Egyptian biliteral signs

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Biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of two consonants in the language. In the written Egyptian language, three types of hieroglyphs existed: those that represented one consonant (called uniliteral), those that represented two consonants (called biliteral) and those that represented three consonants (called triliteral).

[edit] Common biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs

Biliteral signs
ȝw	ȝb	ȝḫ	iw		ib		nw
in	ir				ʾȝ		ʾq
ʾdj	wȝ	wa	wp	wn	wr	wdj	bȝ
bẖ	pȝ	pr	pḥ			mȝ	mi
mw	mn	mr	mr	ȝb	mḥ	ms	mt
	md	nb	nm		nḥ	ns	ndj
rw	rs	ḥȝ	ḥw	ḥp		ḥm	ḥn
ḥr		ḥdj	ḫȝ	ḫʾ		ḫt	ḥȝ
ḥn		ḥr				sȝ
		sn	sk		šȝ	šw	šm
šn		šd	qs	qd	qȝ	qm	gm
gs		tȝ	ti	tp	tp	tm	tjȝ
	di	djȝ	djw	djr	djd

[edit] See also

• Transliteration of ancient Egyptian

[edit] External link

• Large list of biliteral Egyptian symbols