beauty), or "perfect"
nmm
nmm-t
slaughter-block
w/ knife
T30:O26 ! -.- ! T29 nmm (and)
nmm-t
slaughter-block
w/ knife
execute, slaughter, 'torture'
nḥ
Guinea Hen
Guinea Fowl
G21 nḥ
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
Guinea Hen
Numida meleagris
1. Egyp. bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 nḥ, for the bird; phon.
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for nḥ;
2. Ideas of petition, supplicate, beseech; for Egyptian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...

 nḥ-t, nḥḥ-t, oil, unguent, equivalent of Coptic language
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

, "neh";
3. for nḥḥ, eternity, or ever and ever, (see ḥḥ), Coptic "eneh".
ns
A-tongue
B-30th-(of month)
F20 ns
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
tongue 1. Egyp. bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 ns.
2. A-tongue, and related words for speech; B-30th-(the 'Last Day of the Month'), and therefore, (next)-last.
nt
Neith
Neith
In Egyptian mythology, Neith was an early goddess in the Egyptian pantheon. She was the patron deity of Sais, where her cult was centered in the Western Nile Delta of Egypt and attested as early as the First Dynasty...

's
Emblem
R24 ! -.- ! R25 nt Neith
Neith
In Egyptian mythology, Neith was an early goddess in the Egyptian pantheon. She was the patron deity of Sais, where her cult was centered in the Western Nile Delta of Egypt and attested as early as the First Dynasty...

's
Emblem
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for name of Goddess Neith
Neith
In Egyptian mythology, Neith was an early goddess in the Egyptian pantheon. She was the patron deity of Sais, where her cult was centered in the Western Nile Delta of Egypt and attested as early as the First Dynasty...

;
2. Egyp. bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 nt.
n(dj)
cross-n(dj)
Aa27 n(dj)
nḏ
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
cross-ndj
Cross-ndj (hieroglyph)
In the Egyptian language, the cross-ndj hieroglyph is used as a biliteral for n-.-Book of the Dead uses:Budge's dictionary to the Book of the Dead has the following uses for the hieroglyph:-Rosetta Stone usage:...


(hieroglyph)
Cross-ndj (hieroglyph)
In the Egyptian language, the cross-ndj hieroglyph is used as a biliteral for n-.-Book of the Dead uses:Budge's dictionary to the Book of the Dead has the following uses for the hieroglyph:-Rosetta Stone usage:...

Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 or ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for n(dj)-(nḏ), "avenger", "protector", "advocate"; also "to converse", "to take counsel", "to discuss a matter"; often displayed in a phonetic complement
Phonetic complement
A phonetic complement is a phonetic symbol used to disambiguate word characters that have multiple readings, in mixed logographic-phonetic scripts such as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Akkadian cuneiform, Japanese, and Mayan...

 with the 'nu-pot', Gardiner no. W24, W24, the complemented: Aa27-:::W24::
n(dj)m'n(dj)m
(carob)

(sweet)-rhizome
(sweet)-pod
M29 n(dj)m
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
rhizome
seed-pod
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for types of tree n(dj)m, and "sweet", n(dj)m;
2. Egyptian triliteral sign
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 for n(dj)m

R

D21-(mouth)
List r to rd
    1. -r, mouth
    2. -er, major preposition usage, at, by, near, to, ...(16 total)
    3. -R' , God Ra
      Ra
      Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god. By the Fifth Dynasty he had become a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the mid-day sun...

    4. -rwḏ, bowstring, (strength, soundness)
    5. -rr, to turn round
    6. -rr, =p(kh)ar

    1. -R(kh)t, Rekhyt bird (hieroglyph), beings of knowledge, the "populace", mankind
    2. -rs, "south", etc & Upper Egypt
      Upper Egypt
      Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...

      -(symbolic plant)
    3. -rs, quiver
    4. -rd, leg (human)
    5. -rd, stairs (single)

The Biliterals/Triliterals: rw, rw(dj).

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
r
mouth
D21 r mouth
Mouth (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Mouth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. D21 for the shape of the mouth, being open,...


(hieroglyph)
Mouth (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Mouth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. D21 for the shape of the mouth, being open,...

Unil. r
R'
Ra
Ra
Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god. By the Fifth Dynasty he had become a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the mid-day sun...

C1 ! N6 r' Ra Ra (=r' )
rwḏ
bowstring
T12 ru(dj)
rwḏ
bowstring
Bowstring (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Bowstring hieroglyph is an Egyptian language hieroglyph associated with the bow, and its use as a hieroglyph for the Archer hieroglyph, a symbol for 'army'...


(hieroglyph)
Bowstring (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Bowstring hieroglyph is an Egyptian language hieroglyph associated with the bow, and its use as a hieroglyph for the Archer hieroglyph, a symbol for 'army'...


for bow
1. Tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 ru(dj)-(rwḏ); Ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for "bowstring";
2. items that are hard, durable, strong, rooted, thus growth, growing;
3. (see Pharaoh Rudjamun
Rudamun
Rudamun was the final pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Ancient Egypt. His titulary simply reads as Usermaatre Setepenamun, Rudamun Meryamun, and excludes the Si-Ese or Netjer-Heqawaset epithets employed by his father and brother....

)
rr
p(kh)ar
"to turn round"
D21:D21 rr
p(kh)ar
see p(kh)ar (intestine-(shape)) to turn in the other direction
rs
archer's
equipment
(=quiver)
T13 rs archer's
equipment
(=quiver)
phonogram
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

, rs
rs
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...

M25 rs Symbolic Plant of Upper Egypt, ligatured with r. Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...

. Also, the South.
rd
pds
w'rt
sbq
leg
(human)
D56 ! D57 rd leg
(human)
Ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

, det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for rd, "leg"; Det. "to tread";
(see Foot)
Also: for pds, w'rt, sbq.
rd
stairs
O40 rd single
stairway
steps, stairway, terrace

H1 and H2

O4-(reed-shelter)-.-V28-(wick)

List h to ḥ(dj)
    1. -h, reed shelter (hieroglyph)
      Reed shelter (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Reed shelter hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O4 for the reed shelter, an enclosure; .-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

    2. -ḥ, wick (hieroglyph)
      Wick (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp.The wick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter h. A second and equivalent h hieroglyph is the plan view of a reed shelter, O4, Gardiner no...

    3. -ḥut, palace, temple, tomb
    4. -ḥfn, 100,000
    5. -ḥmw, rudder
    6. -ḥm, ḥmt, basin, "wife", "woman"
    7. -ḥm, fuller's-club
    8. -ḥmt, hand-drill
    9. -ḥn, (tied)-bundle, (for things)
    10. -ḥn, flowers (garland), plant
    11. -ḥnty, 'henty-years', 120 years
    12. -ḥnk, arm-with-nu-offering-pot

    1. -ḥr, face
    2. -ḥr, Horus
      Horus
      Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...

    3. -ḥḥ, 'eternity', and Huh (god)
      Huh (god)
      In Egyptian mythology, Huh was the deification of eternity in the Ogdoad, his name itself meaning endlessness. As a concept, he was androgynous, his female form being known as Hauhet, which is simply the feminine form of his name...

    4. -ḥs, feces, excrement
    5. -ḥs, vase, water-pot
    6. -ḥq, the Hq scepter (hieroglyph)
    7. -ḥqt, frog, Heket
    8. -ḥtp, Hotep
      Hotep
      The Egyptian word Hotep translates to roughly "to be satisfied, at peace". It is regularly found in the names of ancient Egyptian figures such as Hotepsekhemwy , the first ruler of Egypt's Second Dynasty....

       offering tablet
    9. -ḥ(dj), mace
    10. -ḥ(dj), white crown

The Biliterals/Triliterals: ḥ3, ḥ3t, ḥw-[bḥ], ḥm-(Basin w/Ripple), ḥm-(Fuller's Club), ḥn, ḥr, ḥs, ḥq3-ḥq, ḥtp, ḥ(dj).

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
h
reed
shelter
O4 h reed
Reed shelter (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Reed shelter hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O4 for the reed shelter, an enclosure; .-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...


shelter
Reed shelter (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Reed shelter hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O4 for the reed shelter, an enclosure; .-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...


(hieroglyph)
Reed shelter (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Reed shelter hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O4 for the reed shelter, an enclosure; .-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...


(in a plan
view)
1. first alphabetic h; 2. Egyptian uniliteral sign h; 3. see second uniliteral h, the wick (hieroglyph)
Wick (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp.The wick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter h. A second and equivalent h hieroglyph is the plan view of a reed shelter, O4, Gardiner no...

, Gardiner no. V28, V28
h
(ḥ)
wick
V28 h
(ḥ)
wick
Wick (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp.The wick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter h. A second and equivalent h hieroglyph is the plan view of a reed shelter, O4, Gardiner no...


(hieroglyph)
Wick (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp.The wick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter h. A second and equivalent h hieroglyph is the plan view of a reed shelter, O4, Gardiner no...

1. second uniliteral h;
2. see first uniliteral h, the reed shelter (hieroglyph)
Reed shelter (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Reed shelter hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O4 for the reed shelter, an enclosure; .-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

, Gardiner no. O4, O4
ḥut
palace
temple
tomb
O6 ḥut plan view
palace-(estate)
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for hwt-(ḥut), palace, temple, tomb; see also: O11 palace, 'ḥ
ḥfn
frog
100,000
I8 ḥfn
100,000
frog
(Type 2)
100,000
ḥmw
hmu
rudder
P10 ḥmw
hmu-hmw
rudder Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

, hmu-(ḥmw), for "rudder" and related words
(ḥm)
ḥmt
basin
'wife',
'woman'
ḥmt
bi3
N41 ! -.- ! N42 ḥmt
bi3
basin
basin w/ripples
Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

s for ḥmt, bi3; A "basin", but commonly used for 'wife', or 'woman'
ḥm
fuller's-club
(washer's-club)
U36 ḥm
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
fuller's-club 1. Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 ḥm, for a fuller's club;
2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for ḥmw, 'washer', and ḥm, slave, servant; phonogram
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 ḥm.
ḥmt
basin
'wife',
'woman'
ḥmt
bi3
N41 ! -.- ! N42 ḥmt
bi3
basin
basin w/ripples
Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

s for ḥmt, bi3; A "basin", but commonly used for 'wife', or 'woman'
ḥmt
hand
drill
ḥmt
ub3
U24 ! U25 ḥmt hand
Hand drill (hieroglyph)
A Hand drill is a hieroglyph, , used in Ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars...


drill
Hand drill (hieroglyph)
A Hand drill is a hieroglyph, , used in Ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars...


(hieroglyph)
Hand drill (hieroglyph)
A Hand drill is a hieroglyph, , used in Ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars...

1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 in hmt-(ḥmt), the name for the 'hand drill tool'; also hmt for words of "art", "artisan", etc.
2. Ideo. or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for uba, (wb3), to 'rise', to 'open'; see: Rise of a Star: ubn: N8
ḥn
(bundled)-"container"
-(w/-cord-tie)
V36 ! V36W-(wider-(unlisted)) ḥn (bundled)-"container"
-(w/-cord-tie)
Phonogram
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 ḥn; products–natural or artificial, things, property, goods, possessions, tools, fabrics
ḥn
garland
(of flowers)
'herb'
'grass'
M2 ḥn-(from ḥni)
is-(from isw)
garland
(of flowers)
'herb'
'grass'
1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for various plants or flowers;
2. Two phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

s for "cane", and "canes", ḥn-(from ḥni), is-(from isw).
3. flower (garland), plant, branch, seed
4. Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek...

