List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: A–L

A List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: A-L.

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Common names: A-L

A

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
3
(=A)
vulture
(Egyptian)		 3 (Egyptian)
vulture
(hieroglyph)		 Unil. a, or A,-(3)
adze -- adze adze
adze-
on-block		 stp adze-
on-block		 triliteral, stp, for "chosen";
often used in Pharaonic cartouche names as: "Chosen of God XXXX", (example: Beloved of Maat, Chosen of Maat)
(alabaster)
basin
Festival
sš-s(sh)		 sš
sš-s(sh)
'(sesh)'		 alabaster
basin		 festival
(Equivalent to Gardiner W4, Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph))
det. in sš, 'alabaster', or "precious stone"; det. in hb
See Festival, Basin
Apep
Apophis		 -- snake
(multiple tall ripples)		 Apep; (WikiCommons: [1])
archaic-
-dagger		 tp dagger
(archaic)
vertical		 "top", or "first";
"first", "foremost";
Ideogram in tp, tpy; det. in mtpnt
archer
(soldier)		 -- archer
(soldier)		 archer, (soldier)
archer's
equipment
(=quiver)		 rs archer's
equipment
(=quiver)		 phonogram, rs
arm '
(vowel)
(unil.)		 arm 1. Alphabetic, unil. vowel, '
2. Ideogram for "arm", ( ' )
arm-with-cone
vertical-bread=cone
offering
di		 di arm-with-cone
vertical-bread-cone		 to give, or given
arm-with-flail
(kh)uy		 (kh)uy
ḫuy		 arm-with-flail 1. Ideogram for (kh)uy, "to protect"
arm-with-nu-pot
ḥnk		 ḥnk arm-offering-nu-pot Determinative in ḥnk, "to make an offering", also: gift, offering, etc. (see: List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs; see also: Pot))
arm-with-djsr-
-sceptre
(dj)sr		 djsr
tchsr
--
(tril.)		 arm
w/ sceptre		 to be holy, to segregate
See Djsr (arm with powerstick)
arm-with-sekhem-
-sceptre		 -- arm-with-sekhem-
-sceptre
arms-in-
negation		 nn
negative words n		 arms-in-
"denial"		 1. Ideogram in negative words, n;
2. nn, and other complex uses[1]
arms-
rowing
khn		 (kh)n
ẖn		 arms-
rowing		 Egyptian biliteral sign (kh)n, ẖn
arms-
with-shield-
and-mace
(or axe)
'ḥ3		 'ḥ3 arms-
with-shield-
and-mace
(or axe)		 Ideogram for 'ha-('ḥ3), "combat"; (fight, contest, struggle)-(noun or verb)
arrow 'ha-('ḥ3)
sun-(swn)		 arrow 1. Determinative in two names for "arrow", (sh)sr-(šsr), 'ha-('ḥ3);
2. also phonetically sun-(swn)
arrow
head		 sn arrowhead
(shape)		 Bil. sn; Ideo. for "arrow"
used for:
brother, husband
sister, wife
"smell"
touch, grasp
2, "second", 'the same'-(twin), etc
Atef-
Crown		 atf
(3tf)		 Atef
crown
(hieroglyph)		 Ideo. or det. for the crown 3tf-(atef)
axe mibt, minb
m(dj)hu-(mḏḥw)		 axe Determinative for mibt, and minb, "axe";
Ideogram for m(dj)hu-(mḏḥw), "carpenter"

