A List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by alphabetization, starts at A-(3), has 3, (or 4) more vowel-equivalents, and ends at dj, (not an Egyptian bilteral).
The common use Egyptian hieroglyphs numbered between 650-700, including variants. By late Ancient Egyptian time, including the Ptolemaic Egypt, the number of hieroglyphs became in the multiple thousands, as many can be found ligatured, (for example the Min Palette of Predynastic Egypt).
The alphabet of 24 (25) common characters is arranged as follows: (there are also supplemental alphabetic characters)
| 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) |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Contents |
List (A to Azzz), 3 to 3tf
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (A) vulture |
3 | Egyptian vulture | Vulture (hieroglyph) | |
| 3u spine issuing fluid |
3u -- (bil.) |
spine, issuing fluid | to be long, length, to extend Pharaoh: Extent of Happiness-(for Egypt-Land), , (on Reliefs) (i.e. the Welfare of the Nation) |
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| 3b elephant |
3bu 3b dnhr-(Ptolemaic) |
elephant | 1. Determinative in 3bw, elephant; phonetic 3b 2. Ptolemaic Period, new use of dnhr. | |
| 3b mr chisel |
3b mr -- (bil.)-3b (bil.)-mr |
chisel (hieroglyph) |
(See: Narmer Palette) bil., 3b, mr; (see also for mr, Canal) |
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| 3(kh) Sacred Ibis |
3(kh) (3ḫ) -- (bil.) |
Sacred Ibis | Bil. 3(kh), for the 'divine'; also the ideogram | |
| 3ḫt ("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) | |
| 3t "moment" "instant" of time |
3t | Hippo head in Papyrus of Ani, Book of the Dead, crocodile head |
'moment', 'instant', a Snap-of-a-finger | |
| 3t "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, , | |
| 3tf Atef- Crown |
atf (3tf) |
Atef crown (hieroglyph) |
Ideo. or det. for the crown 3tf-(atef) | |
| 3tp, 3dp man-seated-with- basket-on-head 3tp, 3dp fa, fai & k3t |
1a.-3tp, 3dp (Coptic-otp) 1b.-fa, fai 2.-k3t |
man-seated-with- basket-on-head |
man-seated-with-basket- on-head 1a. for 3tp, 3dp, to load, to be laden, master of the load; equals Coptic language, otp; (minor use for 'tp, 'dp); 1b. for fa, fai, to carry, to bear; additional constructs for carrier, bearer, supporter, (and types thereof); for fa-dni, the "bearer-of-the- -basket", see: Greek-Kanephoros; 2. for ka-t, kau-ti, work, labour, toil; workmen, labourers, artisans, craftsmen, etc. |
List i to isu
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i reed (flowering)-reed reed-(=rush) |
i | (flowering) reed-(=rush) |
alphabetic uniliteral vowel i; ideo. in i, "rush" | |
| 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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| i'b vase, bowl, vessel, pot, 'cup' |
i'b | 'cup' | A. Determinative for the "vessel", Egyptian language, i'b-(no. 5 of 6); det. for i'b (1 & 2), 1: to approach, to come towards, to meet; 2: "to present a gift", to make an offering, 'an offering'; B. i', i'y, bathing; i'u, food, morning meal; i'b-(no. 3 of 6), uses Gardiner no. F16, as det. for "to comb"; the other use of 'to comb', is for 'to card wool' and also uses the Horn hieroglyph, but is the equivalent word: ' ' b-(no.2, of 3); ( ' ' b-no. 1 is a vessel, bowl, but made of "copper", etc.) |
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| i'r i'r-t-(feminine) uraeus |
i'r-t | uraeus | Uraeus; Determinative for i'rt, the Uraeus, and also in Goddess names | |
| i'ḥ (crescent) moon |
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) | |
| i'ḥ fields-(planting) |
i'ḥ | fields-(planting) (etc.) |
see moon, (also i'h); 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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| iy to go, to come |
iy | to go, to come | to go, to come, (see i(i)) | |
| i(i) it reed with legs |
i(i) it |
(flowering) reed-(=rush) w/ legs |
combined sound-sign, determinative for i(+i); come, to come, coming, etc | |
| iy-m-ḥtp Imhotep |
iy-m-ḥtp | Imhotep | Imhotep | |
| iw, iw' isu 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. | |
| ib heart |
ib | heart | Ideogram or det. for ib, "heart"; (See also kid (goat), for ib) | |
| ib calf kid (goat) |
ib | calf kid (goat) |
1. Phoneme ib for 'young goat'; 2. Determinative for words of 'young farm animals' 3. (See also heart, for ib) |
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| ib3 pawn (draughtsman) (token) |
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. | |
| ib3u, ib3 ib, ibu man-dancing (kh)bi ib, ibu ib3u, ib3 |
(kh)bi 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. | |
| Imn Amun |
imn | Amun | see Amun | |
| imn man-hiding |
imn | man-hiding | Determinative for imn, to hide, to conceal, secret, mysterious; also hidden person or thing, concealed, secret, mysterious (verb, noun, adjective) | |
| imny unmy Emblem of-the-West |
imny-("West") unmy-("right") |
Emblem of-the-West (hieroglyph) |
Emblem of the West Ideogram for imnt, west, (and similar); also for unmy, "right". |
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| in fish |
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 cosmetic palettes. | |
| inb wall |
inb | wall | 1. Ideogram or det. for inb, "wall";2. (a det. for related words) | |