, line R12, The people shall wear garlands on their heads, shall be made festal...
ḥnty
"henti-years"
120 years
V36-V36 ! -.- ! V28-M2:N35-X1:Z4-V36-N31 ḥnty doubled container
(or-added-glyphs)
many spellings
period of 120 years; in translation: "for..'henti years'"; from, V28-M2:N35-V36-X1:N36 ḥn-t, border, boundary, end, limit, frontier, etc
ḥnk
arm-with-nu-pot
D39 ḥnk arm-offering-nu-pot Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in ḥnk, "to make an offering", also: gift, offering, etc. (see also: List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs; see also: nu, pot)
ḥr
face
D2 ḥr face
Face (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Face hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. D2 is a portrayal of the human face, frontal view.It is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value hr, ḥr.The sign is also an ideogram for 'face', and related words....


(hieroglyph)
Face (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Face hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. D2 is a portrayal of the human face, frontal view.It is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value hr, ḥr.The sign is also an ideogram for 'face', and related words....

1. Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 hr-(ḥr); 2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for 'face';
3. A major preposition for "on, upon", etc.; additional preposition constructs; 4. (see also: Nose, sometimes used for the face)
ḥru
ḥr
Horus
Horus
Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...

G5 ! -.- ! G6 ḥr Horus
Horus
Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists...

-Hawk
Horus; about 200 Horus-god names; an example: Horus-the-Child, Greek language
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

-equivalent, arpokrates; Egyptian, Hru-p-(kh)ard(d=t), G5-Q3:F32-D21:D46-A17
ḥḥ
'eternity'
V28-N5-V28 ! -.- C11 ! _.- ! V28-S16-V28-.-V28-N5:S34-V28 ḥḥ 'eternity'
a-long-timeperiod
wick-Ra
Ra
Ra is the ancient Egyptian sun god. By the Fifth Dynasty he had become a major deity in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the mid-day sun...

-wick
God-Huh
Huh (god)
In Egyptian mythology, Huh was the deification of eternity in the Ogdoad, his name itself meaning endlessness. As a concept, he was androgynous, his female form being known as Hauhet, which is simply the feminine form of his name...

eternity, or "a long time period"; (variations of timeperiods, with tweaks of the seated man holding renpet
Renpet
In the Egyptian language, Renpet was the word for year. Its hieroglyph was figuratively depicted in art as a woman wearing a palm shoot over her head. This figurative woman was often referred to as the mistress of eternity. She is the goddess of springtime and youth in ancient Egyptian history....

-constructs)
ḥs
vase
water-pot
W14 ḥs vase
water-pot
Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 ḥs
ḥs
excrement
dung
feces
F52 ḥs excrement
dung
feces
Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in hs-(ḥs), "excrement"
ḥq
scepter-heq
Hq scepter
S38 ḥq Hq-scepter 1. 'to rule', 'chief', 'ruler', ḥq;
2. Hq scepter;
3. the pharaoh
Pharaoh
Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term "pr-aa" which means "great house" and describes the royal palace...

 was called the Ruler of On, (Ruler of Heliopolis
Heliopolis
-Placenames:*Heliopolis , the ancient city in Egypt*Heliopolis , a suburb in modern Cairo, Egypt* Heliopolis of Phoenicia, modern Baalbek, Lebanon...

)
ḥqt
frog
Goddess Heket
I7 ḥqt
(bḫn' and qrr)
frog Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

, frog; (See also (frog)-Goddess Heket, her 'emblem'); noun words for 'frog': 'bḫn, qrr
ḥtp
hotep
Hotep
The Egyptian word Hotep translates to roughly "to be satisfied, at peace". It is regularly found in the names of ancient Egyptian figures such as Hotepsekhemwy , the first ruler of Egypt's Second Dynasty....


offering-tablet
R4 ḥtp hotep
Hotep
The Egyptian word Hotep translates to roughly "to be satisfied, at peace". It is regularly found in the names of ancient Egyptian figures such as Hotepsekhemwy , the first ruler of Egypt's Second Dynasty....


offering-tablet
(see Hotep
Hotep
The Egyptian word Hotep translates to roughly "to be satisfied, at peace". It is regularly found in the names of ancient Egyptian figures such as Hotepsekhemwy , the first ruler of Egypt's Second Dynasty....

-offering-tablet)
ḥ(dj)
mace
T3 ḥ(dj) mace, (stone macehead, wooden handle) Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

, and phonogram
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for mace, ḥ(dj)
ḥ(dj)
white crown
S1 ḥ(dj) white crown see Hedjet
Hedjet
Hedjet is the formal name for the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. The crown was white and, after the unification of Egypt, it was combined with the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, with the delta to form the Pschent, the Double Crown of Egypt...

; (see also Red crown & Pschent
Pschent
The Pschent was the name of the Double Crown of Ancient Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as sekhemti , the Two Powerful Ones. It combined the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt....

))
Pschent
Pschent
The Pschent was the name of the Double Crown of Ancient Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as sekhemti , the Two Powerful Ones. It combined the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt....

 Crown
Double Crown
S5 ! -.- ! S6 -- Pschent
Pschent
The Pschent was the name of the Double Crown of Ancient Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as sekhemti , the Two Powerful Ones. It combined the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt....

 Crown
Double Crown
for the Pharaoh, King of the Two Lands, (i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
Ancient Egypt was divided into two regions, namely Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. To the north was Lower Egypt where the Nile stretched out with its several branches to form the Nile Delta. To the south was Upper Egypt, stretching to Syene. The two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt were united c....

)

Kh1

Aa1-(sieve-or-placenta?)

List: kh to kht.(-stick, branch
Branch (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...

)
    1. -(kh), sieve, =placenta
    2. -(kh), belly-teats-tail
    3. -ḫ3, lotus stem, 1000
    4. -ẖ3, fish-(leaping), mako-shark
    5. -(kh)', sun-rising-with-rays
    6. -(kh)uy, arm-with-flail
    7. -(kh)us, MAN-grinding-in-a-mortar

    1. -(kh)b, to diminish
    2. -(kh)pr, scarab transformation, to become
    3. -(kh)pr(sh), Khepresh
      Khepresh
      The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often shown wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies...

       helmet
    4. -(kh)p(sh), Foreleg of ox
    5. -(kh)n, arms-rowing
    6. -(kh)nm, jar-with-handle
    7. -(kh)r, butcher's block
    8. -(kh)ru, oar
    9. -(kh)t, stair-single
    10. -(kh)t, stick, branch
    11. -(kh)ty, stack (of grain)

The Biliterals/Triliterals: ḫ3, ẖ3, (kh)', (kh)u, (kh)pr, ẖn, ẖn-(carcass w/out head)-(arms-rowing), (kh)nm, (kh)r, (kh)ru, (kh)t.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
kh
sieve
(placenta)
(kh)
Aa1 (kh)
(ḫ)
sieve
placenta
first uniliteral (kh)
sieve or placenta-(older first form)
(both (kh)1 and (kh)2, sieve and belly-with-tail are from the Old Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement – the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley .The term itself was...

)
ḫ3
(kh)a
lotus
(lotus stem
with leaf
and rhizome)
M12 1000
(kh)a-ḫ3
lotus
(lotus stem
with leaf
and rhizome)
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for (kh)a-(ḫ3), a part of the "lotus"; phonetically
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 used for ḫ3; in Egyptian mathematics
Egyptian mathematics
Egyptian mathematics is the mathematics that was developed and used in Ancient Egypt from ca. 3000 BC to ca. 300 BC.-Overview:Written evidence of the use of mathematics dates back to at least 3000 BC with the ivory labels found at Tomb Uj at Abydos. These labels appear to have been used as tags for...

, 1000: (see also ksi, to bow, to bend, to do homage, etc, for ḫ3-3-b)
ẖ3
(kh)a
fish (mako-shark)
M. kannume
Mormyridae
The family Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" , are freshwater fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order with around 200 species. Members of the family are popular, if challenging, aquarium species...


(Oxyrhynchus)
K4 (kh)a-ḫ3 fish-(leaping)
mako-shark
1. Phonetic
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 value (kh)a-((kh)3), from name, ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 (kh)it-(ḫit); 2. Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 for (kh)a
(kh)'
ḫ'
sun-rising-
-with-rays
N28 ! -.- ! N28:D36 (kh)'
ḫ'
sun-rising-
-with-rays
Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (kh)' , ḫ'; sun-rising (hieroglyph)
(kh)uy
arm-with-flail
D43 (kh)uy
ḫuy
arm-with-flail 1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for (kh)uy, "to protect"
(kh)us-(kh)usi
man
-grinding-etc
to build
A34 (kh)us-(kh)usi man
-grinding
-(in a mortar)
man grinding (etc); to grind in a mortar, to build, to construct, etc.
(kh)b-(constructs) Aa1-D58-(words) ! S23 (kh)us-(kh)usi 1.-(kh)b-constructed
words
2.-"town"-Flail, + Shen ring
Shen ring
A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...

-(in defeat)
ideas of: to diminish, subtract (in arithmetic), to cut down, 'defeat', etc.
khpr
"scarab"
L1 (kh)-p-r scarab
the Dung Beetle, (Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...

)
See: Scarab (artifact)
See: God Khepri
Khepri
This article is about the Egyptian god. For the type of robot, see Khepera mobile robot.In Egyptian mythology, Khepri is the name of a major god. Khepri is associated with the dung beetle , whose behavior of maintaining spherical balls of dung represents the forces which move the sun...

(kh)prš
khepresh
Khepresh
The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often shown wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies...

-helmet
S7 (kh)prš
(ḫprš)
khepresh
Khepresh
The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often shown wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies...

-helmet
khepresh
Khepresh
The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often shown wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies...

-helmet
khpš
foreleg
of ox
(kh)pš
ḫpš
F23 ! F24 (kh)psh
khpš-(ḫpš)
("khepeš")
foreleg
of ox
1. (kh)p(sh), khepesh; 2. the reversed hieroglyph means, "strength", "power"
khn
arms-
rowing
D33 (kh)n
ẖn
arms-
rowing
Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (kh)n, ẖn
khnm
(large)-jar
W9 (kh)nm
(ẖnm)
(large)-jar-
-with-handle
Egyp. tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 (kh)nm
khr
ẖr
(butcher's)-block
ẖr
T28 ! -.- ! T28:D21 khr
ẖr
(butcher's)-block 1. Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (kh)r;
2. Ideas of items below, (butchered, segmented, then 'owned'); and major use of 'below', or 'under', as a prepositional use
khru
oar
ḫru
P8 ! P9 1-(kh)ru-(ḫrw)
2-wsr
oar
(a spoon-
(shape))
1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for usr-(wsr), "oar";
2. Tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 phonogram
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

, (kh)ru-(ḫrw)
kht
stair-single
O40 -- stair-single
Stair-single (hieroglyph)
In the Egyptian language, the single stair hieroglyph is used as a determinative.-References:*Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris *Budge, 1978,...


(hieroglyph)
Stair-single (hieroglyph)
In the Egyptian language, the single stair hieroglyph is used as a determinative.-References:*Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris *Budge, 1978,...

a determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

kht
branch-(stick)
M3 (kh)t
ḫt
branch
Branch (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...


(hieroglyph)
Branch (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...


