A List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: M-Z.
Contents |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goddess-Maat M3't |
m3't | Goddess-Maat | Goddess Maat | |
| mace ḥ(dj) |
ḥ(dj) | mace, (stone macehead, wooden handle) | Ideogram, and phonogram for mace, ḥ(dj) | |
| man woman |
-- | man woman |
man | |
| man -constructing |
qd | man -constructing |
man constructing: a "Mason"; Ideogram or det. for qd, "to construct"; (see Wall, (Collapsing)-Wall) | |
| man-dancing (kh)bi ib, ibu ib3u, ib3 |
(kh)bi-(ḫbi) ib, ibu ib3u, ib3 |
man-dancing | Ideogram or det. for (kh)bi, to dance; also det. for ib, ibu; ib3u, ib3, for dance, dancer, etc.; (see also Dance) | |
| man -grinding-etc to build (kh)us-(kh)usi |
(kh)us-(kh)usi | man -grinding -(in a mortar/etc) |
man grinding (etc); to grind in a mortar, to build, to construct, etc. | |
| man -mixing |
-- | man -mixing- (in-vat) |
man mixing (in vat) | |
| man -with- bundle |
-- | man -with- bundle |
"man carrying bundle" | |
| man-seated: arm to mouth |
concepts etc |
man-seated: arm to mouth (hieroglyph) |
eating, speech, concepts, ideas, etc. | |
| man-seated: arms in adoration |
-- | man-seated: arms in adoration (hieroglyph) |
man-seated: arms in adoration; (see WikiCommons [1]) | |
| man-standing: arms in adoration |
-- | man-standing: arms in adoration (hieroglyph) |
man-standing: arms in adoration; (see WikiCommons [2]) | |
| man-standing: arms raised in celebration |
-- | man-standing: arms raised in celebration |
man-standing: arms raised in celebration | |
| man -with- bundle |
-- | man -with- bundle |
"man carrying bundle" | |
| mast | 'ḥ' | mast (hieroglyph) |
Triliteral 'ḥ' , "to erect" | |
| Menat | (mnit) | "menat necklace and counterpoise" |
1. "Menat and counterpoise"; 2. Ideogram or det. in mnit, the necklace of Menat pearls | |
| milk | -- | milk | milk; (similar to Gardiner unlisted vessel, or "liquids", etc; (milk symbol has vertical hanging above)) | |
| milk-jug -in-net |
mi | milk-jug -in- -carrying- net |
1. Biliteral mi; 2. Det. in mhr, 'pitcher of milk'; 3. Phonogram for mr and mi; Egyptian language, as, like, 'as-like', similar, etc; ("...Pharaoh XXX, given Life, Power...Ra-Like"), (...."as like Ra"-'Ra-ma', 'Ra-mi') |
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| milk-jug -in-net |
mi | milk-jug -in- -carrying- net |
1. like, as, according to, inasmuch as, since, as well as, together with; all adverbial forms, some as a segue; 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 |
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| (crescent) moon i'ḥ |
i'ḥ | moon | 1. Det. "moon"; 2. Ideogram, i'h-(i'ḥ), 'moon'; 3. items of the 'month', (timeperiod); see ploughing, laborer ("planting"), Gardiner no. T24, (also i'ḥ) | |
| fields-(planting) i'ḥ |
i'ḥ | fields-(planting) (etc.) |
see moon, (also i'ḥ); A. plough, break ground; B. field laborer, peasant; C. field; D. det. in name of a god "I'h-ur"-(I'h-Great) |
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| (moon) | -- | moon | Gardiner, nos. N9, N10 | |
| moon (in phase) |
(psdj) psḏ |
moon (in phase) |
Ideo., det. in "feast of the New Moon", (=ps(dj)n); phoneme for ps(dj)-(psḏ), (= to a triliteral) | |
| mooring post |
mnit | mooring post |
1. Determinative in mnit, the "mooring post", or related words. 2. (of note, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, 2nd millennium BC, the (uprooted)-mooring posts are important in the wind and rainstorm of the flood story, (Gilgamesh flood story)) |