| inr dbt-ḏbt block |
1.-inr 2.-dbt-ḏbt dby-t-plinth |
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; 4A. Det. for dbt-(ḏbt), "brick"; 4B. dby-t-plinth, pedestal |
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| ir eye |
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) | |
| utcha-t Eye of Horus |
utchat | Eye of Horus | Eye of Horus | |
| irp wine jars |
"irp" | wine jars |
Determinative in irp, "wine" | |
| is-t seat throne |
st (also is-t)-(constructs) |
seat throne |
see: st; seat, throne, place, abode, tomb, room, chamber, etc.; many constructs as "Place of... XXX"; place of purity, Place of Landing, (a quay, wharf), is-t meni, | |
| ISt Isis |
iSt | Isis | Isis | |
| ISir "ASar"-Osiris |
iSir "ASar" |
Osiris | Osiris | |
| chair (chair for carrying) |
-- | carrying chair |
Ideogram for 3sir, the God Osiris | |
| 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. |
List y to i(i)
| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| y ii pair-of-reeds |
y | pair-of-reeds | alphabetic uniliteral vowel y | |
| i(i) it reed with legs |
i(i) it |
(flowering) reed-(=rush) w/ legs |
combined sound-sign, determinative for i(+i); come, to come, coming, etc | |
| 1–cane 2–reed-(=Rush) 3–(swt)-Rush 4–flowering- rush-(sedge) |
-- | -- | -- |
List ' to '(sh)3
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| '3 door/ (gateway) |
'3 | door (often vertical) |
1. Egyptian language, '3, equivalent to . 2. Determinative, 'open' |
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| '3 Great wooden-column |
'3 -- (bil.) |
column?, club? | 'Great' (wooden)-column |
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| 'nḫ life live |
ankh 'n(kh) 'nḫ -- (tril.) |
life live |
Tril. 'n(kh); Ideogram for "life", "live" |
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| 'ḥ palace |
'ḥ | palace | 1. Ideogram, 'h-('ḥ), "palace"; see also: palace, temple, tomb, ḥut | |
| 'ḥ3 arms- with-shield- and-mace (or axe) |
'ḥ3 | arms- with-shield- and-mace (or axe) |
Ideogram for 'ha-('ḥ3), "combat"; (fight, contest, struggle)-(noun or verb) | |
| 'ḥ' mast |
'h' ( 'ḥ' ) -- (tril.) |
mast (hieroglyph) -- (tril.) |
Triliteral 'h' , "to erect" | |
| 'ḥ' - 'ḥ'it stele, tablet, hill |
'ḥ',-'ḥ'it | 'mast' + stele | see: u(dj); stele, tablet, hill; 'h'u, (the Plural), for: place, post, station, position, condition, state |
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| 'ḥ'-'ḥ'u 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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| '(sh)3 lizard many multitude |
'(sh) -- (tril.) |
lizard | much, many, numerous, overmuch | |
| '(sh)3 lizard |
'(sh)a 'š3 -- (tril.) |
lizard | 1. "multitudes", (=the populace, etc.); 2. Det. or ideo. in 'š3-('(sh)a), "lizard"; also the tril. |
List u to u(dj)b
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| Alphabetic & 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) |
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| 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) |
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| u3 lasso |
(ua) w3 -- (bil.) |
lasso | lasso, for "cord", (possibly earlier, a word related to "lasso") | |
| u3ḥ sq (fiber) swab straw-broom |
sq, (or) u3ḥ (bil.-tril.) |
(fiber) swab (straw broom) |
1. Biliteral sq; "to clean", "dust"; 2. Triliteral uah, (w3ḥ) |
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| u3s scepter-Was Was-sceptre |
w3s (uas) -- (tril.) |
w3s (u3s) |
see Was scepter | |
| u3ḏ papyrus stem |
u3ḏ (tril.) |
papyrus stem (hieroglyph) |
Tril. ua(dj)-(w3ḏ) | |
| u' harpoon (single- barbed) |
u' w' -- (bil.) |
harpoon (hieroglyph) |
1. "single" items; "1", 'each', etc.; 2. Bil. w' | |
| uba hand drill ḥmt ub3 |
ḥmt | hand drill (hieroglyph) |
1. Ideogram in hmt-(ḥmt), the name for the 'hand drill tool'; also hmt for words of "art", "artisan", etc. 2. Ideo. or det. for uba, (wb3), to 'rise', to 'open'; see: Rise of a Star: ubn: |
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| ubn sun-shining- with-rays ubn 3(kh)u, psdj piercing- -rays stiut-stut |
(many uses) (Betrò ref)[1] |
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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| up horns |
up (wp) -- (bil.) |
(pair of)-horns | "open", the New Year Festival, (Opening the Year) | |
| up-rnp-t horns + time |
up-rnp-t | (pair of)-horns ligatured with "stalk"-(palm)-(=time) | (see: Renpet) | |
| un hare |
un (wn) -- (bil.) |
desert hare (hieroglyph) |
bil. wn | |
| ur swallow Great |
ur (wr) -- (bil.) |
swallow swallow (hieroglyph), (Hirundinidae family) |
bil. wr | |
| urrt chariot |
urrt | chariot | Ideogram or det. for chariot | |
| urs headrest |
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: [1] |
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| uḥm leg of hoofed animal |
(uhm)-(whm) wḥm -- (tril.) |
leg of ox |
hoof, claw of a bird | |
| uḥm leg of hoofed animal |
(uhm)-(whm) wḥm -- (tril.) |
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) |
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| u(sh)n 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) |
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| utn "long-stemmed plant" |
utn wtn |