(=stick)
1. Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (kh)t; 2. Ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for wood, tree; 3. linear measure, (=100 cubits)
khty
stack-(of grain)
heap
(kh)ty
'ḥ'-'ḥ'u
M35 (kh)ty
'ḥ'-'ḥ'u
stack
(of grain)
Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in 1. 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u, for "stack-(of grain)"; (or other determiners for: food, provisions, stores, heaps of grain, wealth, riches, abundance);
2. and (kh)ty, 'heap of grain', where (kh)tyt, is "barn floor", or "place where grain is stored for sale"

S

S29-(vertical-folded-cloth)-.-O34-(horizontal-door-bolt)

List s (folded cloth) to sd, (tail), F33
    1. -s, Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
      Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian folded cloth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. S29 for a type of cushioning, a seat-backing.The folded cloth hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-Origin of folded cloth as seat cushion:The Nimrud...

    2. -s, Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
      Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Door bolt hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O34 for a door bolt, a sliding form of a deadbolt.The door bolt hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The...

    3. -s3, goose-(or duck); 'son/daughter-of'
    4. -s3, fetter, hobble
    5. -s3, lifesaver
    6. -s3, 'box', 'cage', cover/ w/ pull-rope
    7. -su, rush
    8. -suḥt, egg
    9. -sb3, du3, star
    10. -sbk, Sobek
      Sobek
      Sobek , and in Greek, Suchos was the deification of crocodiles, as crocodiles were deeply feared in the nation so dependent on the Nile River...

    11. -sp, threshing floor, for time-(sp)
    12. -sp, (circle, with 2 verticals)
    13. -s-p(kh)ar, to write, to engrave
    14. -spti, the two lips
    15. -spd, 1-"readiness", 2-thorn
    16. -spdit, Sothis, (Sothic cycle
      Sothic cycle
      The Sothic cycle or Canicular period is a period of 1,461 ancient Egyptian years or 1,460 Julian years...

      ),

    1. -sma, union
    2. -sn, ArrowHead
    3. -sn(tj), trussed goose
    4. -s(kh)m, Sekhem scepter
      Sekhem scepter
      For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...

    5. -s(kh)t, (bird)-trap
    6. -s(sh), (alabaster), & basin
    7. -s(sh), s(sh)(sh)t, sistrum
      Sistrum
      A sistrum is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient Iraq and Egypt. It consists of a handle and a U-shaped metal frame, made of brass or bronze and between 76 and 30 cm in width...

    8. -s(sh)n, lotus
    9. -sq, straw-broom
    10. -st, seat, throne
    11. -St, God Set
      Set (mythology)
      Set was in Ancient Egyptian religion, a god of the desert, storms, and foreigners. In later myths he was also the god of darkness, and chaos...

      , Seth animal
      Seth animal
      The sha is assumed to be some canid, or wild dog, inhabiting the deserts of North Africa, particularly the region adjacent to the Nile Valley in Egypt. It is the totemic animal of the god Set, for which reason it is commonly known as the Set animal, Typhonian animal, or Typhonic beast...

    12. -st, sta, to conduct
    13. -sta, receptacle
    14. -sti, to shoot
    15. -stp, "chosen of"..XXXXX
    16. -Stch, Festival of the Tail
      Sed festival
      The Sed festival was an ancient Egyptian ceremony that celebrated the continued rule of a pharaoh...

    17. -stchm, ear, to listen
    18. -stchr, to lie down
    19. -sd, tail

The Biliterals/Triliterals: s3-(goose), s3-(hobble/ or lifesaver), s3-('cage'), si3, su, sb3-[du3], sm3, sn, sn(dj), sḫm, sq, st.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
s
folded
cloth
(the hieroglyph)
S29 ! S30 s
(vertical)
folded
Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian folded cloth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. S29 for a type of cushioning, a seat-backing.The folded cloth hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-Origin of folded cloth as seat cushion:The Nimrud...


cloth
Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian folded cloth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. S29 for a type of cushioning, a seat-backing.The folded cloth hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-Origin of folded cloth as seat cushion:The Nimrud...


(hieroglyph)
Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian folded cloth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. S29 for a type of cushioning, a seat-backing.The folded cloth hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-Origin of folded cloth as seat cushion:The Nimrud...

1. Unil. s, the vertical;
2. Major construct in "S-xxx" verb amplification, stressing, (beginning of core word);
3. (see door bolt
Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Door bolt hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O34 for a door bolt, a sliding form of a deadbolt.The door bolt hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The...

, O34, the S, horizontal)
folded
cloth
(seat-back)
(cushion
Cushion
A cushion is a soft bag of some ornamental material, stuffed with wool, hair, feathers, polyester staple fiber, non-woven material, or even paper torn into fragments. It may be used for sitting or kneeling upon, or to soften the hardness or angularity of a chair or couch...

)
S29 -- seat
backing
iconography
Iconography
Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images. The word iconography literally means "image writing", and comes from the Greek "image" and "to write". A secondary meaning is the painting of icons in the...

 in relief
Relief
Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

s, (see WikiCommons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seat-back,_folded_cover);
(a folded-cloth is also shown in statue fists), D49
s
door bolt
O34 s door bolt (s hieroglyph)
Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Door bolt hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O34 for a door bolt, a sliding form of a deadbolt.The door bolt hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The...

s
door bolt
O34 s
(horizontal)
door bolt
Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Door bolt hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O34 for a door bolt, a sliding form of a deadbolt.The door bolt hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The...


(hieroglyph)
Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Door bolt hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O34 for a door bolt, a sliding form of a deadbolt.The door bolt hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The...

Unil. s, (the horizontal s); the vertical s is Gardiner no. S29, a folded cloth
Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian folded cloth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. S29 for a type of cushioning, a seat-backing.The folded cloth hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-Origin of folded cloth as seat cushion:The Nimrud...

, S29
s3, s3-t
"son/daughter-of"
goose(or duck)
G38 s3, s3-t
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
goose 1. "son of", "daughter of", sa, sa-t; 2. goose
s3
fetter
hobble
V16 s3 cattle
hobble
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V17, also s3, V17
(see also: tethering rope
Tether (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Tether hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V14, V15 for an animal tether, a type of hobble.The tether hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter tj, or ch. Other values include tsh.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic...

)
s3
lifesaver
V17 ! -.- ! V18 s3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
lifesaver bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V16, also s3, V16
(see also: tethering rope
Tether (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Tether hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V14, V15 for an animal tether, a type of hobble.The tether hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter tj, or ch. Other values include tsh.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic...

)
s3
"cover"
"box"
Aa18 ! -.- ! Aa17 s3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
'box'-"cage"
'cover'
w/door-opening rope
"s3"
su
rush
M23 su
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
rush
w/ 2-sets-of-leaves
Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 su
1–cane
2–reed-(=Rush)
3–(swt)-Rush
4–flowering-
rush-(sedge)
M22 ! M17-.-M17-M17 ! M23 ! M26 -- -- --
suḥt
egg
H8 swḥt
suḥt
egg
Egg (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Egg hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. H8, is a portrayal of an oval-shaped egg, tilted at an angle, within the Gardiner signs for parts of birds.-References:...


(hieroglyph)
Egg (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Egg hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. H8, is a portrayal of an oval-shaped egg, tilted at an angle, within the Gardiner signs for parts of birds.-References:...

det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for feminine in goddess names, wives, etc; det. in swḥt, 'egg'
sb3
star
sb3
du3
N14 sb3
dw3
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)-sb3
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)-du3
star Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for sba-(sb3), "star"; phonetic
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for dua-(dw3)(dua); (see Duat
Duat
In Egyptian mythology, Duat is the underworld. The Duat is a vast area under the Earth, connected with Nun, the waters of the primordial abyss. The Duat is the realm of the god Osiris and the residence of other gods and supernatural beings...

)
Sbk
Sobek
Sobek
Sobek , and in Greek, Suchos was the deification of crocodiles, as crocodiles were deeply feared in the nation so dependent on the Nile River...

I4 ! I5A-(archaic-fetish) sbk (crocodile)
Sobek
Sobek
Sobek , and in Greek, Suchos was the deification of crocodiles, as crocodiles were deeply feared in the nation so dependent on the Nile River...


on shrine
(=fetish)
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 of det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for sbk, (Sobek
Sobek
Sobek , and in Greek, Suchos was the deification of crocodiles, as crocodiles were deeply feared in the nation so dependent on the Nile River...

); (see also Crocodile)
sp
"time"
O48 sp time time; see also "threshing floor", Gardiner no. O50, O50
sp
(from spt)
threshing-
floor
O50 sp
(from spt)
threshing-
floor
Biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 sp; (equal to Egyptian: "time"); see also "time", Gardiner no. O48, O48
s-p(kh)ar
to write
to engrave
F50 sp(kh)r "to turn around"
agriculture field dikeworks,
with ligature
to write, to engrave
spti
the two lips
D25:F51 spti the two lips the two lips
spd
1-readiness, "sharp"
2-thorn
M44 ! -.- ! S29-Q3:D46-M44-(ready-constructs) spd
srt
1-"readiness"
2-thorn
Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for spd, "readiness", sharp, pointed, etc; det. for srt, "thorn"
spdit
Star-Sirius
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...


(Dog-Star)
S29-M44-Q3:D46-X1:N14 ! (multiple-spellings) ! M44-X1:N14-I12 spdit Star-Sirius
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...


(Dog-Star)
A. Sirius
Sirius
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, it is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. The name "Sirius" is derived from the Ancient Greek: Seirios . The star has the Bayer designation Alpha Canis Majoris...

, Sothic cycle
Sothic cycle
The Sothic cycle or Canicular period is a period of 1,461 ancient Egyptian years or 1,460 Julian years...

, Sothis
Sothis
Sothis is the name of a star that the Egyptians considered unusually significant. The star is not explicitly identified, but there are enough clues for modern scholars to be almost unanimous in identifying Sothis as Sirius....

;
B. 'Readiness', beginning of the year: planting, the Season of the Inundation
Season of the Inundation
The Season of the Inundation is the first season in the ancient Egyptian calendar and corresponds roughly with early September to early January....

, (w/ rising of the Dog Star)
sm3
unite, union
F36 sm3
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
? union, to unite
sm3
union
F36 sma
(sm3)
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
lung-and-
trachea
union
Egyptian "lung", sma-(sm3); used for union, (as in the "Two Lands", "Upper
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...

 and Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt is the northern-most section of Egypt. It refers to the fertile Nile Delta region, which stretches from the area between El-Aiyat and Zawyet Dahshur, south of modern-day Cairo, and the Mediterranean Sea....

)-(Lower Egypt=the Nile Delta
Nile Delta
The Nile Delta is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's largest river deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east, it covers some 240 km of Mediterranean coastline—and is a rich...

); Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for "unite", "join"
sn
arrow
head
T22 ! T23 sn arrowhead
(shape)
Bil. sn; Ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for "arrow"
used for:
brother, husband
sister, wife
"smell"
touch, grasp
2, "second", 'the same'-(twin), two, both, etc
sn(tj)
trussed
goose
(or duck)
u(sh)n
sn(tj)
G54 u(sh)n
(phon.
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

-sn(tj))
trussed
goose
(or duck)
1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for u(sh)n, (wšn), Egyptian: "twist the neck (of a bird)";
2. Phonetically
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 sn(tj), (snṯ)
3. (see Trussed-goose Palette)
s(kh)m
sekhem
scepter
S42 sḫm Sekhem
Sekhem scepter
For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...


scepter
Sekhem scepter
For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...

Sekhem scepter
Sekhem scepter
For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...

; "power" is s(kh)m, (sḫm)
arm-with-sekhem
Sekhem scepter
For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...