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| mountain | (dj)u ḏw |
mountain | Bil. (dj)u-(ḏw), for "mountain"; ideogram for "mountain" | |
| ("horizon") mountain- -with- rising-sun |
a(kh)t 3ḫt |
mountain-with -rising-sun (or setting-sun) |
Ideogram for a(kh)t-(3ḫt), "horizon"; (see Akhenaten's townsite, Akhetaten) | |
| mouth | r | mouth (hieroglyph) |
Unil. r |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| naos | -- | naos (shrine) |
naos | |
| Neith's Emblem nt |
nt | Neith's Emblem |
1. Ideogram or det. for name of Goddess Neith; 2. Egyp. bil. nt. |
|
| night nightfall |
grḥ-wḫ-("night") kkw-("dark") |
night (hieroglyph) |
Determinative in words meaning 'obscurity'; grh-(grḥ), and u(kh)-(wḫ) for night; kku-(kkw) for dark; and others | |
| nome district |
-- | district nome |
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)) | |
| nose | fndj/fnd-(fnḏ/fnd) (sh)rt-(šrt) (kh)nt-ẖnt |
nose | Ideogram or det. 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 for face) | |
| Nubian bow |
-- | Nubian bow |
=Nubia |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| oar ḫru |
1-(kh)ru-(ḫrw) 2-wsr |
oar (a spoon- (shape)) |
1. Determinative for usr-(wsr), "oar"; 2. Tril. phonogram, (kh)ru-(ḫrw) |
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| obelisk | t(kh)n tẖn |
obelisk | Ideogram or det. for t(kh)n, the "obelisk" | |
| "offering(s)-altar" | -- | "offering(s)-altar" | "offering(s)-altar" | |
| offering-table | -- | offering-table | offering-table | |
| (small) offering-table |
-- | (small) offering-table |
(small)-offering-table | |
| hotep offering-tablet |
"htp" | hotep offering-tablet |
hotep-offering-tablet | |
| i3wt office 'post' 'position' |
iaut-i3wt | office 'post' 'position' |
1. Ideogram or det. for iaut-(i3wt), for "post", "office", "position", etc; 2. the fetish of the "Temple of Min" |
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| owl | m (vertical) |
owl (hieroglyph) |
Unil. m | |
| ox horns | wp | ox horns | 1. Biliteral up, (wp); 2. used for opening of the year: renpet, , with horns: |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| palace 'ḥ |
'ḥ | palace | 1. Ideogram, 'h-('ḥ), "palace"; see also: palace, temple, tomb, ḥut | |
| palace temple tomb ḥut |
ḥut | plan view palace-(estate) |
1. Ideogram for hwt-(ḥut), palace, temple, tomb; see also: palace, 'ḥ | |
| papyrus clump (cluster) |
ha (ḥ3) |
papyrus clump |
1. Ideogram for "Lower Egypt"-(the North), the Nile Delta, "t3-mḥw", 'land-mhw'; also det.; 2. phonetic for ha-(ḥ3) | |
| papyrus roll m(dj)3t |
m(dj)3-t m(dj)3t |
papyrus roll |
papyrus roll | |
| papyrus stem u3ḏ |
u3ḏ tril. |
papyrus stem (hieroglyph) |
Tril. ua(dj)-(w3ḏ) | |
| pawn (draughtsman) (token) ib3 |
ib3 | game piece (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram or det. in ib3, "pawn"; phoneme for ib3 | |
| pawn (draughtsman) (token) ib3 |
ib3 | game piece (hieroglyph) |
1. Ideogram or det. in ib3, "pawn", draughtsman; phoneme for ib3; 2. Det. for ib3u, ib3, dance [of the gods]; also dancer, dancing man, etc. | |
| pectoral | -- | pectoral | pectoral; (see also Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)) | |
| god seated |
nṯr | seated god-(or-Pharaoh) |
1. God 2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det. |
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| ("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. |