"long-stemmed-plant", (actual hieroglyph, has a papyrus head); similar to festival route, Intestine-(shape) | an offering, gift; make a gift; see utchb-udjb | |
| uṯs u(tj)s to lift up tjs' to raise oneself |
u(tj)s uṯs |
a support-(to lift) | 1. to lift up, support, etc. 2. see also: tjs' |
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| u(dj) "command staff" |
u(dj) (w(dj)) -- (bil.) |
"command staff" | to give an order, to command, to decree; (bil. | |
| u(dj) 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 | |
| utcha-t Eye of Horus |
utchat | Eye of Horus | Eye of Horus | |
| udj' utch' a scale a balance (="judgement") |
u(dj)' | balance ligatured with arm | judge, "judgement" | |
| ('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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| utchb-u(dj)b p(kh)ar, rr utchb intestine-(shape) |
p(kh)ar, rr utchb-udjb |
intestine-(shape); in Rosetta Stone, festival routes | Egyptian language, utchb; from dikeworks, to turn round, to change the direction, (crop rows) |
List b to bnri
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ba Ba-soul-bird |
ba -- (bil.) |
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| baiu Ba-soul-bird |
baiu | divine souls, souls of gods | ||
| bi3 basin 'wife', 'woman' ḥmt bi3 |
ḥmt bi3 |
basin basin w/ripples |
Phonemes for ḥmt, bi3; A "basin", but commonly used for 'wife', or 'woman' | |
| bint harp |
bint [bin-t, bn-t] |
harp (hieroglyph) |
Determinative in bint, "harp"; (see article Medamud for relief usage) | |
| bit bee |
bity | bee | abbreviation for bity, the "king"-"pharaoh"-see Nesu-bity, Nesu bity) | |
| bnw bnu 'bennu' bennu- bird (Phoenix) |
bnw (bnu) |
Bennu bird |
1. the stork-like Bennu; 2. Determinative for bnw, the "Phoenix-bird"; 3. For 'Phoenix' & Harp, in both cultures-(Egypt & Mesopotamia), one of few Akkadian, Semitic word similarities: Akkadian: banuA, to create, build, generate; and banuB, to be good, beautiful.[2] |
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| bnri date-(sweet(s)) |
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'. | |
| n(dj)m (carob) (sweet)-rhizome (sweet)-pod |
n(dj)m -- (tril.) |
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 |
List from p to ptj
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p3 duck-in-flight |
p3 -- (bil.) |
duck-in-flight | Ideogram and bil. for p3, to fly; phoneme for p3 | |
| (p3) p3t, p3u-t (bread)-loaf with-decoration |
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) |
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| pr house estate "home of" |
pr -- (bil.) |
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' |
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| pḥ hindpart of lion |
pḥ -- (bil.) |
"hindpart" | 1. ideas of 'physical force', and 'strength, (from the legs of the hindparts); 2. Biliteral pḥ; 3. see also: "forepart of lion", what is 'foremost', what 'excels', etc, |
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| pḥty leopard head |
pḥty ("pehty") |
leopard head (hieroglyph) |
Determinative or abbreviation for "pehty"-(pḥty), "strength" | |
| 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) | |
| pt sky heaven |
pt | sky | sky, (or heaven), and often used as God/Pharaoh XXXX, Lord of Sky/Heaven, hieroglyph block: |
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| pq head of bird(2-types) |
pq | head of bird (open beak) (or Spoonbill) |
1. Phoneme for pq; 2. Also as: or |
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| head of duck |
apd 3pd |
head of duck |
1. an abbreviation for 3pd, "bird" | |
| pṯ to extend to stretch |
pṯ p(tj) |
to stretch, to extend | to stretch, to extend |
List f to fnt
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f viper |
f | viper (hieroglyph) |
1. Uniliteral f; 2. possessive pronoun "his", (following the noun, "...Pharaoh-his...", "town-his") |
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| fa fai, etc man-seated-with- basket-on-head 3tp, 3dp fa, fai & k3t |
1a.-3tp, 3dp (Coptic-otp) 1b.-fa, fai 2.-k3t |
man-seated-with- basket-on-head |
1a. for 3tp, 3dp, to load, to be laden, master of the load; equals Coptic language, otp; (minor use for 'tp, 'dp); 1b. for fa, fai, to carry, to bear; additional constructs for carrier, bearer, supporter, (and types thereof); for fa-dni, the "bearer-of-the- -basket", see: Greek-Kanephoros; 2. for ka-t, kau-ti, work, labour, toil; workmen, labourers, artisans, craftsmen, etc. |
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| fa-dni "bearer-of-the- -basket" Gk-Kanephoros |
fa-dni | "bearer-of-the- -basket" (of sacred offerings) |
"bearer-of-the-basket-of sacred offerings"; used in the Ptolemaic Decrees, for Ptolemy III, IV & V, the Decree of Canopus, Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy IV), & the Rosetta Stone, Greek language, 'kanephoros', (the Kanephoros) | |
| fnt shn-t nose |
shen-t fent |
nose | nose | |
| fnt shn-t 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 phonemefor face) |
List: m to mdju
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m owl |
m (vertical) |
owl (hieroglyph) |
Unil. m | |
| m horizontal plinth (shape) |
m (horizontal) |
plinth (hieroglyph) |
Unil. m as the horizontal m | |
| m vertical Baker's tool |