B

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
baker's
tool		 (vertical) m
(second)
(vertical)		 baker's
tool
(hieroglyph)		 1. Uniliteral m, a second vertical, a later Period equivalent to the vertical m owl, Gardiner no. G17, ; (see horizontal m: plinth) 2. Ideo. and det. for rhty, "baker of bread"; also for hnr, for "close-in", "imprisoned", etc.
(alabaster)
basin
Festival
sš-s(sh)		 sš
sš-s(sh)
'(sesh)'		 alabaster
basin		 festival
(Equivalent to Gardiner W4, Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph))
det. in sš, 'alabaster', or "precious stone"; det. in hb
basket
(wicker)		 nb basket
(hieroglyph)		 Egyptian for "everything", every; major use: "Lord", (or feminine, Lady);
Bil. nb
Ideogram for basket: master, lord
basket-
with-handle
k		 k
(unil.)		 basket-
with-handle
(hieroglyph)		 Unil. k
bee bity bee abbreviation for bity, the "king"-"pharaoh"
(kh)
(animal)
belly-teats-tail		 (ẖ) animal belly and tail second uniliteral (kh)
bellly with teats and tail
bennu-
bird
(Phoenix)		 bnw
(bnu)		 Bennu
bird		 1. the stork-like Bennu;
2. Determinative for bnw, the "Phoenix-bird"
bier
with body
s(dj)r		 s(dj)r
"stchr"		 bier
with body		 to lie down
block 1.-inr
2.-(dj)bt-ḏbt		 block 1. block of stone, (or brick, etc.)
2. Ideogram or det. in inr for "stone", "block", etc.
3. Det. in types of building stones or types of minerals;
4. Det. for (dj)bt-(ḏbt), "brick"
(butcher's)-block
(kh)r
ẖr		 khr
ẖr		 (butcher's)-block 1. Bil. (kh)r;
2. Ideas of items below, (butchered, segmented, then 'owned'); and major use of 'below', or 'under', as a prepositional use
boat -- boat boat
boat-
capsized
(overturned)		 -- boat-
overturned		 1. boat-capsized, (overturned); 2. Ideogram or det. for "capsize", "overturn"
boat-
with-load
'fishing-boat'		 uh'
wḥ'		 boat-
with-load
'fishing-boat'		 1. uh' -(wḥ'), for "fisher"; Ideogram; also for "a laden boat"
isu
iw, iw'
swt
bone w/meat		 isu
iw', iw
swt		 bone w/meat 1. Phoneme, isu-"Reward". 2. Determinative for thigh bone, iw' -"Heir", Inheritance, Ancestry, (phonetic iw). Also, tibia, swt.
bow -- bow 1. bow;
2. See Nine bows
bowstring ru(dj)
rwḏ		 bowstring
(hieroglyph)
for bow		 1. Tril. ru(dj)-(rwḏ); Ideo. for "bowstring";
2. items that are hard, durable, strong, rooted, thus growth, growing;
3. (see Pharaoh Rudjamun)
"box"
"cover"
s3		 s3 'box'-"cage"
'cover'
w/door-opening rope		 "s3"
branch (kh)t
ḫt		 branch
(hieroglyph)
(=stick)		 1. Bil. (kh)t; 2. Ideo. or det. for wood, tree; 3. linear measure, (=100 cubits)
bread
-cone
(offering
loaf)
di		 di cone-
shaped
bread		 Ideogram for di, rdi, give, given, to give; (an equivalent to arm offering conical "loaf"), Gardiner no. D37,
In iconography and reliefs, used for pharaonic statements: "Given, Life, Power...Forever"-(the vertical form of 'to give')
arm-with-cone
vertical-bread=cone
offering
di		 di arm-with-cone
vertical-bread-cone		 to give, or given
(bread)-loaf
with-decoration
(p3)
p3t, p3u-t		 p3t
(phoneme p3)		 loaf-with-decoration 1. Determinative for the 'decorated bread loaf', p3t; phoneme for p3; meanings of: stuff, matter, substance; for 'bread': dough, cake, bread, offering, food, product;
2. for the "primordial god(s)": "Pauti",
(many spelling versions)
A.-breast
B.-bosom		 mn(dj) breast Ideogram or det. for mn(dj), mn(dj)-ti, mnd-t, breast, bosom, teats of a cow, et.; also connected words, to suck, snq
(straw)
broom
(fiber)-swab		 sq
w3h-(uaḥ)		 (fiber)
swab
(straw broom)		 1. Biliteral sq; "to clean", "dust";
2. Triliteral w3h, (uaḥ)
bull k3 bull bull
(bundled)-"container"
-(w/-cord-tie)
ḥn		 ḥn (bundled)-"container"
-(w/-cord-tie)		 Phonogram ḥn; products–natural or artificial, things, property, goods, possessions, tools, fabrics
Bundle
of Flax
djr		 1-(dj)r
many word
constructs
2-dma		 bundle of flax 1. Bil. & phoneme for djr;
2. Determinative for dm3, to tie together, to bind, to gather together, to collect
Basket
of Fruit		 1-[(dj)r]
2-dma-(to-gather)		 Basket
of Fruit		 1. see "Bundle of Flax";
2. interchangeable with 'Bundle of Flax', bil. (dj)r;
3A. Determinative; 3B. for the Decree of Canopus, used once, line 18, for Egyptian language rd, (to grow, to flourish, to spring up, to spread out) as a replacement for the "Garland"-(3-Plants-Bundle), "...., and the great processional festival of the Goddess Bast, because the time for the in-gathering of all the crops, and the inundation of the Nile (River) taketh place therein. ...."[2]