-
-sceptre
D44 -- arm-with-sekhem
Sekhem scepter
For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...

-
-sceptre
s(kh)t
trap
(=bird-trap)
s(kh)t-sḫt
T27 ! T26 s(kh)t
(sḫt)
trap
(device)
1. trap, bird-trap, (the device); 2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in s(kh)t-(sḫt), Egyptian "trap" and related words
sš-s(sh)
(alabaster)
basin
Festival
W3
sš-s(sh)
'(sesh)'
alabaster
basin
festival
(Equivalent to Gardiner W4, Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)
Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)
The Jubilee Festival for the Pharaoh, the Heb Sed is represented in hieroglyphs by a Jubilee Pavilion Hieroglyph. It is Gardiner Sign Listed as no. O23. However it often appears with other pavilion, or festival hieroglyphs: the Hall, no. O22, O22 and an alabaster Basin, no. W3...

)
det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in sš, 'alabaster', or "precious stone"; det. in hb
sš, sššt
sistrum
Sistrum
A sistrum is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient Iraq and Egypt. It consists of a handle and a U-shaped metal frame, made of brass or bronze and between 76 and 30 cm in width...


(or "castanets")
Y8 sš, sššt
(also s(kh)m)
sistrum A. Ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for "sistrum", sššt, (or s(kh)m(=sistrum)); det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in sššt;
B. s(kh)m is Egyptian for 'power', (confer with Sekhem scepter
Sekhem scepter
For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...

-(list skhm) and Medamud
Medamud
Medamud was a settlement in Ancient Egypt. Its present-day territory is located about 8 km east-north from Luxor. The temple was excavated by Fernand Bisson de la Roque in 1925, who identified several structures dedicated to the war-god Monthu....

-(article))
sšn
lotus flower
M9 sšn
(also snšn)
lotus flower A. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in sšn, lotus flower;
B. Greek language
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

 'souson';
C. also det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for snšn, for lily, lotus.
sq
u3ḥ
(fiber)
swab
straw-broom
V29 sq, (or)
u3ḥ

bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

-tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...


--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

-sq
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)-u3ḥ)
(fiber)
swab
(straw broom)
1. Biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 sq; "to clean", "dust";
2. Triliteral
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 uah, (w3ḥ)
st
seat
throne
Q1 st
(also is-t)-(constructs)
(is-t=st)
seat
throne
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for st, seat, throne, place; and phonogram
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 st; see is-t, for major use of Place of XXXX, etc.
St
God Set
Set (mythology)
Set was in Ancient Egyptian religion, a god of the desert, storms, and foreigners. In later myths he was also the god of darkness, and chaos...

 (Seth)
E20 ! E21 ! C6-.-C7 St God Set
Set (mythology)
Set was in Ancient Egyptian religion, a god of the desert, storms, and foreigners. In later myths he was also the god of darkness, and chaos...

 (Seth)
(see Seth animal
Seth animal
The sha is assumed to be some canid, or wild dog, inhabiting the deserts of North Africa, particularly the region adjacent to the Nile Valley in Egypt. It is the totemic animal of the god Set, for which reason it is commonly known as the Set animal, Typhonian animal, or Typhonic beast...

)
Set-
animal
(='Seth')
E20 ! E21 -- Set-animal
(hieroglyph)
Set (mythology)
Set (mythology)
Set was in Ancient Egyptian religion, a god of the desert, storms, and foreigners. In later myths he was also the god of darkness, and chaos...

Set-God C7 -- Set-God Set (mythology)
Set (mythology)
Set was in Ancient Egyptian religion, a god of the desert, storms, and foreigners. In later myths he was also the god of darkness, and chaos...

st
sta
to bring
to conduct
U30 ! V2 st & sta "bring along", (a group?)
sta
1-receptacle
2-furnace
U30 sta "receptacle", (furnace)
(st), sti
to shoot
hide-with-arrow
F29 st, sti
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)-st
hide of animal
with arrow
A. to shoot, (arrows, harpoons, etc);
B. for 'to shoot', sti, F29-X1-A24, to shoot, throw, stimulate, pour, radiate, launch (a flood, the Nile), etc.;
C. see Satet, Goddess of the Nile
Nile
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.The Nile has two major...

 Inundation
Season of the Inundation
The Season of the Inundation is the first season in the ancient Egyptian calendar and corresponds roughly with early September to early January....

stiut-stut
"piercing rays"
F29-N5 stut-stiut piercing rays piercing rays
see ubn, (sun-with-rays)
stp
adze-
Adze-on-block (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Adze on a Wood Block, or Axe in a Block of Wood hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the adze . It is used mostly in the cartouches of pharaonic names especially, or other important names....


on-block
Adze-on-block (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Adze on a Wood Block, or Axe in a Block of Wood hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the adze . It is used mostly in the cartouches of pharaonic names especially, or other important names....

U21 stp adze-
on-block
triliteral
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

, stp, for "chosen";
often used in Pharaonic cartouche
Cartouche
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an ellipse with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu, replacing the earlier serekh...

 names as: "Chosen of God XXXX", (example: Beloved of Maat, Chosen of Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

)
Sṯ
Sd
Festival of the Tail
W4 Sṯ festival chamber, (the tail is also vertical 'Great': '3) Sed festival
Sed festival
The Sed festival was an ancient Egyptian ceremony that celebrated the continued rule of a pharaoh...

s(dj)m
to listen
ear
D18 s(dj)m
"stchm"
ear to listen
s(dj)r
bier
with body
A55 s(dj)r
"stchr"
bier
with body
to lie down
sd
tail
F33 sd tail 1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for sd, "tail"; then phon.
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

, sd;
2. (See: "Festival of the Tail", the Sed festival
Sed festival
The Sed festival was an ancient Egyptian ceremony that celebrated the continued rule of a pharaoh...

)

  • (shade)-fan, see shade-fans, (1 and 2)
  • festival, see "alabaster basin"
  • (fiber) swab, straw broom; see: (fiber) swab
  • "two flails with shen ring", see two whips with shen rings, (see whip)
  • flower, see also lotus
  • scalpel, see chisel-or-scalpel
  • scribe writing tools, see (scribe)-writing tools
  • 'ship', see the boats
  • slaughter, see fall, defeat, slaughter
  • snake, see serpent
  • soldier, see archer
  • 'sphinx' , see lion-reclining (hieroglyph)
    Lion-reclining (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Lion-reclining hieroglyph, or the "Sphinx hieroglyph" is Gardiner sign listed no. E23 for the sphinx, the "reclining lion"....

  • "spoon"-(shape), see oar
  • stick, see branch
  • straw broom, see (fiber) swab

Š, Sh

N37-(pool-lake-basin)-.-N38-(pool-lake-basin)-N37-N37A-((unlisted-2-dash-lines)-pool-lake-basin)

List š to šd
    1. -š, (sh), a Pool, Lake, or Basin
    2. -š3, 'flooded plants/country'
    3. -š' , knife, butcher's-knife, wound
    4. -š't, slaughter, carnage
    5. -(Sh)u-Šu, Shu-Feather (of Maat
      Maat
      Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

      )
    6. -šuty, Shuti Headdress
      Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
      The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks....

    7. -šms, Follower-sign
    8. -šm-šm'u, flowering rush

    1. -šn, shen ring
      Shen ring
      A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...

    2. -šn, cartouche
      Cartouche
      In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an ellipse with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu, replacing the earlier serekh...

    3. -šn, rope-(ends down)
    4. -šnut, Granary
    5. -šs, rope-(ends up)
    6. -šsp, fence
    7. -št, turtle
    8. -šd, water skin

The Biliterals/Triliterals: š3, šw, šps, šms, šn, šs, šd.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
š
pool
lake
(or)
basin
N37 ! -.-! N38 ! -.-! (no3-(unlisted)) (sh)
š
pool-
Pool-lake-basin (hieroglyph)
The "pool-lake-basin hieroglyph" is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter -š.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...


lake-basin
Pool-lake-basin (hieroglyph)
The "pool-lake-basin hieroglyph" is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter -š.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...


(hieroglyph)
Pool-lake-basin (hieroglyph)
The "pool-lake-basin hieroglyph" is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter -š.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

uniliteral (sh)-š, a pool
pool
with legs
N40 -- pool
with legs
pool with walking legs
š3-(sh)a
plants,
(flooded)-field
(flooded)-country
flower
M8 š3-(sh)a plants, in
water-(flooded)-land
1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 & Phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for š3-(sh)a, "flooded country"; 2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for a(kh)t, Season of the Inundation
Season of the Inundation
The Season of the Inundation is the first season in the ancient Egyptian calendar and corresponds roughly with early September to early January....

š'
knife
wound
butcher's-knife
T30-(knife)-.-F37-(wound) ! -.- ! F37-(diagonal-wound-unlisted) ! -.- ! F43-(rib-slaughter-carnage) (sh)'
š'
knife
(diagonal)-wound
š't
slaughter
carnage
(ribs-cuts)
F37-(diagonal-wound-unlisted) ! -.- ! F43-(rib-slaughter-carnage) (sh)'t
š't
(ribs-cuts) wounds, slaughter, carnage
(Goddess)
Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

C10 ! -.- ! H6-(shu-feather-of-maat) -- (Goddess)
Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

Goddess Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

(Sh)u-Šu
(Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

's)
Shu
feather
H6 ! H6A (Sh)u-Šu (Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

's)
Shu
feather
Goddess Shu; Maat
Maat
Maat is a naval rank of the German navy equivalent to the army rank of Unteroffizier. A Maat is considered the equivalent of a junior Petty Officer in the navies of many other nations....

's Shu feather
(sh)uty-šuty
'shuti'
adornment
(two-feathers)
S9 (sh)uty-šuty shuti
Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks....


two-feather
Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks....


adornment
Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks....


(hieroglyph)
Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks....

two feathers, shuti two-feather adornment
šm-šm'u
flowering
rush
M26-(m26) (sh)m'u
šm'w
flowering
rush
flowering rush; also Gardiner nos. M25, M27, M28, M25-.-M27-.-M28
(sh)ms
follower-sign
T18 (sh)ms follower sign follower sign
šn
(sh)n
shnu
Shen
Shen ring
A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...


ring
Shen ring
A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...

V9 "shen"
šn
shen
ring
Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in (sh)nw-(šnu), the cartouche
Cartouche
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an ellipse with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu, replacing the earlier serekh...

šn
(sh)n
cartouche
V10 šn-(shen)
rn
cartouche
Cartouche (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Cartouche hieroglyph- is used to represent the Egyptian language word for 'name'. It is Gardiner sign listed no...