m (vertical) |
Baker's tool (hieroglyph) |
Unil. m as the vertical m | |
| m3' plinth |
ma'-(m3') | (a solid) plinth |
1. =to m3' , ; 2. det. or ideo. for words meaning: true, right, truth, integrity, etc |
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| m3i lion |
m3i | lion | Ideogram for standing lion, m3i | |
| M3't Goddess-Maat |
m3't | Goddess-Maat | Goddess Maat | |
| mi 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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| miu cat |
miu | cat | Determinative for cat, as well as for the onomatopoeic Meeeeoooww, Egyptian miu | |
| mnit Menat |
(mnit) | "menat necklace and counterpoise" |
1. "Menat and counterpoise"; 2. Ideogram or det. in mnit, the necklace of Menat pearls | |
| mnit 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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| mn(kh), mn(kh)-t 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, |
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| mr 3b chisel |
3b mr |
chisel (hieroglyph) |
(See: Narmer Palette) bil., 3b, mr; (see also for mr, Canal) |
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| mr canal |
mr | canal (hieroglyph) |
mr-(Beloved of XX); det. water; (see also for mr, Chisel) | |
| mr (hand)-hoe |
mr | (hand)-hoe | "Beloved of XX" | |
| hoe | mr | hoe (hieroglyph) |
1. bil. mr, for "beloved"; 2. used in Pharaoh, individuals, other names, etc: (Pharaoh XX, Beloved of God/Goddess YY) |
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| arm-(palm-down) | rmnu ni |
arm-palm-down | arm | |
| mḥ cubit |
mḥ | cubit | ||
| mḥ whip |
mḥ | whip | Bil. mḥ; (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: water-skin) | |
| m(kh)3t scale |
m(kh)3t | scale | Ideogram and det. for m(kh)3t-(mḫat), "scale": see Stand (for Scales) | |
| ms 3-fox- -skins |
ms | 3-fox- -skins |
Bil. ms, "born", "born-of"; example, Pharaoh Ahmose, "Moon-Born"; Kamose, "Spirit-Born" | |
| m(dj) + items: to bind |
m(dj) + | A. (w/Jars)—scents, unguents, salve B. w/Fetter + Cobra)—pits, caverns (graves?), etc C. (w/P. Scroll)—1. a Decree, 2. divine literature D. (w/Papyrus Scroll)—Letter, Writing, Book, etc. E,F,G (w/various)—items that bind, to bind, and a girdle |
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| m(dj), m(dj)ut Fetter + Cobra |
m(dj), m(dj)ut | Fetter + Cobra | deep place, deep, pit, cavern-extending, subterranean shrine, etc | |
| m(dj)3t papyrus roll |
m(dj)3-t m(dj)3t |
papyrus roll |
papyrus roll | |
| m(dj)u md cattle hobble |
m(dj)u (also md) |
"cattle hobble" | Egyptian mathematics, 10 |
List n to ndjm
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nu pot nu qd |
nu qd -- (bil.)-nu |
pot (various) (typical-spherical) |
Phoneme for nw; det. for qd, construct, mold; (see: ḥnk, Arm-with-nu-pot) | |
| nb basket (wicker) |
nb -- (bil.) |
basket (hieroglyph) |
Egyptian for "everything", every; major use: "Lord", (or feminine, Lady); Bil. nb Ideogram for basket: master, lord |
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| "nub" nb gold (hieroglyph) (gold collar) |
nb (nub) -- (bil.) |
gold: "pearls" of gold in necklace |
bil. nb; Horus of Gold name in Pharaonic titulary | |
| nfr heart and windpipe |
nfr -- (tril.) |
heart and windpipe |
Egyptian triliteral sign for nfr, (beauty), or "perfect" | |
| nmm nmm-t slaughter-block w/ knife |
nmm (and) nmm-t |
slaughter-block w/ knife |
execute, slaughter, 'torture' | |
| nḥ Guinea Hen Guinea Fowl |
nḥ -- (bil.) |
Guinea Hen Numida meleagris |
1. Egyp. bil. nḥ, for the bird; phon. for nḥ; 2. 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". |
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| ns A-tongue B-30th-(of month) |
ns -- (bil.) |
tongue | 1. Egyp. bil. ns. 2. A-tongue, and related words for speech; B-30th-(the 'Last Day of the Month'), and therefore, (next)-last. |
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| nt Neith's Emblem |
nt | Neith's Emblem |
1. Ideogram or det. for name of Goddess Neith; 2. Egyp. bil. nt. |
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| n(dj) cross-n(dj) |
n(dj) nḏ -- (bil.) |
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: | |
| n(dj)m'n(dj)m' (carob) (sweet)-rhizome (sweet)-pod |
n(dj)m -- (tril.) |
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 |
List r to rd
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r mouth |
r | mouth (hieroglyph) |
Unil. r | |
| R' Ra |
r' | Ra | Ra (=r' ) | |
| rwḏ 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) |
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| rr p(kh)ar "to turn round" |
rr p(kh)ar |
see p(kh)ar (intestine-(shape)) | to turn in the other direction | |
| rs archer's equipment (=quiver) |
rs | archer's equipment (=quiver) |
phonogram, rs | |
| rs Upper Egypt |
rs | Symbolic Plant of Upper Egypt, ligatured with r. | Upper Egypt. Also, the South. | |
| rd pds w'rt sbq leg (human) |
rd | leg (human) |
Ideo., det. for rd, "leg"; Det. "to tread"; (see Foot) Also: for pds, w'rt, sbq. |
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| rd stairs |
rd | single stairway |
steps, stairway, terrace |
List h to ḥ(dj)
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| h reed shelter |
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, | |