C

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
canal
mr		 mr canal
(hieroglyph)		 mr-(Beloved of XXXX); det. water; (see also for mr, Chisel)
cane n(kh)bt-nḫbt
phon.-nḫb		 cane cane; n(kh)bt-(nḫbt); phoneme for nḫb
1–cane
2–reed-(=Rush)
3–(swt)-Rush
4–flowering-
rush-(sedge)		 -- -- --
cartouche
šn
(sh)n		 šn-(shen)
rn		 cartouche
(hieroglyph)		 special uses, (often with inserted name)
šn-(shen), "circle", "encircle", or a 'ring'; later timeperiod usage for "name", rn
cartouche
(half)		 -- a divided
cartouche		 words for "to divide", "to cut", "to separate", etc
cat miu
miw
onomatopoeic		 cat cat; onomatopoeic miu-(miw), ("Meeoowww"); (see Bastet)
chair
(chair for carrying)		 -- carrying
chair		 Ideogram for 3sir, the God Osiris
chariot wrrt chariot Ideogram or det. for wrrt, "chariot"
child (kh)rd-(ẖrd)
nn, nni		 child
(hieroglyph)		 1. Determinative: 'child'; 2. abbr. for (kh)rd-(ẖrd), (child); 3. Bil., nn, also nni
chisel 3b
mr		 chisel
(hieroglyph)		 (See: Narmer Palette)
bil., 3b, mr; (see also for mr, Canal)
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		 mn(kh)-(mnḫ) clapper-(of-bell)
tool/instrument
forked-staff, etc		 1. Determinative for mn(kh)-(mnḫ), for "cut", "give shape to";
2. Ideogram in mn(kh)-(mnḫ), for "to be excellent";
3. The grandfather of Ptolemy V of the Rosetta Stone is Ptolemy III Euergetes-(the Canopus Stone), the "Well-doer Gods"-(pharaohs).[3] Their name is a composition block of two 'God' hieroglyphs-(husband & wife), (no. R8), , with a chisel at the base of each,
cobra -- cobra
(1. at-rest)
(2. enraged)		 1. "at rest" is the unil. dj, (cobra); "enraged" is the Uraeus; 2. (See also: 1-Serpent, 2-Uraeus, 3-Viper, and 4-Apep)
cobra
-at-rest		 (dj)-(unil.)
ḏ		 cobra
-at-rest
(hieroglyph)		 Egyptian uniliteral sign dj--ḏ; (also Gardiner no. I11),
cobra
enraged		 -- cobra
enraged		 (see Uraeus)
coffin -- coffin Determinative, coffin, burial
u
coil
(shape)		 w
u		 coil
(hieroglyph)
(hieratic equivalent)		 unil., equivalent of unil. w, the quail chick, ; Both chick and coil are used for plural, the w, (or u);
(see also: Plural)
coil
of rope		 (=100) coil
of rope		 Det. for "rope"; numerical for '100', (sh)(n)t, š(n)t
'3
Great
wooden-column		 '3 column?, club? 'Great'
(wooden)-column
(bundled)-"container"
-(w/-cord-tie)
ḥn		 ḥn (bundled)-"container"
-(w/-cord-tie)		 Phonogram ḥn; products–natural or artificial, things, property, goods, possessions, tools, fabrics
"cover"
"box"
s3		 s3 'box'-"cage"
'cover'
w/door-opening rope		 "s3"
crocodile -- crocodile 1. Ideogram or det.
2. (see Sobek (in the list, M-Z))
crocodile
skin		 km crocodile
skin		 Black; see also Kemet; (see also Black); (see also Km (hieroglyph); (the unlisted form is untextured, with flame-like protubuerances on narrow end)
cross-n(dj) n(dj)
nḏ		 cross-ndj
(hieroglyph)		 Determinative or ideogram for n(dj)-(nḏ), "avenger", "protector", "advocate"; also "to converse", "to take counsel", "to discuss a matter"; often displayed in a phonetic complement with the 'nu-pot', Gardiner no. W24, , the complemented:
crossroads
intersection
town plan		 -- circle
with
"intersection"		 Ideogram or det.