(hieroglyph)
Cartouche (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Cartouche hieroglyph- is used to represent the Egyptian language word for 'name'. It is Gardiner sign listed no...

special uses, (often with inserted name)
šn-(shen), "circle", "encircle", or a 'ring'; later timeperiod usage for "name", rn
šn
rope
V7 (sh)n
šn
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
rope-(shape) Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 šn
šs
rope-(ends-up)
V6 (sh)s
šs
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
rope-(shape) Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 šs
šnwt
(sh)nut
granary
O51 (sh)nut
šnwt
granary Ideo.
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

, šnwt-(sh)nut, "granary"
šs
rope-(ends-up)
V6 (sh)s
šs
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
rope-(shape) Egyptian biliteral sign
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 šs
šsp
(sh)sp
fence
O42 ! -.- ! O43 (sh)sp
šsp
fence tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 (sh)sp-šsp-(shesep)
št, štiu
(sh)t
turtle
I2 (sh)t
št
turtle turtle
šd
(sh)d
water
skin
F30 (sh)dw-(šdu)
(sh)d-(šd)
water-
skin
"belly"
1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for (sh)dw-(šdu), "belly"; phon.
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for (sh)d-(šd);
2. (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: whip)
whip V22 ! V23 mḥ whip Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 mh, (mḥ); (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: water-skin)

Q/K2

X7

List q to qṯ
    1. -q3, man-arms-uplifted
    2. -q3, double stairway

    1. -qrsu, sarcophagus
    2. -qṯ, man-constructing

The Biliterals/Triliterals: qd.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
q3, q3i
man-arms-uplifted
A28 q3, q3i man-arms-uplifted to be high, to exalt
q3, q33, q3i
i3r
double stairway
O41 ! -.- ! O40-(or-half-stair) q3, q33, q3i double stairway 1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for q3-(constructs): high ground, hill, high place;
2. same for i3r, to climb
qrsu
sarcophagus
Q6 qrsu sarcophagus Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for qrsw, sarcophagus
qṯ
man
-constructing
A35 qd man
-constructing
man constructing: a "Mason"; Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for qd, "to construct"; (see Wall, (Collapsing)-Wall)

K

V31-(wicker-basket-with-handle)

List k to ksi
    1. -k, (wicker)-basket, with handle
    2. -k3, two-arms-upraised
    3. -k, man-seated-with-basket-on-head

    1. -k3, bull
    2. -ks, ksi, man-bending, (man-bowing, or homaging)

The Biliterals/Triliterals: k3, km.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
k
basket-
with-handle
V31 k
(unil.)
basket-
Basket-with-handle (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Basket with Handle hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V31 for a 'basket, iconographically portrayed as wicker, with handle'...


with-handle
Basket-with-handle (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Basket with Handle hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V31 for a 'basket, iconographically portrayed as wicker, with handle'...


(hieroglyph)
Basket-with-handle (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Basket with Handle hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V31 for a 'basket, iconographically portrayed as wicker, with handle'...

Unil. k
k3
two-arms-
(upraised)
D28 k3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
two-arms-
(upraised)
Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 k3, ka
k3-t
man-seated-with-
basket-on-head
3tp, 3dp
fa, fai
& k3t
A9 1a.-3tp, 3dp
(Coptic
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

-otp)
1b.-fa, fai
2.-k3t
man-seated-with-
basket-on-head
1a. for 3tp, 3dp, to load, to be laden, master of the load; equals Coptic language
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

, otp; (minor use for 'tp, 'dp);
1b. for fa, fai, to carry, to bear; additional constructs for carrier, bearer, supporter, (and types thereof); for fa-dni, the "bearer-of-the-
-basket", see: Greek-Kanephoros
Kanephoros
The Kanephoros was an honorific office given to unmarried young women in ancient Greece, which involved the privilege of leading the procession to sacrifice at festivals; the highest honour was to lead the pompe at the Panathenaic Festival...

;
2. for ka-t, kau-ti, work, labour, toil; workmen, labourers, artisans, craftsmen, etc.
k3
bull
E1 ! E2 k3 bull bull
ks, ksi
man-bending-over
(=man-bowing, etc.)
A16 ks
(and ks, ksi)
man-bending-over
(=man-bowing)
A. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for ks, ksi, & ks, to bow, to do homage, to submit;
B. same for ḫ3b, (and thematic words of ḫ3-3-b, star & luminary, hippopotamus, lamp & light, etc.)

G

W11-.-W12-(jar-stand-base)
G, (also a 'Throne')

List g to gḥs
    1. -gm, ibis-(feeding)
    2. -gn-t, bone, flag, (memorial)

    1. -grḥ, night, darkness
    2. -gr, grg, pick, opening earth
    3. -gḥs, type of gazelle

The Biliterals/Triliterals: gm, gs.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
gm
Ibis-(feeding)
G28 gm
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
Ibis (feeding) to find, or to discover
gn-t
(bone-flag)-
(memorial?)
T19-.-T20 ! T19-T19-T19 gn-t (memorial-monument
-"ancestral bones")
memorial, record, archive, memorandum; in plural: annals
grḥ
night
darkness
N3 grḥ Sky and ?
(Sky and
setting stars)
night, darkness
gr
grg
pick
opening earth
U17-.-U18 grg
gr
Pick, opening earth to have, hold, possess; (used in building new town-locations)
gḥs
gazelle
(type of)
E28 gḥs gazelle gazelle
(Gḥs-t, a Gazelle-Goddess)

T

X1-(feminine-(semi-circle))U33-(pestle?)
List t to tk3
    1. -t3, land, earth
    2. -t3ui, the Two Lands
    3. -t3, kiln
    4. -ti, pestle
    5. -tyu, hawk, (B. ferox
      Buteo
      Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in North America...

      )
    6. -tut, mummy

    1. -tp, archaic dagger
    2. -tp, head
    3. -tm, sled
    4. -tn, cartouche-(divided)
    5. -t(kh)n, obelisk
    6. -tk3, lamp, (see fire, flame)

The Biliterals/Triliterals: t3, t3, ti, tyu, tp, tp, tm.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
t3
land
'country'
"strip of
land"
N16 ! (or) ! N17 ta
(t3)
(strip of)
land
'country'
Biliteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 t3-(ta), "land", "country", etc.;
(for t3, see also Kiln, t3)
t3ui
"the two
lands"
N17:N17 ! (or) ! N16:N16 taui
(t3wi)
"the two
lands"
=Egypt, (i.e. the Two Lands, (south and north), Upper
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...

 and Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt
Lower Egypt is the northern-most section of Egypt. It refers to the fertile Nile Delta region, which stretches from the area between El-Aiyat and Zawyet Dahshur, south of modern-day Cairo, and the Mediterranean Sea....

)
t3
kiln
U30 t3 kiln
(hieroglyph)
Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 t3; Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for "potter's kiln";
(for t3, see also Land, t3)
ti
'pestle'-(curved top)
U33 ti 'pestle'-(curved top) Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 ti
tyu
hawk
B. ferox
Buteo
Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in North America...

G4 tyu hawk
B. ferox
Buteo
Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but "hawk" is used in North America...

Tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

 tyu
tut
form, image,
likeness
(double)
A53 tut (vertical)
mummy
form, likeness, image, (double)
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

: Form-Living-(of)-
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...

Amun
Amun
Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...

tp
archaic-
-dagger
T8 tp dagger
(archaic)
vertical
"top", or "first";
"first", "foremost";
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 in tp, tpy; det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in mtpnt
tp
head
D1 tp head 1. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for tp, "head"; other uses related to actions of the head; (example "the tp of the rebels", 'the "chief" of the rebels');2. also for tp, see archaic dagger;3. (Narmer Palette
Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great ierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. It is thought by some to depict the unification of...

 shows 10 enemy heads-(decapitated))
tm
sled
(sledge)
U15 ! U16 tm sled
(sledge)
Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 tm
tn
cartouche-(divided)
V11 tn
(tny, tnu
cartouche-(divided) ideas of to divide, to exclude, words related to Egyptian language tn, etc.
t(kh)n
obelisk
O25 tḫn obelisk Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for t(kh)n, obelisk
tk3
lamp-(1)tk3 & (tq)
fire-flame-(2)
Q7-(brazier) ! -.- ! X1:D28-Q7-(many-spellings) tk3 (& tq)
(see: Fire-Flame)
a 'brazier' 1. lamp; Coptic language
Coptic language
Coptic or Coptic Egyptian is the current stage of the Egyptian language, a northern Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Egypt until at least the 17th century. Egyptian began to be written using the Greek alphabet in the 1st century...

, tk.
2. (see Fire-Flame)
lamp-(1)
fire-flame-(2)
Q7-(brazier) 1.-Fire-Flame
2.-Lamp
3.-Brazier
a 'brazier' 1. lamp
2. (see Fire-Flame)-(in progress)
3. "Brazier"
4. Egyptian language, (kh)3bs, (for lamp, etc.-tied to (kh)3bs, for "star", "luminary"; for Flame: (kh)t, s(dj)t, & nsr; for Heat: rkḥ & t3.

Tj, Ch

V13-(tether) ! -.- ! V14 ! -.- ! V15
Tj, (not an Egyptian bilteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)

List tj to tjt
    1. -tj3, nestling, duckling
    2. -tjs, knot
    3. -tjs' , (a support, 1 of other non-Gardiner types), to raise oneself, lift up, etc

    1. -tjs-ut, Four Pillars of Heaven
    2. -tjt, Knot of Isis (Tyet
      Tyet
      The tyet is an ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis; its exact origin is unknown. In many respects the tyet resembles an ankh, except that its arms curve down...

      )
    3. -tjt, tether rope w/ walking legs

The Biliterals/Triliterals: tja, tjs.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
tj3
duckling
nestling
G47 tj3
t_3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
duckling
nestling
Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (tsh)3, t_3, for 'baby bird', duckling; Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for 'young bird'
(The Egyptian vizier
Vizier (Ancient Egypt)
The vizier was the highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the king, or pharaoh during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Vizier is the generally accepted rendering of ancient Egyptian tjati, tjaty etc, among Egyptologists...

 is the "tshat(y)")
tjs
(tsh)s
knot
S24 tjs
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
knot 1. knot; to tie in a knot, fetter;
2. Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (tsh)s, t_s
tjs'
uṯs
utjs
to lift up
tjs'
to raise oneself
U40 utjs
uṯs
a support-(to lift) 1. to lift up, support, etc.
2. see also: utjs
tjs-ut
Four Pillars
of Heaven
S15 ! -.- ! O30-O30-O30-O30 Four Pillars of Heaven four props, the Four Pillars of Heaven; also as, s(kh)nut, four pillars of the sky; (sa)(kh)niu, additionally, 4 legs of a chair; s(kh)nut, 4 legs of a vessel & s(kh)nut IV, the 4 Pillars that Support the Sky
tjt
t_t"Knot
of Isis"
"Girdle
of Isis"
V39 tjt
t_t
tyet
Tyet
The tyet is an ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis; its exact origin is unknown. In many respects the tyet resembles an ankh, except that its arms curve down...

?stylized ankh
Ankh
The ankh , also known as key of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata, was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "eternal life", a triliteral sign for the consonants ʻ-n-ḫ...


(for Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

)(?)
Tyet
Tyet
The tyet is an ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis; its exact origin is unknown. In many respects the tyet resembles an ankh, except that its arms curve down...

, Knot of Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

, Girdle of Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...

tjt
t_t
take possession of
carry off
V15 tjt
t_t
Tethering rope w/ walking legs to take possession of, seize, carry off, conquer, acquire

D

D46-(hand)

List d to d(sh)r-t, dd
    1. -d, hand (hieroglyph)
      Hand (hieroglyph)
      The ancient Egyptian Hand is an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d"; it is also used in the word for 'hand', and actions that are performed, i.e. by the 'way of one's hands', or actions....

    2. -di , arm with vertical cone offering
    3. -di , Vertical Cone
    4. -du3, star
    5. -du3t, star-in-circle, Duat
      Duat
      In Egyptian mythology, Duat is the underworld. The Duat is a vast area under the Earth, connected with Nun, the waters of the primordial abyss. The Duat is the realm of the god Osiris and the residence of other gods and supernatural beings...

    6. -dbḥ, grain measure, (in plural)
    7. -dbt, block

    1. -dmd or dnd, shen ring, with two flails
    2. -dnḥ, wing
    3. -dnḥdnḥ, to fly
    4. -dḥuti, God Thoth
      Thoth
      Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

    5. -d(sh), ('red' items)
    6. -d(sh)r-t, Red Crown

The Biliterals/Triliterals: dua-(sb3).