| h (ḥ) wick |
h (ḥ) |
wick (hieroglyph) |
1. second uniliteral h; 2. see first uniliteral h, the reed shelter (hieroglyph), Gardiner no. O4, |
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| ḥut palace temple tomb |
ḥut | plan view palace-(estate) |
1. Ideogram for hwt-(ḥut), palace, temple, tomb; see also: palace, 'ḥ | |
| ḥfn frog 100,000 |
ḥfn 100,000 |
frog (Type 2) |
100,000 | |
| ḥmw hmu rudder |
ḥmw hmu-hmw |
rudder | Determinative, hmu-(ḥmw), for "rudder" and related words | |
| (ḥm) ḥmt basin 'wife', 'woman' ḥmt bi3 |
ḥmt bi3 |
basin basin w/ripples |
Phonemes for ḥmt, bi3; A "basin", but commonly used for 'wife', or 'woman' | |
| ḥm 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. |
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| ḥmt basin 'wife', 'woman' ḥmt bi3 |
ḥmt bi3 |
basin basin w/ripples |
Phonemes for ḥmt, bi3; A "basin", but commonly used for 'wife', or 'woman' | |
| ḥmt hand drill ḥmt ub3 |
ḥmt | hand drill (hieroglyph) |
1. Ideogram in hmt-(ḥmt), the name for the 'hand drill tool'; also hmt for words of "art", "artisan", etc. 2. Ideo. or det. for uba, (wb3), to 'rise', to 'open'; see: Rise of a Star: ubn: |
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| ḥn (bundled)-"container" -(w/-cord-tie) |
ḥn | (bundled)-"container" -(w/-cord-tie) |
Phonogram ḥn; products–natural or artificial, things, property, goods, possessions, tools, fabrics | |
| ḥn garland (of flowers) 'herb' 'grass' |
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... |
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| ḥnty "henti-years" 120 years |
ḥnty | doubled container (or-added-glyphs) many spellings |
period of 120 years; in translation: "for..'henti years'"; from, ḥn-t, border, boundary, end, limit, frontier, etc | |
| ḥnk arm-with-nu-pot |
ḥnk | arm-offering-nu-pot | Determinative in ḥnk, "to make an offering", also: gift, offering, etc. (see also: List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs; see also: nu, pot) | |
| ḥr face |
ḥr | face (hieroglyph) |
1. Bil. hr-(ḥr); 2. Ideogram for 'face'; 3. A major preposition for "on, upon", etc.; additional preposition constructs; 4. (see also: Nose, sometimes used for the face) |
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| ḥru ḥr Horus |
ḥr | Horus-Hawk | Horus; about 200 Horus-god names; an example: Horus-the-Child, Greek language-equivalent, arpokrates; Egyptian, Hru-p-(kh)ard(d=t), | |
| ḥḥ 'eternity' |
ḥḥ | 'eternity' a-long-timeperiod wick-Ra-wick God-Huh |
eternity, or "a long time period"; (variations of timeperiods, with tweaks of the seated man holding renpet-constructs) | |
| ḥs vase water-pot |
ḥs | vase water-pot |
Bil. ḥs | |
| ḥs excrement dung feces |
ḥs | excrement dung feces |
Determinative in hs-(ḥs), "excrement" | |
| ḥq scepter-heq Hq scepter |
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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| ḥqt frog Goddess Heket |
ḥqt (bḫn' and qrr) |
frog | Determinative, frog; (See also (frog)-Goddess Heket, her 'emblem'); noun words for 'frog': 'bḫn, qrr | |
| ḥtp hotep offering-tablet |
ḥtp | hotep offering-tablet |
(see Hotep-offering-tablet) | |
| ḥ(dj) mace |
ḥ(dj) | mace, (stone macehead, wooden handle) | Ideogram, and phonogram for mace, ḥ(dj) | |
| ḥ(dj) white crown |
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) |
List: kh to kht.(-stick, branch)
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kh 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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| ḫ3 (kh)a 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: (see also ksi, to bow, to bend, to do homage, etc, for ḫ3-3-b) | |
| ẖ3 (kh)a fish (mako-shark) M. kannume (Oxyrhynchus) |
(kh)a-ḫ3 | fish-(leaping) mako-shark |
1. Phonetic value (kh)a-((kh)3), from name, ideogram (kh)it-(ḫit); 2. Bil. for (kh)a | |
| (kh)' ḫ' sun-rising- -with-rays |
(kh)' ḫ' |
sun-rising- -with-rays |
Bil. (kh)' , ḫ'; sun-rising (hieroglyph) | |
| (kh)uy arm-with-flail |
(kh)uy ḫuy |
arm-with-flail | 1. Ideogram for (kh)uy, "to protect" | |
| (kh)us-(kh)usi man -grinding-etc to build |
(kh)us-(kh)usi | man -grinding -(in a mortar) |
man grinding (etc); to grind in a mortar, to build, to construct, etc. | |
| (kh)b-(constructs) | (kh)us-(kh)usi | 1.-(kh)b-constructed words 2.-"town"-Flail, + Shen ring-(in defeat) |
ideas of: to diminish, subtract (in arithmetic), to cut down, 'defeat', etc. | |
| khpr "scarab" |
(kh)-p-r | scarab the Dung Beetle, (Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea) |
See: Scarab (artifact) See: God Khepri |
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| (kh)prš khepresh-helmet |
(kh)prš (ḫprš) |
khepresh-helmet | khepresh-helmet | |
| khpš 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" | |
| khn arms- rowing |
(kh)n ẖn |
arms- rowing |
Egyptian biliteral sign (kh)n, ẖn | |
| khnm (large)-jar |
(kh)nm (ẖnm) |
(large)-jar- -with-handle |
Egyp. tril. (kh)nm | |
| khr ẖr (butcher's)-block 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 |
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| khru 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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| kht stair-single |
-- | stair-single (hieroglyph) |