D

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
dance
dancing		 (kh)bi
(ḫbi)		 man
dancing		 Ideogram or det. in (kh)bi-(ḫbi), "to dance"
date-(sweet(s))
bnri		 bnri date Ideogram or det. for bnr, sweet, date; for Egyptian language bnryt, sweetness, a favor, anything sweet, pleasant or nice; for bnry, the 'confectioner'.
(carob)
(sweet)-rhizome
(sweet)-pod
n(dj)m		 n(dj)m rhizome
seed-pod		 1. Ideogram for types of tree n(dj)m, and "sweet", n(dj)m;
2. Egyptian triliteral sign for n(dj)m
decorate
adorn		 (kh)kr
(ẖkr)		 ornament
(a decoration)		 Ideogram or det. for (kh)krt-(ẖkrt), for "diadem", "ornament"; verbs of "to decorate, to adorn"
'diadem' (waḥw)
m(dj)h-(mḏḥ)		 'diadem' (see (hair)-Ribbon)
district
nome		 -- nome
district		 1. Ideogram or det. in sp3t, for "district, nomos"; 2. det. for province or district names; 3. det. for hsp-(ḥsp), for garden, vegetable garden, orchard, etc.; 3. (confer Nome (Egypt))
djed-reed-
column		 djd
ḏd		 djed-reed-
column
"Djed Pillar"		 1. Bil. for (dj)d--ḏd, the "Djed Pillar"
2. meaning, stable, enduring, "dominion"; the Pharaoh is sometimes shown in iconography with the Djed Pillar at 45 degrees, erecting the 'pillar of his kingdom'
door/
(gateway)		 '3 door
(often vertical)		 1. Egyptian language, '3, equivalent to .
2. Determinative, 'open'
door bolt s
(horizontal)		 door bolt
(hieroglyph)		 Unil. s, (the horizontal s); the vertical s is Gardiner no. S29, a folded cloth,
dual dual
(=y)		 dual 1. dual; 2. the number (2) is made from 2 vertical strokes, Gardiner Z1, ; 3. Equivalent usage by the 'irrigation canal', 'district', glyph, no. N23, ; 4. the dual angled strokes are also equal to y, the Egyptian uniliteral vowel; 5. see Plural, and Stroke
duck-in-flight
p3		 p3 duck-in-flight Ideogram for p3, to fly; phoneme for p3
duckling
nestling		 tj3
t_3		 duckling
nestling		 Bil. (tsh)3, t_3, for 'baby bird', duckling; Ideogram for 'young bird', nestling
(The Egyptian vizier is the "tshat(y)")

E

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
ear
s(dj)m
to listen		 s(dj)m
"stchm"		 ear to listen
egg
suḥt		 swḥt
suḥt		 egg
(hieroglyph)		 det. for feminine in goddess names, wives, etc; det. in swḥt, 'egg'
3b
elephant		 3bu
3b
dnhr-(Ptolemaic)		 elephant 1. Determinative in 3bw, elephant; 3b 2. Ptolemaic Period, new use of dnhr.
Emblem
of-the-East		 -- Emblem
of-the-East
(hieroglyph)		 Emblem of the East
Emblem-
of-the-West
imny, (unmy)		 imny-("West")
unmy-("right")		 Emblem
of-the-West
(hieroglyph)		 Emblem of the West
Ideogram for imnt, west, (and similar); also for unmy, "right".
ḥs
excrement
feces		 ḥs excrement
feces		 Determinative in hs-(ḥs), "excrement"
eye
ir		 ir
--
(bil.)		 eye 1. Egyptian biliteral sign ir; ideogram for irt, eye; phoneme for ir; det. for words related to 'vision' and the eye. 2. Egyptian language meaning of 'to do', or 'to make', for example: to conduct a "festival"-(the Rosetta Stone)
Eye of
Horus
utchat		 utchat Eye of Horus Eye of Horus
eye-paint -- eye-paint
kohl		 (see Kohl)

