Egyptian triliteral signs

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Triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs are symbols which represent a specific sequence of three 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 billteral) and those that represented three consonants (triliteral).

[edit] Common triliteral Egyptian hieroglyphs

Triliteral signs
	iwn	isw	ˁwt	ˁpr	ˁnḫ		ˁš3	w3ẖ	w3s
w3ḏ	wˁb		wẖm	wsr		m3ˁ	nbw	nfr	nṯr
rwḏ	ẖq3	ẖtp	ḫpr	ḫnt	ḫrp	ḫrw	ḫsf	ḥnm
	sb3	spr		zm3	snb (S29)	snḏ	ḫrp		sšm
stp	sḏm	šps	šmˁ	šms		grg	ḏb3

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Large list of triliteral Egyptian symbols