a determinative | |
| kht branch-(stick) |
(kh)t ḫt |
branch (hieroglyph) (=stick) |
1. Bil. (kh)t; 2. Ideo. or det. for wood, tree; 3. linear measure, (=100 cubits) | |
| khty 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" |
(All listed under Kh1)
List s (folded cloth) to sd, (tail),
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s 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) |
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| folded cloth (seat-back) (cushion) |
-- | seat backing |
iconography in reliefs, (see WikiCommons, [2]); (a folded-cloth is also shown in statue fists), |
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| s door bolt |
s | door bolt (s hieroglyph) | ||
| s door bolt |
s (horizontal) |
door bolt (hieroglyph) |
Unil. s, (the horizontal s); the vertical s is Gardiner no. S29, a folded cloth, | |
| s3, s3-t "son/daughter-of" goose(or duck) |
s3, s3-t -- (bil.) |
goose | 1. "son of", "daughter of", sa, sa-t; 2. goose | |
| s3 fetter hobble |
s3 | cattle hobble -- (bil.) |
bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V17, also s3, (see also: tethering rope) |
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| s3 lifesaver |
s3 -- (bil.) |
lifesaver | bil. s3; equivalent of Gardiner no. V16, also s3, (see also: tethering rope) |
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| s3 "cover" "box" |
s3 -- (bil.) |
'box'-"cage" 'cover' w/door-opening rope |
"s3" | |
| su rush |
su -- (bil.) |
rush w/ 2-sets-of-leaves |
Egyptian biliteral sign su | |
| 1–cane 2–reed-(=Rush) 3–(swt)-Rush 4–flowering- rush-(sedge) |
-- | -- | -- | |
| suḥt egg |
swḥt suḥt |
egg (hieroglyph) |
det. for feminine in goddess names, wives, etc; det. in swḥt, 'egg' | |
| sb3 star sb3 du3 |
sb3 dw3 -- (tril.)-sb3 -- (tril.)-du3 |
star | Ideogram or det. for sba-(sb3), "star"; phonetic for dua-(dw3)(dua); (see Duat) | |
| Sbk Sobek |
sbk | (crocodile) Sobek on shrine (=fetish) |
Ideogram of det. for sbk, (Sobek); (see also Crocodile) | |
| sp "time" |
sp | time | time; see also "threshing floor", Gardiner no. O50, | |
| sp (from spt) threshing- floor |
sp (from spt) |
threshing- floor |
Biliteral sp; (equal to Egyptian: "time"); see also "time", Gardiner no. O48, | |
| s-p(kh)ar to write to engrave |
sp(kh)r | "to turn around" agriculture field dikeworks, with ligature |
to write, to engrave | |
| spti the two lips |
spti | the two lips | the two lips | |
| spd 1-readiness, "sharp" 2-thorn |
spd srt |
1-"readiness" 2-thorn |
Determinative for spd, "readiness", sharp, pointed, etc; det. for srt, "thorn" | |
| spdit Star-Sirius (Dog-Star) |
spdit | Star-Sirius (Dog-Star) |
A. Sirius, Sothic cycle, Sothis; B. 'Readiness', beginning of the year: planting, the Season of the Inundation, (w/ rising of the Dog Star) |
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| sm3 unite, union |
sm3 -- (tril.) |
? | union, to unite | |
| sm3 union |
sma (sm3) -- (tril.) |
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" | |
| sn arrow head |
sn | arrowhead (shape) |
Bil. sn; Ideo. for "arrow" used for: brother, husband sister, wife "smell" touch, grasp 2, "second", 'the same'-(twin), two, both, etc |
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| sn(tj) 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) |
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| s(kh)m sekhem scepter |
sḫm | Sekhem scepter |
Sekhem scepter; "power" is s(kh)m, (sḫm) | |
| arm-with-sekhem- -sceptre |
-- | arm-with-sekhem- -sceptre |
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| s(kh)t 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 | |
| sš-s(sh) (alabaster) basin Festival |
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 |
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| sš, sššt sistrum (or "castanets") |
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 skhm) and Medamud-(article)) |
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| sšn lotus flower |
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. |
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| sq u3ḥ (fiber) swab straw-broom |
sq, (or) u3ḥ bil.-tril. -- (bil.-sq (tril.)-u3ḥ) |
(fiber) swab (straw broom) |
1. Biliteral sq; "to clean", "dust"; 2. Triliteral uah, (w3ḥ) |
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| st seat throne |
st (also is-t)-(constructs) (is-t=st) |
seat throne |
Ideogram for st, seat, throne, place; and phonogram st; see is-t, for major use of Place of XXXX, etc. | |
| St God Set (Seth) |
St | God Set (Seth) | (see Seth animal) | |
| Set- animal (='Seth') |
-- | Set-animal (hieroglyph) |
Set (mythology) | |
| Set-God | -- | Set-God | Set (mythology) | |
| st sta to bring to conduct |
st & sta | "bring along", (a group?) | ||
| sta 1-receptacle 2-furnace |
sta | "receptacle", (furnace) | ||
| (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 |
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| stiut-stut "piercing rays" |
stut-stiut | piercing rays | piercing rays see ubn, (sun-with-rays) |
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| stp 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) |
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| Sṯ Sd Festival of the Tail |