F

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
face hr
(ḥr)		 face
(hieroglyph)		 1. Bil. hr-(ḥr); 2. Ideogram for 'face';
3. A major preposition for "on, upon", etc.; additional preposition constructs
fall
(defeat)
(slaughter)		 (kh)r
(ḫr)		 falling
man		 1. fall, defeat, slaughter; 2. Ideo. or det., (kh)r-(ḫr), "to fall", and related words
fence
šsp
(sh)sp		 (sh)sp
šsp		 fence tril. (sh)sp-šsp-(shesep)
festival
(holiday)		 (heb-sed)
--		 1—basin-with-canopy
2—basin
3—Jubilee Pavilion (hieroglyph)		 (see "alabaster basin"), hb-(ḥb), (festival)
fetter
hobble
s3		 s3 cattle
hobble		 bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V17, also s3,
(see also: tethering rope)
Fetter +
Cobra
m(dj), m(dj)ut		 m(dj), m(dj)ut Fetter + Cobra deep place, deep, pit, cavern-extending, subterranean shrine, etc
finger (dj)b'
ḏb'
Number 10,000		 finger Ideogram or det. for (dj)b' -(ḏb'), "finger"
fire-drill dja
ḏ3		 fire drill
(hieroglyph)		 1. bil. (dj)a-(ḏ3); Ideogram for "forest"
Emphatically used with words as djadja constructs;
2. (see AUS-(article), and "Scale-2"-(on list))
fish
in		 int, in
--
(bil.)-in		 fish
Tilapia nilotica		 Egyptian biliteral sign in; det. for "Tilapia", int; phoneme for in; the common fish shape for reliefs & art; also for the fish palettes.
fish net 'h, ih-('ḥ, iḥ)
(phon. 'ḥ)		 fish net Determinative for 'h, ih-('ḥ, iḥ), "net"; phoneme 'ḥ
fish trap msnu-(msnw)
gau-(g3w)		 fish trap Determinative for msnu-(msnw), "harpooner"; Ideogram or det. for gau-(g3w), for "bundles", and 'groups of vegetation tied together'
fist -- fist fist, (see Bull Palette)
god
seated		 nṯr seated
god-(or-Pharaoh)		 1. God
2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det.
("god")
flag
pennant
(axe)		 nṯr pennant
or 'staff-flag'
with wrapped
handle		 1. God
2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det.
flail n(kh)a(kh)a flail
(whip)
(fan)
(fly-whisk)		 1. see Crook and flail;
2. Ideogram or det. n(kh)3(kh)3-(nḫaḫa), for "flagellum", "whip"
float (tsh)b3
(ṯba)		 float Ideogram in (tsh)ba-(ṯb3), "float" and related words
djb
and dja
float(?)		 djb
(dja)		 float? to supply, furnish with, equip, provide, & to decorate...(thus the "life preserver")
see also: seal, (to seal, djb'i-t)
flower -- flower flower; (see also Lotus)
garland
(of flowers)
'herb'
'grass'
ḥn		 ḥn-(from ḥni)
is-(from isw)		 garland
(of flowers)
'herb'
'grass'		 1. Determinative for various plants or flowers;
2. Two phonemes for "cane", and "canes", ḥn-(from ḥni), is-(from isw).
3. flower (garland), plant, branch, seed
4. Rosetta Stone, line R12, The people shall wear garlands on their heads, shall be made festal...
folded
cloth
(the hieroglyph)		 s
(vertical)		 folded
cloth
(hieroglyph)		 1. Unil. s, the vertical;
2. Major construct in "S-xxx" verb amplification, stressing, (beginning of core word);
3. (see door bolt, , the S, horizontal)
folded
cloth
(seat-back)		 -- seat
backing		 iconography in reliefs, (see WikiCommons, [2]);
(a folded-cloth is also shown in statue fists)
foot b foot
(hieroglyph)		 Alphabetic Unil. b;

(see Leg)
foreleg
of ox
(kh)pš
ḫpš		 (kh)psh
khpš-(ḫpš)
("khepeš")		 foreleg
of ox		 1. (kh)p(sh), khepesh; 2. the reversed hieroglyph means, "strength", "power"
3-fox-
-skins		 ms 3-fox-
-skins		 Bil. ms, "born", "born-of"; example, Pharaoh Ahmose, "Moon-Born"; Kamose, "Spirit-Born"
frog
ḥqt		 ḥqt
(bḫn' and qrr)		 frog Determinative, frog; (See also (frog)-Goddess Heket, her 'emblem'); noun words for 'frog': 'bḫn, qrr
fruit
(harvest)
(in-basket)		 -- "basket-of
-fruit-
harvest"		 a harvest basket of fruit; det. of plant-(harvest) offerings
fuller's-club
(washer's-club)
 ḥm
--
(bil.)		 fuller's-club 1. Egyptian biliteral sign ḥm, for a fuller's club;
2. Ideogram for ḥmw, 'washer', and ḥm, slave, servant; phonogram ḥm.
3. Extensively used in the Rosetta Stone in a composition block for His Majesty,