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| pestle | 1.-ti,2.-(=t) | pestle | 1. second Egyptian uniliteral sign for t; 2. special usage for feminine adjectival (for example, "...may she live")[1] | |
| phallus | mt | phallus | Biliteral mt | |
| pick | grg | pick (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram or det. for grg, to "break through" and related words | |
| pillar (=Heliopolis) |
iun (iwn) |
pillar | Tril. iun-(iwn); ideo. for iwn; an abbreviation for iunu-(iwnw), the City of Heliopolis | |
| plinth m3' |
ma'-(m3') | (a solid) plinth |
1. =to m3' , ; 2. det. or ideo. for words meaning: true, right, truth, integrity, etc |
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| (m) plinth (shape) |
m (horizontal) |
plinth (hieroglyph) |
Unil. m as the horizontal m | |
| plow | hb | plow | Determinative for words related to 'plowing'; for hb, "plow", the phoneme hb | |
| "plural" | -- | "plural" | 1. signs for the plural, (horizontal, vertical, and the 'shortened-form'); 2. see: Stroke (single item); 3. see Dual (Two); 4. see Grains; 5. see Quail chick (hieroglyph) and Coil (hieroglyph) | |
| pool lake (or) basin š |
(sh) š |
pool- lake-basin (hieroglyph) |
uniliteral (sh)-š, a pool | |
| pool with legs |
-- | pool with legs |
pool with walking legs | |
| pot | nu and qd |
pot (various) (typical-spherical) |
Phoneme for nw; det. for qd, construct, mold | |
| priest | w'b uab |
priest | 1. Ideogram in w'b-(uab), "pure"; 2. the Priest class; 3. equal to 'purify', Gardiner no. D60, | |
| prisoner enemy rebel |
-- | prisoner enemy |
prisoner, enemy, rebel, (adversary) | |
| prop | -- | prop | (also the 4 props of 'heaven'); see grape arbor (hieroglyph), using props, Gardiner no. M43, | |
| Pschent Crown Double Crown |
-- | Pschent Crown Double Crown |
for the Pharaoh, King of the Two Lands, (i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt) | |
| pupil (eye) djfdj |
djfdj | pupil (eye) | 1. Determinative in djfdj, pupil. (other spellings, /entries) | |
| pyramid | mr | pyramid | pyramid |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| u quail chick |
w u |
quail chick (hieroglyph) |
1. Unil. w, or u; 2. Either "quail chick" or equivalent coil (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. Z7, , used as the Plural at word endings; 3. (see also: Plural) |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ra | r' | Ra | Ra (=r' ) | |
| ram | -- | ram | ram | |
| razor | (kh)'k | razor | 1. the razor; 2. Determinative in (kh)'k; (multiple spellings in books, dictionary entries) | |
| red crown | n (vertical) |
red crown | see Deshret; Red crown (hieroglyph)-(uniliteral n-(vertical)); (see also White crown) | |
| reed (flowering)-reed reed-(=rush) i |
i | (flowering) reed-(=rush) |
alphabetic uniliteral vowel i; ideo. in i, "rush" | |
| pair-of-reeds y ii |
y | pair-of-reeds | alphabetic uniliteral vowel y | |
| reed with legs i(i) it |
i(i) it |
(flowering) reed-(=rush) w/ legs |
combined sound-sign, determinative for i(+i); come, to come, coming, etc | |
| rushes -(bundled) -(tied) |
is | rushes -(bundled) -(tied) |
Ideogram for isw-(isu)-(plural), "rushes"; phoneme for is | |
| 1–cane 2–reed-(=Rush) 3–(swt)-Rush 4–flowering- rush-(sedge) |
-- | -- | -- | |
| reed shelter (h) |
h | reed shelter (hieroglyph) (in a plan view) |
1. first alphabetic h; 2. Egyptian uniliteral sign h; 3. see second uniliteral h, the wick (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. V28, | |