'Sṯ | festival chamber, (the tail is also vertical 'Great': '3) | Sed festival | |
| s(dj)m to listen ear |
s(dj)m "stchm" |
ear | to listen | |
| s(dj)r bier with body |
s(dj)r "stchr" |
bier with body |
to lie down | |
| sd tail |
sd | tail | 1. Determinative for sd, "tail"; then phon., sd; 2. (See: "Festival of the Tail", the Sed festival) |
List š to šd
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| š pool lake (or) basin |
(sh) š |
pool- lake-basin (hieroglyph) |
uniliteral (sh)-š, a pool | |
| pool with legs |
-- | pool with legs |
pool with walking legs | |
| š3-(sh)a plants, (flooded)-field (flooded)-country flower |
š3-(sh)a | plants, in water-(flooded)-land |
1. Ideogram & Phoneme for š3-(sh)a, "flooded country"; 2. Ideogram for a(kh)t, Season of the Inundation | |
| š' knife wound butcher's-knife |
(sh)' š' |
knife (diagonal)-wound |
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| š't slaughter carnage (ribs-cuts) |
(sh)'t š't |
(ribs-cuts) | wounds, slaughter, carnage | |
| (Goddess) Maat |
-- | (Goddess) Maat |
Goddess Maat | |
| (Sh)u-Šu (Maat's) Shu feather |
(Sh)u-Šu | (Maat's) Shu feather |
Goddess Shu; Maat's Shu feather | |
| (sh)uty-šuty 'shuti' adornment (two-feathers) |
(sh)uty-šuty | shuti two-feather adornment (hieroglyph) |
two feathers, shuti two-feather adornment | |
| šm-šm'u flowering rush |
(sh)m'u šm'w |
flowering rush |
flowering rush; also Gardiner nos. M25, M27, M28, | |
| (sh)ms follower-sign |
(sh)ms | follower sign | follower sign | |
| šn (sh)n shnu Shen ring |
"shen" šn |
shen ring |
Determinative in (sh)nw-(šnu), the cartouche | |
| šn (sh)n cartouche |
šn-(shen) rn |
cartouche (hieroglyph) |
special uses, (often with inserted name) šn-(shen), "circle", "encircle", or a 'ring'; later timeperiod usage for "name", rn |
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| šn rope |
(sh)n šn -- (bil.) |
rope-(shape) | Egyptian biliteral sign šn | |
| šs rope-(ends-up) |
(sh)s šs -- (bil.) |
rope-(shape) | Egyptian biliteral sign šs | |
| šnwt (sh)nut granary |
(sh)nut šnwt |
granary | Ideo. or det., šnwt-(sh)nut, "granary" | |
| šs rope-(ends-up) |
(sh)s šs -- (bil.) |
rope-(shape) | Egyptian biliteral sign šs | |
| šsp (sh)sp fence |
(sh)sp šsp |
fence | tril. (sh)sp-šsp-(shesep) | |
| št, štiu (sh)t turtle |
(sh)t št |
turtle | turtle | |
| šd (sh)d water skin |
(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) |
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| whip | mḥ | whip | Bil. mh, (mḥ); (See: similar shaped hieroglyph: water-skin) |
List q to qṯ
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| q3, q3i man-arms-uplifted |
q3, q3i | man-arms-uplifted | to be high, to exalt | |
| q3, q33, q3i i3r double stairway |
q3, q33, q3i | double stairway | 1. Determinative for q3-(constructs): high ground, hill, high place; 2. same for i3r, to climb |
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| qrsu sarcophagus |
qrsu | sarcophagus | Ideogram or det. for qrsw, sarcophagus | |
| qṯ man -constructing |
qd | man -constructing |
man constructing: a "Mason"; Ideogram or det. for qd, "to construct"; (see Wall, (Collapsing)-Wall) |
List k to ksi
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| k basket- with-handle |
k (unil.) |
basket- with-handle (hieroglyph) |
Unil. k | |
| k3 two-arms- (upraised) |
k3 -- (bil.) |
two-arms- (upraised) |
Bil. k3, ka | |
| k3-t man-seated-with- basket-on-head 3tp, 3dp fa, fai & k3t |
1a.-3tp, 3dp (Coptic-otp) 1b.-fa, fai 2.-k3t |
man-seated-with- basket-on-head |
1a. for 3tp, 3dp, to load, to be laden, master of the load; equals Coptic language, otp; (minor use for 'tp, 'dp); 1b. for fa, fai, to carry, to bear; additional constructs for carrier, bearer, supporter, (and types thereof); for fa-dni, the "bearer-of-the- -basket", see: Greek-Kanephoros; 2. for ka-t, kau-ti, work, labour, toil; workmen, labourers, artisans, craftsmen, etc. |
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| k3 bull |
k3 | bull | bull | |
| ks, ksi man-bending-over (=man-bowing, etc.) |
ks (and ks, ksi) |
man-bending-over (=man-bowing) |
A. Determinative for ks, ksi, & ks, to bow, to do homage, to submit; B. same for ḫ3b, (and thematic words of ḫ3-3-b, star & luminary, hippopotamus, lamp & light, etc.) |
G, (also a 'Throne')
List g to gḥs
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gm Ibis-(feeding) |
gm -- (bil.) |
Ibis (feeding) | to find, or to discover | |
| gn-t (bone-flag)- (memorial?) |
gn-t | (memorial-monument -"ancestral bones") |
memorial, record, archive, memorandum; in plural: annals | |
| grḥ night darkness |
grḥ | Sky and ? (Sky and setting stars) |
night, darkness | |
| gr grg pick opening earth |
grg gr |
Pick, opening earth | to have, hold, possess; (used in building new town-locations) | |
| gḥs gazelle (type of) |
gḥs | gazelle | gazelle (Gḥs-t, a Gazelle-Goddess) |
List t to tk3
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t3 land 'country' "strip of land" |
ta (t3) |
(strip of) land 'country' |
Biliteral t3-(ta), "land", "country", etc.; (for t3, see also Kiln, t3) |
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| t3ui "the two lands" |
taui (t3wi) |
"the two lands" |
=Egypt, (i.e. the Two Lands, (south and north), Upper and Lower Egypt) | |
| t3 kiln |