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
d
hand
D46 ! -.- ! D47 ! -.- ! D48 d hand
Hand (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Hand is an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d"; it is also used in the word for 'hand', and actions that are performed, i.e. by the 'way of one's hands', or actions....


(hieroglyph)
Hand (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Hand is an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d"; it is also used in the word for 'hand', and actions that are performed, i.e. by the 'way of one's hands', or actions....

Uniliteral d
di
arm-with-cone
vertical-bread=cone
offering
D37 di arm-with-cone
vertical-bread-cone
to give, or given
di
vertical cone
X8 di vertical cone to give, or given;
especially shown in Pharaonic relief
Relief
Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

s
di
bread
Bread-cone (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Bread Cone is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It was used in the early dynasties of Egypt, with usage at the time of the Pyramid Texts...


-cone
Bread-cone (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Bread Cone is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It was used in the early dynasties of Egypt, with usage at the time of the Pyramid Texts...


(offering
loaf)
X8 di cone-
shaped
bread
Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for di, rdi, give, given, to give; (an equivalent to arm offering conical "loaf"), Gardiner no. D37, D37
In iconography
Iconography
Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images. The word iconography literally means "image writing", and comes from the Greek "image" and "to write". A secondary meaning is the painting of icons in the...

 and relief
Relief
Relief is a sculptural technique. The term relief is from the Latin verb levo, to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is thus to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane...

s, used for pharaonic statements: "Given, Life, Power...Forever"-(the vertical form of 'to give')
arm-with-nu-pot
ḥnk
D39 ḥnk arm-offering-nu-pot Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in ḥnk, "to make an offering", also: gift, offering, etc. (see also: List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs)
du3
star
sb3
du3
N14 sb3
dw3

(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)-dw3
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)-sb3
star Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for sba-(sb3), "star"; phonetic
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for dua-(dw3)(dua); (see Duat
Duat
In Egyptian mythology, Duat is the underworld. The Duat is a vast area under the Earth, connected with Nun, the waters of the primordial abyss. The Duat is the realm of the god Osiris and the residence of other gods and supernatural beings...

)
du3t
Otherworld
Duat
Duat
In Egyptian mythology, Duat is the underworld. The Duat is a vast area under the Earth, connected with Nun, the waters of the primordial abyss. The Duat is the realm of the god Osiris and the residence of other gods and supernatural beings...

N15 dw3t star-in-circle Otherworld, the Duat
Duat
In Egyptian mythology, Duat is the underworld. The Duat is a vast area under the Earth, connected with Nun, the waters of the primordial abyss. The Duat is the realm of the god Osiris and the residence of other gods and supernatural beings...

dbḥ
'grain measure'
U10 ! -.- ! U9 dbḥ grain measure (with plural, for grain particles)
dbt-ḏbt
inr
block
N39 ! -.- ! O39-(short-(no-lines)) 1.-inr
2.-dbt-ḏbt
dby-t-plinth
block 1. block of stone, (or brick, etc.)
2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in inr for "stone", "block", etc.
3. Det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in types of building stones or types of minerals;
4A. Det. for dbt-(ḏbt), "brick"; 4B. dby-t-plinth, pedestal
dmd, dmdj
dnd, dndj
two whips
with shen ring
Shen ring
A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...

S23 dm(dj)
dmḏ
dmd-dm(dj)
or dnd-dn(dj)
two whips
Two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Two Whips with Shen ring hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. S23 is a portrayal of the Shen ring with two Egyptian flails-; it is a member of the Gardiner subset for "crowns, dress, staves, etc"....


with shen ring
Two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Two Whips with Shen ring hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. S23 is a portrayal of the Shen ring with two Egyptian flails-; it is a member of the Gardiner subset for "crowns, dress, staves, etc"....


(hieroglyph)
Two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Two Whips with Shen ring hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. S23 is a portrayal of the Shen ring with two Egyptian flails-; it is a member of the Gardiner subset for "crowns, dress, staves, etc"....

Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 and det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in dmdj-(dmḏ), for "to unite"
(a)-djnḥ
(b)-dnḥ
wing
H5 a.-djnḥ
b.-dnḥ
wing wing
dnḥdnḥ
to fly
D46:N35-V28-D46:N35-V28-D51:D40 ! -.- ! Q3-G40-G1-M17-M17-H5 dnḥdnḥ to fly to fly

(other listings of 'to fly'; example with Duck-in-flight (hieroglyph), pa, pai)
dḥuti
or djḥuti
God Thoth
Thoth
Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

G26 ! -.- ! C3 dḥuti
djḥuti
Ibis on iat standard (hieroglyph), Seated God, Ibis-headed, (anthropomorphic) God Thoth
Thoth
Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

, the God of the scribe
Scribe
A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing...

s
d(sh)
& d(sh)r
"red"-(items)
D46:N37 d(sh) 'red', in Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements. Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for religious literature on papyrus and wood...

 for word constructs
d(sh)r-t
red crown
S3 n
(vertical)
red crown
d(sh)r-t
see Deshret
Deshret
Deshret, from ancient Egyptian, was the formal name for the Red Crown of and for the desert Red Land on either side of Kemet, the fertile Nile river basin. The end has a curly wire on it, that represents the proboscis of a honey bee. Deshret or DSRT also represents the insect known as the honeybee...

; Red crown (hieroglyph)
N-red crown (n hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Red Crown, the Deshret crown, is one of the oldest Egyptian hieroglyphs. As an iconographic element, it is used on the famous Narmer Palette of Pharaoh Narmer as the "Red Crown of the Delta", the Delta being Lower Egypt....

-(uniliteral n-(vertical)); (see also White crown)

Dj

I10-(cobra-(at-rest))
Dj, (not an Egyptian bilteral
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)

List dj to djd-(Djed Pillar
Djed
The djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...

)
    1. -dj, Cobra-at-rest (hieroglyph)
      Cobra-at-rest (hieroglyph)
      The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture, is the famous pharaonic Uraeus, The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture,...

    2. -dja, Fire-drill (hieroglyph)
    3. -dj'm, White-Gold
      Gold (hieroglyph)
      The ancient Egyptian Gold hieroglyph is a member of the crowns, dress, staves hieroglyphs. Its major importance is as one of the Fivefold Titulary names of the Egyptian pharaoh, the Horus of Gold name....

    4. -dju, mountain
    5. -djb, and dja, float(?)
    6. -djb'i-t, Seal-ring

    1. -djfdj, pupil (eye)
    2. -djnḥ, wing
    3. -djr, Bundle, (plant, flax), (people implied; borders, limits)
    4. -djḥuti, God Thoth
      Thoth
      Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

    5. -djsr, Arm w/"Holy Sceptre"
    6. -djd, Djed Pillar
      Djed
      The djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...


The Biliterals/Triliterals: dja, dju, djr, djsr, djd.

Alphabetic
& Common
Name
Hiero. Transl. Element Description
dj
cobra
-at-rest
I10 dj
tch
cobra
-at-rest
Uniliteral dj, (or tch)
cobra I10-(at-rest) ! I12-(enraged) -- cobra
(1. at-rest)
(2. enraged)
1. "at rest" is the unil. dj, (cobra
Cobra-at-rest (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture, is the famous pharaonic Uraeus, The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture,...

); "enraged" is the Uraeus
Uraeus
The Uraeus is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian spitting cobra , used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt.The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet, who was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and who...

; 2. (See also: 1-Serpent, 2-Uraeus, 3-Viper, and 4-Apep
Apep
In Egyptian mythology, Apep was an evil god, the deification of darkness and chaos , and thus opponent of light and Ma'at , whose existence was believed from the 8th Dynasty onwards...

)
viper I9 f viper
Viper (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Viper hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I9 for the viper; the viper is shown in full length extension, with undulations of motion....


(hieroglyph)
Viper (hieroglyph)
The Ancient Egyptian Viper hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I9 for the viper; the viper is shown in full length extension, with undulations of motion....

1. Uniliteral f;
2. possessive pronoun "his", (following the noun, "...Pharaoh-his...", "town-his")
dja
fire-drill
U28 ! -.- ! U29 dja
ḏ3
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
fire drill
(hieroglyph)
1. bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (dj)a-(ḏ3); Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 for "forest"
Emphatically used with words as djadja constructs;
2. (see AUS
Ankh wedja seneb
The Ancient Egyptian phrase ankh, wedja, seneb meaning "life, prosperity, health" is an epithetic formula which often appears after the names of Egyptian kings or references to their household...

-(article), and "Scale-2"-(on list)-u(dj)')
dj'm
white-gold
Gold (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Gold hieroglyph is a member of the crowns, dress, staves hieroglyphs. Its major importance is as one of the Fivefold Titulary names of the Egyptian pharaoh, the Horus of Gold name....

S14A dj'm
tch'm
gold collar ligatured with was
Was
The was sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art and hieroglyphics associated with the ancient Egyptian religion...

 sceptre
white-gold
see gold (hieroglyph)
Gold (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Gold hieroglyph is a member of the crowns, dress, staves hieroglyphs. Its major importance is as one of the Fivefold Titulary names of the Egyptian pharaoh, the Horus of Gold name....

dju
mountain
N26 (dj)u
ḏw
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
mountain Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (dj)u-(ḏw), for "mountain"; ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 and phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for "mountain"
djb
and dja
float(?)
T25 djb
(dja)
float? to supply, furnish with, equip, provide, & to decorate...(thus the "life preserver
Life preserver
Life preserver or Life-preserver may refer to:*Personal flotation device*Lifebuoy, a ring-shaped flotation device*A kind of club...

")
see also: seal, (to seal, djb'i-t)
Seal-ring
djb'i-t
seal
(seal-
-cylinder)
(valuables)
S20 many
see under:
djb-to seal
djb'i-t
"seal" 1. (confer cylinder seal
Cylinder seal
A cylinder seal is a cylinder engraved with a 'picture story', used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two-dimensional surface, generally wet clay. Cylinder seals were invented around 3500 BC in the Near East, at the contemporary site of Susa in south-western Iran and at the early site...

); 2. Ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...

 or det.
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in (kh)tm-(ẖtm), s(dj)3t, (dj)b't, all words for "seal", or equivalent words
Seal-rings, (Impression seal
Impression seal
The impression seal is a common seal that leaves an impression, typically in clay and less often in wax. In antiquity they were common, largely because they served to authenticate legal documents, such as tax receipts, contracts, wills and decrees...

s, or Seals of Office)
seal
with necklace
S19 -- seal
with necklace
seal
with necklace
djfdj
pupil (eye)
D12 djfdj pupil (eye) 1. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 in djfdj, pupil. (other spellings, /entries)
(a)-djnḥ
(b)-dnḥ
wing
H5 a.-djnḥ
b.-dnḥ
wing wing
djr
Bundle
of Flax
M36 1-(dj)r
many word
constructs
2-dma
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)-djr
bundle of flax 1. Bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 & phoneme
Phonogram (linguistics)
A phonogram is a grapheme which represents a phoneme or combination of phonemes, such as the letters of the Latin alphabet or the Japanese kana...

 for djr;
2. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

 for dm3, to tie together, to bind, to gather together, to collect
Basket
of Fruit
M39 1-[(dj)r]
2-dma-(to-gather)
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
djr-(equivalent)
Basket
of Fruit
1. see "Bundle of Flax";
2. interchangeable with 'Bundle of Flax', bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

 (dj)r;
3A. Determinative
Determinative
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate interpretation. They have no direct counterpart in spoken language, though they may derive historically from glyphs for real words, and...