G

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
gaming board mn gaming
board
(with pawns)
(side view)		 bil. mn;
strong, stable, enduring-(permanent, monument)
garland
(of flowers)
'herb'
'grass'
ḥn		 ḥn-(from ḥni)
is-(from isw)		 garland
(of flowers)
'herb'
'grass'		 1. Determinative for various plants or flowers;
2. Two phonemes for "cane", and "canes", ḥn-(from ḥni), is-(from isw).
3. flower (garland), plant, branch, seed
4. Rosetta Stone, line R12, The people shall wear garlands on their heads, shall be made festal...
knot
girdle
tjs
(th)s		 tjs
(ṯs)		 knot
girdle		 1. bil. tjs-(ṯs);
concepts of "to tie", (as the vertebral bones); Ideogram for 'vertebrae';
2. a knot; to tie in a knot, fetter
"Knot
of Isis"
"Girdle
of Isis"
tjt
t_t		 tjt
t_t
tyet		  ?stylized ankh
(for Isis)(?)		 Tyet, Knot of Isis, Girdle of Isis
god-
seated
(=pharaoh)		 -- god-
-seated		 Determinative
(gods or pharaoh)
goddess-
seated
(=queen)		 -- goddess-
-seated		 Determinative
(goddess or queen); (Identical to "woman" hieroglyph)
gold
(hieroglyph)
(gold collar)		 nb
(nub)		 gold:
"pearls" of gold in necklace		 bil. nb; Horus of Gold name in Pharaonic titulary
dj'm
white-gold		 dj'm
tch'm		 gold collar ligatured with was sceptre white-gold
see gold (hieroglyph)
"son/daughter-of"
goose(or duck)
s3, s3-t		 s3, s3-t goose 1. "son of", "daughter of", sa, sa-t; 2. goose
grain -- grain grain
(grain)
grains		 --
(plural)		 grains
("plurality")		 multiple uses:
grains, of sand, metal, cereal grain
Plural usage instead of Gardiner no. Z2, (see also Plural)
(stack of)
grain		 'h'u
'ḥ'w		 (stack of)
grain		 Determinative in 'h'u, for "stack", ( 'ḥ'w)
granary
šnwt
(sh)nut		 (sh)nut
šnwt		 granary Ideo. or det., šnwt-(sh)nut, "granary"
grape
arbor		 irp (or)
i3rrt		 grape
arbor
(hieroglyph)		 1. grape arbor; 2. Det. and sometimes ideo., words connected to "vineyard", iarrt-(i3rrt); also "wine", irp; occasionally used for 'fruit' or 'orchard'
Guinea Hen
Guinea Fowl
nḥ		 nḥ
--
(bil.)		 Guinea Hen
Numida meleagris		 1. Egyp. bil. nḥ, for the bird; phon. for nḥ;
Ideas of petition, supplicate, beseech; for [[Egyptian language nḥ-t, nḥḥ-t, oil, unguent, equivalent of Coptic language, "neh"; 3. for nḥḥ, eternity, or ever and ever, (see ḥḥ), Coptic "eneh".

H

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
hair
(locks of
hair)		 iny
(+ inm)		 hair 1. Determinative in iny, "hair" and related words; also for inm, "skin";2. also det. for words associated with "grief"
hall sh
(sḥ)		 hall hall; value: sh-(sḥ); a "curtain held up by poles", (used as a hall, 'pavilion'); (see also Sed festival); (the Chapel-or-tabernacle (hieroglyph) is sh-n(tsh)r, Gardiner no. O21), ; the n(tsh)r is the "God-flag-club" no. R8,
D
hand		 d hand
(hieroglyph)		 Uniliteral d
hand
drill		 ḥmt hand
drill
(hieroglyph)		 Ideogram in hmt-(ḥmt), the name for the 'hand drill tool'; also hmt for words of "art", "artisan", etc.
hare un
(wn)		 desert
hare
(hieroglyph)		 bil. wn
harp bint
bin-t,_bn-t		 harp
(hieroglyph)		 Determinative in bint, "harp"; (see article Medamud for relief usage)
harpoon
(single-
barbed)		 u'
w'		 harpoon
(hieroglyph)		 1. "single" items; "1", 'each', etc.; 2. Bil. w'
Hathor -- Hathor Goddess Hathor
("Anthropomorphic Deities", Gardiner section C)
head tp head 1. Ideogram 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 shows 10 enemy heads-(decapitated))
head
of duck		 apd
3pd		 head
of duck		 an abbreviation for 3pd, "bird"
headrest
urs		 urs headrest A. Determinative for urs-(wrs), the "headrest";
B. headrest is also Egyptian language, uars-t, (equals Coptic language, "ouras").
C. See also: WikiCommons: [3]
heart ib heart Ideogram or det. for ib, "heart"; (See also kid (goat), for ib)
heart and
windpipe		 nfr heart and
windpipe		 Egyptian triliteral sign for nfr, (beauty), or "perfect"
helmet-khepresh
(kh)prš		 (kh)prš
(ḫprš)		 khepresh-helmet khepresh-helmet
(bovine)
hide		 -- (bovine)
hide		 Determinative for 'skins' and related words; also mammal names, (supplemental determinative)
(st), sti
to shoot
hide-with-arrow		 st, sti
--
(bil.)-st		 hide of animal
with arrow		 A. to shoot, (arrows, harpoons, etc);
B. for 'to shoot', sti, , to shoot, throw, stimulate, pour, radiate, launch (a flood, the Nile), etc.;
C. see Satet, Goddess of the Nile Inundation
hindpart of
lion		 ph
(pḥ)