| renpet | rnp | renpet | "rnp", or rnpt | |
| (sweet)-rhizome (sweet)-pod n(dj)m |
n(dj)m | rhizome seed-pod |
Ideogram for types of tree n(dj)m, and "sweet", n(dj)m | |
| ("diadem") (hair)- ribbon |
(w3ḥw) m(dj)h-(mḏḥ) |
("diadem") (hair)- ribbon |
1. Ideogram or det. for uahu-(w3ḥw), "diadem"; also m(dj)h-(mḏḥ), "ribbon"; 2. Phoneme for m(dj)h-(mḏḥ) |
|
| ripple- -of-water |
n (horizontal) |
ripple of water (hieroglyph) |
1. Uniliteral n, (horizontal); 2. Major preposition usage for: in, to, by, of, for, etc. |
|
| road (-with-shrubs) |
-- | road (hieroglyph) |
road | |
| rudder ḥmw hmu |
ḥmw hmu-hmw |
rudder | Determinative, hmu-(ḥmw), for "rudder" and related words | |
| 1–cane 2–reed-(=Rush) 3–(swt)-Rush 4–flowering- rush-(sedge) |
-- | -- | -- | |
| flowering rush šm-šm'u |
(sh)m'u šm'w |
flowering rush |
flowering rush; also Gardiner nos. M25, M27, M28, | |
| rushes -(bundled) -(tied) |
is | rushes -(bundled) -(tied) |
Ideogram for isw-(isu)-(plural), "rushes"; phoneme for is |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sail | (tsh)au-(ṯ3w) nfw, nfy |
sail (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram or det. (tsh)au-(ṯ3w), for "puff", "wind"; and in nfw, nfy, for "sailor" | |
| sandal | (tsh)bt (ṯbt)-(ṯb) |
sandal | Ideogram or det. (tsh)bt-(ṯbt), for "sandal"; phon. (tsh)b-(ṯb) | |
| scale m(kh)3t |
m(kh)3t | scale | Ideogram and det. for m(kh)3t-(mḫat), "scale": see Stand (for Scales) | |
| ('an equivalent') (=type of) scale (?) |
u(dj)' wḏ' |
(=type of) scale (or balance) |
1. for utcha'=w(dj)' , to weigh, estimate, consider, reckon up, decide; =, and other spellings, , and also no. I10, cobra, , replaced by, U28, (=utcha), ; (see the use of w(dj)' in AUS, for "Life, Prosperity, Health"); 2. Determinative or ideo. for right, correct, just, equable, etc |
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| u(dj)' utch' a scale a balance (="judgement") |
u(dj)' | balance ligatured with arm | judge, "judgement" | |
| "scarab" | (kh)-p-r | scarab the Dung Beetle, (Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea) |
See: Scarab (artifact) See: God Khepri |
|
| scepter-heq Hq scepter ḥq |
ḥq | Hq-scepter | 1. 'to rule', 'chief', 'ruler', ḥq; 2. Hq scepter; 3. the pharaoh was called the Ruler of On, (Ruler of Heliopolis) |
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| scepter-sekhem sekhem-scepter s(kh)m |
s(kh)m sḫm |
Sekhem scepter |
Sekhem scepter; "power" is s(kh)m, (sḫm) | |
| Man-standing w/sekhem-&-staff |
-- | Man-standing w/sekhem-&-staff |
Determinative in words for 'statue': tut, (kh)nt(y)-(ẖnnt(y) | |
| scepter-Was Was sceptre uas |
w3s (uas) |
w3s (u3s) |
see Was scepter | |
| scimitar | (kh)p(sh) (ḫpš) |
scimitar Khopesh |
Determinative, (kh)p(sh)-(ḫpš); see Khopesh | |
| Seal-ring djb'i-t seal (seal- -cylinder) (valuables) |
many see under: djb-to seal djb'i-t |
"seal" | 1. (confer cylinder seal); 2. Ideogram or det. in (kh)tm-(ẖtm), s(dj)3t, (dj)b't, all words for "seal", or equivalent words Seal-rings, (Impression seals, or Seals of Office) |
|
| seal with necklace |
-- | seal with necklace |
seal with necklace |
|
| serpent (snake) |
hfau (ḥf3w) |
serpent (snake) |
Determinative for "serpent", and equivalent words, hfau, (ḥf3w); (See also: 1-Cobra, 2-Uraeus, 3-Viper, and 4-Apep) |
|
| Seshat's emblem |
s(sh)at (sš3t) |
Seshat's emblem |
Emblem and equivalent of Goddess Seshat; Ideogram or det. in Seshat's name, s(sh)at-(sš3t) | |
| Set- animal (='Seth') |