; 3B. for the Decree of Canopus
Decree of Canopus
The Decree of Canopus is a bilingual inscription in two languages, and in three scripts. It was written in three writing systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian Demotic, and Greek, on an ancient Egyptian memorial stone stele, the Stone of Canopus...

, used once, line 18, for Egyptian language
Egyptian language
Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC, making it one of the oldest recorded languages known. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the...

 rd, (to grow, to flourish, to spring up, to spread out) D21:D46-Z3-M2 as a replacement for the "Garland"-(3-Plants-Bundle), "...., and the great processional festival of the Goddess Bast
Bast
Bast may refer to:* Bast a slang term used as reference to the word Bastard* Bast, or Bastet, a goddess in Ancient Egyptian mythology* Bast fibre, a type of plant fiber* Bast, Afghanistan...

, because the time for the in-gathering of all the crops, and the inundation of the
Season of the Inundation
The Season of the Inundation is the first season in the ancient Egyptian calendar and corresponds roughly with early September to early January....

 Nile (River)
Nile
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.The Nile has two major...

 taketh place therein. ...."
djḥuti
or dḥuti
God Thoth
Thoth
Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

G26 ! C3 djḥuti Ibis on iat standard (hieroglyph), Seated God, Ibis-headed, (anthropomorphic) God Thoth
Thoth
Thoth was considered one of the more important deities of the Egyptian pantheon. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine counterpart was Seshat...

, the God of the scribe
Scribe
A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing...

s
djsr
arm
w/ sceptre
D45 djsr
tchsr
--
(tril.
Egyptian triliteral signs
Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are orthographic symbols which represent a specific sequence of three hieroglyphs in the languageIn the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant , those that represented two, and those that represented...

)
arm
w/ sceptre
to be holy, to segregate
See Djsr (arm with powerstick)
Djsr (arm with powerstick)
The ancient Egyptian horizontally-outstretched Arm with a Power stick is a hieroglyph with the meaning of "force", or "power of action". As a baton, or macehead...

djd
tchd
to speak
I10:D46 djd
tchd
(cobra + hand
Hand (hieroglyph)
The ancient Egyptian Hand is an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d"; it is also used in the word for 'hand', and actions that are performed, i.e. by the 'way of one's hands', or actions....

)
to speak
djd
tchd
Djed
Djed
The djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...


Pillar
R11 djd
tchd
--
(bil.
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

)
Djed pillar Djed Pillar
Djed
The djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...


Eyptian biliteral signs

The Egyptian biliteral signs
Egyptian biliteral signs
Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants, also two vowels, or combinational of both, in the language...

:
Biliteral signs
Aw
Ab
/
Ax
E9
D54
ib
Z11 nw
/
A27
in
ir
A48 M40
V15 aA
F16
aq
aD
wA
wa
wp
wn
wr
wD
bA
bH
pA
pr
pH
T9
/
T10
/
mA
mi
mw
mn
N36
mr
Ab
/
mH
ms
mt
G14
/
md
nw
/
nb
nm
M22-M22
nH
ns
nD
rw
rs
HA
Hw
Hp
N41
Hm
Hn
Hr
W14
HD
xA
xa
D43
xt
XA
Xn
D33
Xr
G39
V16
V17
sA
Aa18
sw
O50
sn
sk
F29
/
SA
Sw
Sm
Sn
V6
Sd
qs
qd
kA
km
gm
gs
U30
tA
ti
tp
T8
tm
TA
D37
di
DA
Dw
Dr
Dd

Egyptian hieroglyph articles (alphabet highlighted)

  • Adze-on-block (hieroglyph)
    Adze-on-block (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Adze on a Wood Block, or Axe in a Block of Wood hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. U20, is a portrayal of the adze . It is used mostly in the cartouches of pharaonic names especially, or other important names....

  • Ankh
    Ankh
    The ankh , also known as key of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata, was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "eternal life", a triliteral sign for the consonants ʻ-n-ḫ...

  • Atef crown (hieroglyph)
    Atef crown (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Atef crown hieroglyph is one of a series of language hieroglyphs related to Ancient Egyptian crowns, staves, dress, etc. Though used in the hieroglyphic language, the Atef crown is probably more commonly found in iconography, in tomb reliefs, wall scenes, statuary, or...


  • -M-(vertical)-Baker's tool (hieroglyph)
    Baker's tool (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Baker's tool hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. U31 for a 'bread-baking oven tool'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

  • Basket (hieroglyph)
    Basket (hieroglyph)
    -List of epithet uses:-Pharaonic uses:The pharaoh is often shown in reliefs or in cartouche-related statements as Lord of the Two Lands. The basket hieroglyph is used as 'lord', or 'king'. Queens, or goddesses use the 'lordess' form, the feminine implied from the "t" hieroglyph but not needed for...

  • -K-Basket-with-handle (hieroglyph)
    Basket-with-handle (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Basket with Handle hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V31 for a 'basket, iconographically portrayed as wicker, with handle'...

  • Bennu
    Bennu
    The Bennu bird serves as the Egyptian correspondence to the phoenix, and is said to be the soul of the Sun-God Ra.-Egyptian description:...

    • Bennu bird (hieroglyph)
  • Bowstring (hieroglyph)
    Bowstring (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Bowstring hieroglyph is an Egyptian language hieroglyph associated with the bow, and its use as a hieroglyph for the Archer hieroglyph, a symbol for 'army'...

  • Branch (hieroglyph)
    Branch (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs.The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value t, -; it is an ideogram-, for wood, tree, and the linear measure...

  • Brazier (hieroglyph)
    Brazier (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Brazier hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Q7 for the cooking brazier. It is shown from the Old Kingdom in the style of a vertical burning flame upon four feet, but the hieroglyph has the flame hiding the fourth foot...

  • -T-Bread bun (hieroglyph)
    Bread bun (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Bread bun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. X1 for the side view of a bread bun. It is also the simple shape of a semicircle....

  • Bread-cone (hieroglyph)
    Bread-cone (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Bread Cone is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It was used in the early dynasties of Egypt, with usage at the time of the Pyramid Texts...


  • Cartouche (hieroglyph)
    Cartouche (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Cartouche hieroglyph- is used to represent the Egyptian language word for 'name'. It is Gardiner sign listed no...

  • Child (hieroglyph)
    Child (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian child hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Gardiner's Sign List hieroglyphs for the beginning core subgroup of Man and his Occupations. It relates to the child, and childhood, and has a version for the Pharaoh, as a child....

  • -Dj-(uniliteral)-Cobra-at-rest (hieroglyph)
    Cobra-at-rest (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture, is the famous pharaonic Uraeus, The Ancient Egyptian Cobra hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I10 for the cobra-at-rest. The Cobra-enraged in defensive posture,...

  • Cobra-enraged (hieroglyph)
  • -w=u(no. 2)-Coil (hieroglyph)
    Coil (hieroglyph)
    The coil hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs as an equivalent for the Quail chick , but is also used in other word constructions, probably for the balance of the hieroglyph composition block. The coil as well as the quail chick are used for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...

  • Cross-ndj (hieroglyph)
    Cross-ndj (hieroglyph)
    In the Egyptian language, the cross-ndj hieroglyph is used as a biliteral for n-.-Book of the Dead uses:Budge's dictionary to the Book of the Dead has the following uses for the hieroglyph:-Rosetta Stone usage:...

  • Crossroads (hieroglyph)
    Crossroads (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Crossroads hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O49 for the intersection of a town's streets. In some Egyptian hieroglyphs books it is called a City Plan....


  • Deshret
    Deshret
    Deshret, from ancient Egyptian, was the formal name for the Red Crown of and for the desert Red Land on either side of Kemet, the fertile Nile river basin. The end has a curly wire on it, that represents the proboscis of a honey bee. Deshret or DSRT also represents the insect known as the honeybee...

    • Red Crown
  • Djed
    Djed
    The djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet . Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris...

  • Djed pillar
  • Djsr (arm with powerstick)
    Djsr (arm with powerstick)
    The ancient Egyptian horizontally-outstretched Arm with a Power stick is a hieroglyph with the meaning of "force", or "power of action". As a baton, or macehead...

  • -S-(horizontal)-Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
    Door bolt (s hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Door bolt hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O34 for a door bolt, a sliding form of a deadbolt.The door bolt hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The...


  • Egg (hieroglyph)
    Egg (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Egg hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. H8, is a portrayal of an oval-shaped egg, tilted at an angle, within the Gardiner signs for parts of birds.-References:...

  • Emblem of the East (hieroglyph)
    Emblem of the East (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Emblem of the East, Gardiner sign listed no. R15, is a portrayal of a standard, surmounted by the "Symbol of the East"; the hieroglyph is a member of the Gardiner signs for temple furniture and emblems....

  • Emblem of the West (hieroglyph)
    Emblem of the West (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for the Emblem of the West, or Symbol of the West is one of the pairs of symbols for 'east', and 'west'....

  • Eye of Horus
    Eye of Horus
    The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. The eye is personified in the goddess Wadjet...


  • Face (hieroglyph)
    Face (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Face hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. D2 is a portrayal of the human face, frontal view.It is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value hr, ḥr.The sign is also an ideogram for 'face', and related words....

  • -S-(vertical)-Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
    Folded cloth (s hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian folded cloth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. S29 for a type of cushioning, a seat-backing.The folded cloth hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter —s.-Origin of folded cloth as seat cushion:The Nimrud...

  • -B-Foot (hieroglyph)
    Foot (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Foot hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. D58 is a side view of the human foot and the lower leg.The foot hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter b....

  • Foreleg of ox

  • Game piece (hieroglyph)
    Game piece (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Game piece , also a Token, or the general term for any gaming-gambling piece, Draughtsman is an ancient hieroglyph. Gaming pieces were certainly required in predynastic times, as the cultural creation of games and entertainment has a long history in most cultures...

  • Gold (hieroglyph)
    Gold (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Gold hieroglyph is a member of the crowns, dress, staves hieroglyphs. Its major importance is as one of the Fivefold Titulary names of the Egyptian pharaoh, the Horus of Gold name....

  • Grape arbor (hieroglyph)
    Grape arbor (hieroglyph)
    The grape arbor hieroglyph is used in Egyptian hieroglyphs as a determinative, or ideogram for words related to the "vineyard", i3rrt, or for 'wine', irp; it is also used for describing 'fruit' or 'orchards'....


  • -D-Hand (hieroglyph)
    Hand (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Hand is an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d"; it is also used in the word for 'hand', and actions that are performed, i.e. by the 'way of one's hands', or actions....

  • Hand drill (hieroglyph)
    Hand drill (hieroglyph)
    A Hand drill is a hieroglyph, , used in Ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars...

  • Hare (hieroglyph)
    Hare (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Hare hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. E34 is a portrayal of the desert hare of Egypt, within the Gardiner signs for mammals. The ancients used the name of sekhat for the hare....

  • Harpoon (hieroglyph)
    Harpoon (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian harpoon, , is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on the famous Narmer Palette, of Pharaoh Narmer from the 31st century BC, in an archaic hieroglyphic form....

  • Hedjet
    Hedjet
    Hedjet is the formal name for the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. The crown was white and, after the unification of Egypt, it was combined with the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, with the delta to form the Pschent, the Double Crown of Egypt...