(bil.)		 "hindpart" 1. Biliteral ph; 2. (see also: "forepart of lion")
hippopotamus (kh)ab
(ḫ3b)		 hippopotamus Determinative for words defining the hippo, db, and (kh)3b-(ḫ3b)
"hippo
head"		 at
(3t)		 "moment-
of-time"
snap-of-a-finger		 a "moment", 'an instant', a snap-of-a-finger; phonetically 3t; in composition block, with sun (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. N5, , ; 6. (the Papyrus of Ani replaces the 'hippo-head' with a Gardiner unlisted: "Crocodile head")
hobble
fetter
s3		 s3 cattle
hobble		 bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V17, also s3,
(see also: tethering rope)
hoe mr hoe
(hieroglyph)		 1. bil. mr, for "beloved";
2. used in Pharaoh, individuals, other names, etc: (Pharaoh XX, Beloved of Goddess YY)
honing
stone		 (s(sh)m)
(sšm)		 honing
stone		 Ideogram in s(sh)m-(sšm), "butcher"
"horizon"
mountain-
-with-
rising-sun		 a(kh)t
3ḫt		 mountain-with-
rising-sun
(or setting-sun)		 Ideogram for a(kh)t-(3ḫt), "horizon"; (see also Akhenaten's townsite, Akhetaten, (Horizon of Aten))
horse -- horse horse
hotep
offering-tablet
ḥtp		 ḥtp hotep
offering-tablet		 (see Hotep-offering-tablet)
house
estate
"home of"		 pr house
(hieroglyph)
(plan of house)		 bil. pr; used extensively in "placenames"-(home of God XXX); placenames for a Pharaoh, etc.
1. Ideogram, house, estate; 2. bil. pr; 3. Determinative for 'building', 'location'

First uniliteral h--h

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
h
(reed shelter)		 h reed shelter (hieroglyph) first uniliteral h
plan view of shelter

Second uniliteral h--ḥ

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
h
(wick)		 (ḥ) wick
(hieroglyph)		 second uniliteral h
wick

I

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
Sacred Ibis
3(kh)		 3(kh)
(3ḫ)		 Sacred Ibis Bil. 3(kh), for the 'divine'; also the ideogram
incense
censer: arm		 -- incense arm
(hieroglyph)		 arm device, with incense burning chamber
incense
censer: pot		 -- incense-pot-
-with-smoke
(hieroglyph)		 pot of incense, wafting smoke
Ba-bird-(soul)
(with pot)		 b3 Ba-bird-(soul)
(with pot)		 see: Egyptian soul; the incense pot at bird's foot is also found substituted with a Meteor (hieroglyph), (see WikiCommons) [4]
intestine-(shape)
p(kh)ar, rr
utchb
intestine-(shape)		 p(kh)ar, rr
utchb		 intestine-(shape); in Rosetta Stone, festival routes Egyptian language, utchb; from dikeworks, to turn round, to change the direction, (crop rows)
"irrigation
canals"		 -- "irrigation
canals"		 1. (see 'district'); 2. doublet is also used for the "dual"-(i.e. "the Two Lands", taui)

J

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
jar
stand		 1-g, 2-nst jar stand
(hieroglyph)		 1. uniliteral g
2. Ideogram, nst, "throne"
joint
of meat		 -- joint
of meat
(hieroglyph)		 Used for "ancestry"
Det. for 'thigh bone' names; iw', phoneme for iw-iu; for the tibia, swt, (phon. isw-isu)
festival
Jubilee
Pavilion		 -- canopy + basin (see Sed festival)
Determinative for "festival"; also for hb-(ḥb), "festival"

K

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
kid (goat) ib kid (goat) 1. Phoneme ib for 'young goat';
2. Determinative for words of 'young farm animals'
3. (See also heart, for ib)
kiln
t3		 t3 kiln
(hieroglyph)		 Bil. t3; Ideogram for "potter's kiln";
(for t3, see also Land)
honing
stone		 (s(sh)m)
(sšm)		 honing
stone		 Ideogram in s(sh)m-(sšm), "butcher"
knife
(or saw)		 -- knife
(or saw)		 Ideo. or det. for "sftu", sf(tsh)w, "butcher"
knife and
block		 -- knife and
block		 "slaughter"
(butcher's)
knife		 nm (butcher's)
knife		 Phonogram nm
knot
girdle-knot
tjs
(th)s		 (tj)s
(ṯs)		 knot-hieroglyph
girdle-knot		 1. bil. tjs-(ṯs);
concepts of "to tie", (as the vertebral bones); Ideogram for 'vertebrae';
2. a knot; to tie in a knot, fetter; 3. Also a statuary-(belt) element, 3rd millennium BC and later, and an amulet & jewellery element, (especially Middle Kingdom for jewellery).
"Knot
of Isis"
"Girdle
of Isis"
tjt
t_t		 tjt
t_t
tyet		  ?stylized ankh
(for Isis)(?)		 Tyet, Knot of Isis, Girdle of Isis