-- | Set-animal (hieroglyph) |
Set (mythology) | |
| Set-God | -- | Set-God | Set (mythology) | |
| (shade)-fan (umbrella) |
-- | (shade)-fan (umbrella) |
Shade-Fan, or (=Umbrella) | |
| "ceremonial" (shade)-fan (umbrella) |
-- | "ceremonial" (shade)-fan (umbrella) |
ceremonial Shade-Fan | |
| Shen ring |
"shen" šn |
shen ring |
Determinative in (sh)nw-(šnu), the cartouche | |
| two whips with shen ring |
dm(dj) dmḏ |
two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram and det. in dmdj-(dmḏ), for "to unite" | |
| (Goddess) Maat |
-- | (Goddess) Maat' |
Goddess Maat | |
| (Maat's) Shu feather (Sh)u-Šu |
(Sh)u-Šu | (Maat's) Shu feather |
Goddess Shu; Maat's Shu feather | |
| 'shuti' adornment (two-feathers) (sh)uty-šuty |
(sh)uty-šuty | shuti two-feather adornment (hieroglyph) |
two feathers, shuti two-feather adornment | |
| (weaver's) shuttle "netting- needle" |
1-'(dj)-('ḏ) 2-'nḏ |
(weaver's) shuttle "netting- needle" |
Ideogram for '(dj-('ḏ), "shuttle"; phon. for 'nḏ | |
| sickle | ma (m3) |
sickle | m3 | |
| sieve (placenta) (kh) |
(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) |
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| silver | h(dj) (ḥḏ) |
silver | 1. silver; 2. (see Gold (hieroglyph); 3. equal to Egyptian h(dj)-(ḥḏ), for "club" |
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| sistrum (or "castanets") sš, sššt |
sš, sššt (also s(kh)m) |
sistrum | A. Ideo. for "sistrum", sššt, (or s(kh)m(=sistrum)); det. in sššt; B. s(kh)m is Egyptian for 'power', (confer with Sekhem scepter-(list) and Medamud-(article)) |
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| slaughter-block w/ knife nmm nmm-t |
nmm (and) nmm-t |
slaughter-block w/ knife |
execute, slaughter, 'torture' | |
| sled (sledge) |
tm | sled (sledge) |
Bil. tm | |
| Sobek Sbk |
sbk | (crocodile) Sobek on shrine (=fetish) |
Ideogram of det. for sbk, (Sobek); (see also Crocodile) | |
| spindle | (kh)sf ẖsf |
spindle (hieroglyph) |
Triliteral (kh)sf-ẖsf | |
| 3u spine issuing fluid |
3u | spine, issuing fluid | to be long, length, to extend Pharaoh: Extent of Happiness-(for Egypt-Land), , (on Reliefs), (the Nation's Welfare) |
|
| spit | (multiple- uses) |
spit | Determinative for words meaning: "to spit", "to vomit", "blood", etc | |
| spoon | (multiple- uses) |
(spoon-shape) | see Oar | |
| stack-(of grain) heap (kh)ty 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u |
(kh)ty 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u |
stack (of grain) |
Determinative 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" |
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| stair-single | -- | stair-single (hieroglyph) |
a determinative | |
| stand (for scales) |
u(tsh)st (wṯst) |
stand (for scales) |
Determinative in u(tsh)st-(wṯst), for this device that supports the scale (hieroglyph); the related verb is u(tsh)s-(wṯs), Egyptian "to lift"; see Scale | |
| star sb3 du3 |
sb3 dw3 |
star | Ideogram or det. for sba-(sb3), "star"; phonetic for dua-(dw3)(dua); (see Duat) | |
| Otherworld Duat du3t |
sb3 dw3 |
star-in-circle | Otherworld, the Duat | |
| 1.-stela 2.-boundary stone u(dj) 'h'u |
u(dj)-wḏ 'h'u-'ḥ'w |
1.-stele 2.-"boundary stone" 'landmark' |
1. Ideogram or det. for u(dj)-(wḏ), a "stele"; det. for 'h'u-('ḥ'w), station (of a procession), "stele"; used also for 'memorial slab', boundary stone, landmark. 2. NOTE: there are other listed, (or Non-listed) hieroglyphs for boundary steles: 3. Similar spelling for udj: uses a stone block as det. and hand: ud | |
