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).

In the following list, aleph is transliterated as 3, ayin as ˁ and yodh as ı͗.

[edit] Common biliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs

Biliteral signs
3w	3b	3ḫ	ı͗w		ı͗b		nw
ı͗n	ı͗r				ˁ3		ˁq
ˁḏ	w3	wˁ	wp	wn	wr	wḏ	b3
bẖ	p3	pr	pḥ			m3	mı͗
mw	mn	mr	mr	3b	mḥ	ms	mt
	md	nb	nm		nḥ	ns	nḏ
rw	rs	ḥ3	ḥw	ḥp		ḥm	ḥn
ḥr		ḥḏ	ḫ3	ḫʾ		ḫt	ḥ3
ḥn		ḥr				s3
		sn	sk		š3	šw	šm
šn		šd	qs	qd	q3	qm	gm
gs		t3	tı͗	tp	tp	tm	ṯ3
	dı͗	ḏ3	ḏw	ḏr	ḏd

[edit] See also

• Transliteration of ancient Egyptian
• Egyptian uniliteral signs
• Egyptian triliteral signs
• List of hieroglyphs

[edit] External links

• Large list of biliteral Egyptian symbols