First uniliteral (kh)--ḫ

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
(kh)
sieve
(placenta)		 (ḫ) placenta
sieve		 first uniliteral (kh)
sieve or placenta-(older first form)

Second uniliteral (kh)--ẖ

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
(kh)
(animal)
belly-teats-tail		 (ẖ) animal belly and tail second uniliteral (kh)
bellly with teats and tail

L

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
land
'country'
"strip of
land"
t3		 ta
(t3)		 (strip of)
land
'country'		 Biliteral t3-(ta), "land", "country", etc.;
(for t3, see also Kiln)
"the two
lands"		 taui
(t3wi)		 "the two
lands"		 =Egypt, (i.e. the Two Lands, (south and north), Upper and Lower Egypt)
leg
(human)		 rd leg
(human)		 Ideo., det. for rd, "leg"; Det. "to tread";
(see Foot)
Also: for pds, w'rt, sbq.
leg of
hoofed animal		 (uhm)-(whm)
wḥm		 leg of
ox		 1. meanings of: "repeat, repitition"
2. Tril. for wḥm;
3. Ideogram for "bovine leg"
4. (to repeat, narrate, recount, tell a story, tell a dream)
lasso (ua)
w3		 lasso lasso, for "cord", (possibly earlier, a word related to "lasso")
leopard
head		 pḥty
("pehty")		 leopard
head
(hieroglyph)		 Determinative or abbreviation for "pehty"-(pḥty), "strength"
life
live		 ankh
'n(kh)
'nḫ		 life
live		 Tril. 'n(kh);
Ideogram for "life", "live"
lifesaver
s3		 s3 lifesaver bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V16, also s3,
(see also: tethering rope)
linen
bag		 s(sh)r-(sšr)
sšr		 linen
bag		 Ideogram or det. in s(sh)r-(sšr), for "linen", "fabric"; phoneme for sšr
lion m3i lion Ideogram for standing lion, m3i
lion-
reclining
(sphinx)		 ru
(rw)
l,r		 lion-reclining
(sphinx)		 1. Biliteral rw
2. Ideogram for "lion";
3. Unil. for l, or r
(upper)
lip
(w/ teeth)		 spt (upper)
lip
(w/ teeth)		 Ideogram or det. in spt, for "lip", "border"
(the two)
lips		 -- (the two)
lips		 pair of lips
(lips)-
spitting		 (=multiples) spit Determinative for words meaning: "to spit", "to vomit", "blood", etc
lizard '(sh)a
'š3		 lizard 1. "multitudes", (=the populace, etc.); 2. Det. or ideo. in 'š3-('(sh)a), "lizard"; also the tril.
lotus
(lotus-bud)		 -- lotus
(lotus-bud)		 lotus; (see also Flower)
lotus flower
sšn		 sšn
(also snšn)		 lotus flower A. Ideogram or det. in sšn, lotus flower;
B. Greek language 'souson';
C. also det. for snšn, for lily, lotus.
lotus
(lotus stem
with leaf
and rhizome)		 1000
(kh)a-ḫ3		 lotus
(lotus stem
with leaf
and rhizome)		 Ideogram for (kh)a-(ḫ3), a part of the "lotus"; phonetically used for ḫ3; in Egyptian mathematics, 1000

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Uniliterals

A table of the 24-letter alphabetic, Egyptian hieroglyph uniliteral signs.

a
 i
 y
 '
 (w,u)
 B
P
 F
 M
 N
 R
 H1
H2
 Kh1
 Kh2
 S
 (Sh)=Š
 Q/K2
K
 G
 T
 Ch—Tj
 D
 Dj
L/(R)
(special)
(Ptolemaic,
etc)
 -- -- -- -- --

See also

References

  1. ^ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Arms in the Sign of Negation, p. 59.
  2. ^ Budge, 1989, (1929), The Rosetta Stone, p. 288-289.
  3. ^ Budge, 1989, (1929). The Rosetta Stone, p. 126.