| stool- or-mat |
p | stool- or-mat (hieroglyph) |
1. Unil. p | |
| stroke 1 (emphasis stroke) |
1.-(emphasis) 2.-"1" |
single stroke |
1. sign of the 1; also sign of emphasis, or specifying the hieroglyph emphasized-(i.e. symmetry); 2. see: Plural; 3. see Dual (Two) | |
| sun | r' (ra) |
sun (hieroglyph) |
1. the sun; 2. Major use in cartouches, or Pharaonic names: sun = Ra-R' ; 3. Used in words relating to 'time, of day'; "day", etc, see Moment of Time, etc.; "moment" uses the Hippo head, Gardiner no. F3, , an "instant", (as used in the Canopus Stone, for example). 4. Ideogram in r' , "sun", hrw-(hru), "day", and R' , God Ra; also as Gardiner no. D12, , (variable sizes) |
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| sun-rising- -with-rays (kh)' ḫ' |
(kh)' ḫ' |
sun-rising- -with-rays |
Bil. (kh)' , ḫ' | |
| sun-shining- with-rays ubn 3(kh)u, psdj piercing- -rays stiut-stut |
(many uses) (Betrò ref)[2] |
sun-shining- with-rays (hieroglyph) |
"Sun-with-rays"; also used for "people of the sun"-(Heliopolitan theology) For "Piercing Rays", see "to shoot", Hide-with-pierced-arrow, sti |
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| (fiber) swab straw-broom sq u3ḥ |
sq, (or) u3ḥ bil.-tril. |
(fiber) swab (straw broom) |
1. Biliteral sq; "to clean", "dust"; 2. Triliteral uah, (w3ḥ) |
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| swallow | wr | swallow (hieroglyph) |
Biliteral wr, ur; 2. Egyptian for "great"; (confer with cuneiform GAL); 3. often in composition blocks with r, mouth, |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tail sd |
sd | tail | 1. Determinative for sd, "tail"; then phon., sd; 2. (See: "Festival of the Tail", the Sed festival) |
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| tether | tsh (ṯ) |
tether (hieroglyph) |
Unil. tsh, (=ch) | |
| tether with legs |
-- | tether rope with legs |
tether rope with walking legs; (return ?) | |
| threshing- floor |
sp (from spt) |
threshing- floor |
Biliteral sp; (equal to Egyptian: "time"); see also "time", Gardiner no. O48, | |
| throwing stick |
-- | throw stick (hieroglyph) |
1. Ideogram in niwt, "city"; 2. Det. in names of countries, towns, placenames, etc. | |
| "time" | sp | time | time; see also "threshing floor", Gardiner no. O50, | |
| "moment of time" (instant) |
at (3t) |
moment snap-of-a-finger |
a "moment", 'an instant', a snap-of-a-finger; phonetically 3t; in composition block, with sun (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. 5, , | |
| A-tongue B-30th ns |
ns | tongue | 1. 1. Egyp. bil. ns. 2. A-tongue, and related words for speech; B-30th, and therefore, (next)-last. |
|
| trap (=bird-trap) s(kh)t-sḫt |
s(kh)t (sḫt) |
trap (device) |
1. trap, bird-trap, (the device); 2. Ideogram or det. in s(kh)t-(sḫt), Egyptian "trap" and related words | |
| tree | i3m, im3 | tree (hieroglyph) |
Determinative for 'tree'; also, Egyptian: i3m, im3 | |
| trussed goose (or duck) u(sh)n sn(tj) |
u(sh)n (phon.-sn(tj)) |
trussed goose (or duck) |
1. Determinative for u(sh)n, (wšn), Egyptian: "twist the neck (of a bird)"; 2. Phonetically sn(tj), (snṯ) 3. (see Trussed-goose Palette) |
|
| turtle št (sh)t |
(sh)t št |
turtle | turtle | |
| tusk (elephant) |
bh, hw bḥ, ḥw |
(elephant) tusk |
1. Bil. for 2 values: bh, and hw, (bḥ and ḥu); 2. also det. for 'teeth', "actions of teeth"[3] 3. also used in reliefs, and stelae lunettes | |
| Two Ladies |