    • White Crown
  • Hill-country (hieroglyph)
    Hill-country (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian hill-country hieroglyph is a member of the sky, earth, and water hieroglyphs. A form of the hieroglyph in color, has a green line- at the base of the hieroglyph...

  • House (hieroglyph)

  • Incense burner: arm (hieroglyph)
    Incense burner: arm (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Incense burner: arm is a horizontal hieroglyph representing various types of horizontal tools used to offer, and burn incense...

  • Incense burner: pot (hieroglyph)
    Incense burner: pot (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Censor pot, is most commonly seen in Ancient Egyptian iconography as an offering, held in hand by the offering person or god...


  • -G-Jar stand (hieroglyph)
    Jar stand (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Jar Stand hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. W11 is a side view of a "jar stand and base".The jar stand hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter g....

  • Joint of meat (hieroglyph)
    Joint of meat (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Bone-with-meat hieroglyph is one of the Gardiner's sign list glyphs listed under Parts of Mammals. It is one of many – in the category, as concepts were also presented by the body parts; for example hindquarters, and forequarters, represented things behind something, and...

  • Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)
    Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)
    The Jubilee Festival for the Pharaoh, the Heb Sed is represented in hieroglyphs by a Jubilee Pavilion Hieroglyph. It is Gardiner Sign Listed as no. O23. However it often appears with other pavilion, or festival hieroglyphs: the Hall, no. O22, O22 and an alabaster Basin, no. W3...


  • Khepresh
    Khepresh
    The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often shown wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies...

  • Km (hieroglyph)
    • Black (hieroglyph and variants)
  • Knot of Isis

  • Leopard head (hieroglyph)
    Leopard head (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Leopard head hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. F9 is a portrayal of the head of a leopard; it is in the Gardiner subset for "parts of mammals"....

  • -L/R-(late periods)-Lion-reclining (hieroglyph)
    Lion-reclining (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Lion-reclining hieroglyph, or the "Sphinx hieroglyph" is Gardiner sign listed no. E23 for the sphinx, the "reclining lion"....

    • Sphinx (hieroglyph)

  • Man-prisoner (hieroglyph)
    Man-prisoner (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Man-prisoner is one of the oldest hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. An iconographic portrayal from predynastic Egypt eventually led to its incorporation into the Egyptian language...

  • Man-seated: arms in adoration (hieroglyph)
    Man-seated: arms in adoration (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Man-seated: arms in adoration hieroglyph is one of a series of language and visual hieroglyphs used from the earliest dynasties of Ancient Egypt, and that portrays men, women, ideology, and some occupations....

  • Mast (hieroglyph)
    Mast (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian ship's mast hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on a famous label of Pharaoh Den of the First dynasty, but forms part of the location hieroglyph: Emblem of the East....

  • -R-Mouth (hieroglyph)
    Mouth (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Mouth hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. D21 for the shape of the mouth, being open,...


  • -N-(vertical)-N-red crown (n hieroglyph)
    N-red crown (n hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Red Crown, the Deshret crown, is one of the oldest Egyptian hieroglyphs. As an iconographic element, it is used on the famous Narmer Palette of Pharaoh Narmer as the "Red Crown of the Delta", the Delta being Lower Egypt....

  • -N-(horizontal)-N-water ripple (n hieroglyph)
    N-water ripple (n hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian ripple of water is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It is used on a famous cartouche of Pharaoh Den of the First dynasty....

  • Night (hieroglyph)
    Night (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Night hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed nos. N3 is a portrayal of the sky with the 'was' scepter hanging from it; it is in the Gardiner subset for "sky, earth, and water"....

  • Naos (shrine)
    Naos (shrine)
    A naos was the sanctuary, the innermost chamber, of a Greek temple, in Latin referred to as cella.The Apostle Paul in the New Testament uses this word in 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 2 Corinthians 6:16 to denote that the bodies of the Christians are the Most Holy Places of the Living God as He indwells...


  • -M-Owl (hieroglyph)
    Owl (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Owl hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G17 for the owl-in-profile, but the head faces the observer.The owl hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter m....


  • Papyrus stem (hieroglyph)
    Papyrus stem (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian papyrus stem hieroglyph is one of the oldest language hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. Along with the hieroglyph for the Papyrus clump, a symbol of the Nile god Hapy, it is one of the foundation hieroglyphs at the core of the history of Ancient Egypt...

  • Pick (hieroglyph)
    Pick (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Pick hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed nos. U17, U18 is a portrayal of a 'pick upon the side view of a block'; it is in the Gardiner subset for agriculture, crafts, and professions....

  • Placenta (hieroglyph)
  • -M-(horizontal)-Plinth (hieroglyph)
    Plinth (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Plinth- hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa15 for the shape of a plinth, side view.-Plinth use as mortuary: "Justified":...

  • -(Sh=Š)-Pool-lake-basin (hieroglyph)
    Pool-lake-basin (hieroglyph)
    The "pool-lake-basin hieroglyph" is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter -š.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

  • Pr (hieroglyph)
    Pr (hieroglyph)
    Pr is the hieroglyph for 'house', the floor-plan of a walled building with an open doorway. While its original pronunciation is not known with certainty, modern Egyptology assigns it the value of per, but purely on the basis of a convention specific to the discipline...

    • House (hieroglyph)
    • (See also: E (temple)
      É (temple)
      É is the Sumerian word or symbol for house or temple, written ideographically with the cuneiform sign .The Sumerian term É.GAL denoted a city's main building....

       of cuneiform)

  • -w=u(no. 1)-Quail chick (hieroglyph)
    Quail chick (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Quail chick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G43 for the quail chick.The quail chick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter w,...


  • -H1-Reed shelter (hieroglyph)
    Reed shelter (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Reed shelter hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. O4 for the reed shelter, an enclosure; .-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:...

  • Rekhyt bird (hieroglyph)
  • Renpet
    Renpet
    In the Egyptian language, Renpet was the word for year. Its hieroglyph was figuratively depicted in art as a woman wearing a palm shoot over her head. This figurative woman was often referred to as the mistress of eternity. She is the goddess of springtime and youth in ancient Egyptian history....

  • Road (hieroglyph)
    Road (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Road-with-shrubs hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. N31 for a road, "street", or pathway. It originally was a curving hieroglyph, but became a standardized straight form as well....


  • Sail (hieroglyph)
    Sail (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Sail hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. P5 for the sail of a ship. The hieroglyph shows a hoisted sail, curved because of wind filling it...

  • Sekhem scepter
    Sekhem scepter
    For the alternative therapy sometimes referred to as Sekhem, see Seichim.The Sekhem-scepter is a type of ritual scepter in ancient Egypt. It is a symbol of authority and is often incorporated in names and words associated with power and control...

  • Serekh
    Serekh
    In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a serekh is a rectangular enclosure representing the niched or gated façade of a palace surmounted by the Horus falcon, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name...

  • Seshat's emblem
    Seshat's emblem
    The ancient Egyptian Seshat emblem hieroglyph is one of the oldest hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. An archaic form of it was used on the Narmer Palette of Pharaoh Narmer...

  • Set-animal (hieroglyph)
  • Shen ring
    Shen ring
    A shen ring is a circle with a line at a tangent to it, which was represented in hieroglyphs as a stylised loop of a rope. The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection...

  • Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
    Shuti hieroglyph (two-feather adornment)
    The ancient Egyptian Shuti, a two-feather adornment for crowns is part of a series of hieroglyphs for "crowns"; usage as a hieroglyph is not as common as the actual crown represented in Egyptian art, and artworks....

  • -Kh1-Sieve (hieroglyph)
    Sieve (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Sieve hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. Aa1 for the shape of a circular sieve; it is also seen as a 'placenta'.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic letters:The following two tables show the Egyptian uniliteral signs...

    • Placenta (hieroglyph)
  • Sky (hieroglyph)
    Sky (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Sky hieroglyph, , is Gardiner sign listed no. N1, within the Gardiner signs for sky, earth, and water....

  • Spine with fluid (hieroglyph)
    Spine with fluid (hieroglyph)
    The use of the spine with fluid hieroglyph is for words showing "length", as opposed to 'breadth', . Some example words for 'length' are: to be long, length, to extend, extended; and for to expand, to dilate, words like: joy, gladness, pleasure, delight.-See also:*Gardiner's Sign List#F...

  • Stair-single (hieroglyph)
    Stair-single (hieroglyph)
    In the Egyptian language, the single stair hieroglyph is used as a determinative.-References:*Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Betrò, Maria Carmela, c. 1995, 1996-, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, London, Paris *Budge, 1978,...

  • -P-Stool-or-mat (hieroglyph)
    Stool-or-mat (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Mat hieroglyph, , and later the Stool hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. Q3 originally was the stool's rectangular mat; later it became the representaion for the stool itself....

  • Sun (hieroglyph)
    Sun (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Sun hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. N5 for the sun-disc; it is also one of the hieroglyphs that refers to the god Ra.-Luwian hieroglyhs, Sa-sub4:...

  • Sun-rising (hieroglyph)
  • Sun-shining-with-rays (hieroglyph)
    Sun-shining-with-rays (hieroglyph)
    In the Egyptian language, the sun-with-rays hieroglyph is used as an ideogram, determinative, and phoneme.-Rosetta Stone usage:The ancient Egyptian Sun-shining-with-rays hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no...

  • Swallow (hieroglyph)
    Swallow (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Swallow hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G36 for swallow birds. The Sparrow hieroglyph appears similar in size and shape, but it is used to represent small, or bad items....


  • -(Tsh)=Ch-Tether (hieroglyph)
    Tether (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Tether hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V14, V15 for an animal tether, a type of hobble.The tether hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter tj, or ch. Other values include tsh.-The Egyptian hieroglyph alphabetic...

  • Throw stick (hieroglyph)
    Throw stick (hieroglyph)
    The Throw stick hieroglyph of Ancient Egypt is an old hieroglyph that dates from the Predynastic Period; it is from the assemblage of hieroglyphs used on the ornamental, or ceremonial cosmetic palettes...

  • Two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph)
    Two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph)
    The ancient Egyptian Two Whips with Shen ring hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. S23 is a portrayal of the Shen ring with two Egyptian flails-; it is a member of the Gardiner subset for "crowns, dress, staves, etc"....

  • Tyet
    Tyet
    The tyet is an ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis; its exact origin is unknown. In many respects the tyet resembles an ankh, except that its arms curve down...

    • Knot of Isis
    • Girdle of Isis

  • Uraeus
    Uraeus
    The Uraeus is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian spitting cobra , used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity, and divine authority in ancient Egypt.The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet, who was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and who...

    • Cobra-enraged (hieroglyph)

  • -F-Viper (hieroglyph)
    Viper (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Viper hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. I9 for the viper; the viper is shown in full length extension, with undulations of motion....

  • -a-Vulture (hieroglyph)
    Vulture (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Vulture hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. G1 for the Egyptian Vulture.The vulture hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic vowel letter a-....


  • Wadjet
    Wadjet
    In Egyptian mythology, Wadjet, or the Green One , was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep , which became part of the city that the Egyptians named Per-Wadjet, House of...

  • Was
    Was
    The was sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art and hieroglyphics associated with the ancient Egyptian religion...

    • Was scepter
  • -H2-Wick (hieroglyph)
    Wick (hieroglyph)
    The Ancient Egyptian Wick hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V28 for the wick of a lamp.The wick hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter h. A second and equivalent h hieroglyph is the plan view of a reed shelter, O4, Gardiner no...


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