-- | two-goddesses on two baskets (="Ladies of South + North") |
the goddesses representing: the Goddess of the South, Goddess of the North-(Nile Delta)-Goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| union | sma (sm3) |
lung-and- trachea union |
Egyptian "lung", sma-(sm3); used for union, (as in the "Two Lands", "Upper and Lower Egypt)-(Lower Egypt=the Nile Delta); Ideogram or det. for "unite", "join" | |
| uraeus i'rt' |
-- | uraeus | Uraeus; Determinative for i'rt, the Uraeus, and also in Goddess names |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vase water-pot ḥs |
ḥs | vase water pot |
Bil. hs, (ḥs) | |
| viper | f | viper (hieroglyph) |
1. Uniliteral f; 2. possessive pronoun "his", (following the noun, "...Pharaoh-his...", "town-his") |
|
| vulture (Egyptian) 3 (=A) |
3 | (Egyptian) vulture (hieroglyph) |
Unil. a, or A,-(3) |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wall inb |
inb | wall | 1. Ideogram or det. for inb, "wall";2. (a det. for related words) | |
| collapsing- wall |
uhn-(whn) s(kh)nn-(sẖnn) |
collapsing- wall |
Determinative for: 1–"knock down"; 2–uhn-(whn), for "overwhelm"; 3–s(kh)nn-(sẖnn), for "demolish" | |
| man -constructing |
qd | man -constructing |
man constructing: a "Mason"; Ideogram or det. for qd, "to construct" (See: ancient Rhacotis, (Alexandria)) |
|
| scepter-Was Was sceptre uas |
w3s (uas) |
w3s (u3s) |
see Was scepter | |
| water-pot (vase) |
hs (ḥs) |
water pot (vase) |
Bil. hs, (ḥs) | |
| water skinšd (sh)d |
(sh)dw-(šdu) (sh)d-(šd) |
water- skin "belly" |
1. Determinative for (sh)dw-(šdu), "belly"; phon. for (sh)d-(šd); 2. (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: whip) |
|
| whip mḥ |
mḥ | whip | Bil. mh, (mḥ); (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: water-skin) | |
| two whips with shen ring |
dm(dj) dmḏ |
two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram and det. in dmdj-(dmḏ), for "to unite" | |
| white crown ḥ(dj) |
ḥ(dj) | white crown | see Hedjet; (see also Red crown & Pschent)) | |
| Pschent Crown Double Crown |
-- | Pschent Crown Double Crown |
for the Pharaoh, King of the Two Lands, (i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt) | |
| dj'm white-gold |
(dj)'m tch'm |
gold collar ligatured with was sceptre | white-gold see gold (hieroglyph) |
|
| wick ḥ |
ḥ | wick (hieroglyph) |
1. second uniliteral ḥ; 2. see first uniliteral h, the reed shelter (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. O4, |
|
| wine jars irp |
"irp" | wine jars |
Determinative in irp, "wine" | |
| wing | (dj)nh, dnh ḏnḥ, dnḥ |
wing | Determinative for (dj)nh, dnh-(ḏnḥ, dnḥ), "wing"; also for words relating to flying | |
| woman man |
-- | woman man |
woman | |
| woman-and- infant |
-- | woman-and- infant |
woman-and-infant | |
| woman- in-birth |
-- | woman- in-birth |
woman-in-birth | |
| woman-nursing | -- | woman-nursing | woman-nursing | |
| (Scribe-God) Thoth |
Djehuti | Thoth-(ibis) on his standard |
Thoth | |
| (scribe) writing tools |
-- | scribal equipment |
scribe tools: vertical case(?)-pot-palette; the pot is originally a leather bag for the red and black 'inks' |
| Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X crossed- sticks |
-- | x crossed- sticks |
det.: separate, cross, pass by; also items that are 'bad', or 'negative' (see: Crown Prince Thutmose#The schist recumbent bier) |
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) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- |