t3 | kiln (hieroglyph) |
Bil. t3; Ideogram for "potter's kiln"; (for t3, see also Land, t3) |
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| ti 'pestle'-(curved top) |
ti | 'pestle'-(curved top) | Bil. ti | |
| tyu hawk B. ferox |
tyu | hawk B. ferox |
Tril. tyu | |
| tut form, image, likeness (double) |
tut | (vertical) mummy |
form, likeness, image, (double) Tutankhamun: Form-Living-(of)-Amun |
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| tp archaic- -dagger |
tp | dagger (archaic) vertical |
"top", or "first"; "first", "foremost"; Ideogram in tp, tpy; det. in mtpnt |
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| tp 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)) | |
| tm sled (sledge) |
tm | sled (sledge) |
Bil. tm | |
| tn cartouche-(divided) |
tn (tny, tnu<br)dnit-t) |
cartouche-(divided) | ideas of to divide, to exclude, words related to Egyptian language tn, etc. | |
| t(kh)n obelisk |
tḫn | obelisk | Ideogram or det. for t(kh)n, obelisk | |
| tk3 lamp-(1)tk3 & (tq) fire-flame-(2) |
tk3 (& tq) (see: Fire-Flame) |
a 'brazier' | 1. lamp; Coptic language, tk. 2. (see Fire-Flame) |
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| lamp-(1) fire-flame-(2) |
1.-Fire-Flame 2.-Lamp 3.-Brazier |
a 'brazier' | 1. lamp 2. (see Fire-Flame)-(in progress) 3. "Brazier" 4. Egyptian language, (kh)3bs, (for lamp, etc.-tied to (kh)3bs, for "star", "luminary"; for Flame: (kh)t, s(dj)t, & nsr; for Heat: rkḥ & t3. |
Tj, (not an Egyptian bilteral)
List tj to tjt
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tj3 duckling nestling |
tj3 t_3 -- (bil.) |
duckling nestling |
Bil. (tsh)3, t_3, for 'baby bird', duckling; Ideogram for 'young bird' (The Egyptian vizier is the "tshat(y)") |
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| tjs (tsh)s knot |
tjs -- (bil.) |
knot | 1. knot; to tie in a knot, fetter; 2. Bil. (tsh)s, t_s |
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| tjs' uṯs utjs to lift up tjs' to raise oneself |
utjs uṯs |
a support-(to lift) | 1. to lift up, support, etc. 2. see also: utjs |
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| tjs-ut Four Pillars of Heaven |
Four Pillars of Heaven | four props, the Four Pillars of Heaven; also as, s(kh)nut, four pillars of the sky; (sa)(kh)niu, additionally, 4 legs of a chair; s(kh)nut, 4 legs of a vessel & s(kh)nut IV, the 4 Pillars that Support the Sky | ||
| tjt t_t"Knot of Isis" "Girdle of Isis" |
tjt t_t tyet |
?stylized ankh (for Isis)(?) |
Tyet, Knot of Isis, Girdle of Isis | |
| tjt t_t take possession of carry off |
tjt t_t |
Tethering rope w/ walking legs | to take possession of, seize, carry off, conquer, acquire |
List d to d(sh)r-t, dd
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d hand |
d | hand (hieroglyph) |
Uniliteral d | |
| di arm-with-cone vertical-bread=cone offering |
di | arm-with-cone vertical-bread-cone |
to give, or given | |
| di vertical cone |
di | vertical cone | to give, or given; especially shown in Pharaonic reliefs |
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| di bread -cone (offering loaf) |
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') |
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| arm-with-nu-pot ḥnk |
ḥnk | arm-offering-nu-pot | Determinative in ḥnk, "to make an offering", also: gift, offering, etc. (see also: List of portraiture offerings with Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs) | |
| du3 star sb3 du3 |
sb3 dw3 (tril.)-dw3 (tril.)-sb3 |
star | Ideogram or det. for sba-(sb3), "star"; phonetic for dua-(dw3)(dua); (see Duat) | |
| du3t Otherworld Duat |
dw3t | star-in-circle | Otherworld, the Duat | |
| dbḥ 'grain measure' |
dbḥ | grain measure (with plural, for grain particles) | ||
| dbt-ḏbt inr block |
1.-inr 2.-dbt-ḏbt dby-t-plinth |
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; 4A. Det. for dbt-(ḏbt), "brick"; 4B. dby-t-plinth, pedestal |
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| dmd, dmdj dnd, dndj two whips with shen ring |
dm(dj) dmḏ dmd-dm(dj) or dnd-dn(dj) |
two whips with shen ring (hieroglyph) |
Ideogram and det. in dmdj-(dmḏ), for "to unite" | |
| (a)-djnḥ (b)-dnḥ wing |
a.-djnḥ b.-dnḥ |
wing | wing | |
| dnḥdnḥ to fly |
dnḥdnḥ | to fly | to fly (other listings of 'to fly'; example with Duck-in-flight (hieroglyph), pa, pai) |
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| dḥuti or djḥuti God Thoth |
dḥuti djḥuti |
Ibis on iat standard (hieroglyph), Seated God, Ibis-headed, (anthropomorphic) | God Thoth, the God of the scribes | |
| d(sh) & d(sh)r "red"-(items) |
d(sh) | 'red', in Egyptian hieroglyphs for word constructs | ||
| d(sh)r-t red crown |
n (vertical) |
red crown d(sh)r-t |
see Deshret; Red crown (hieroglyph)-(uniliteral n-(vertical)); (see also White crown) |
Dj, (not an Egyptian bilteral)
List dj to djd-(Djed Pillar)
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| Alphabetic & Common Name |
Hiero. | Transl. | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dj cobra -at-rest |
dj tch |
cobra -at-rest |
Uniliteral dj, (or tch) | |
| 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) | |
| viper | f | viper (hieroglyph) |
1. Uniliteral f; 2. possessive pronoun "his", (following the noun, "...Pharaoh-his...", "town-his") |
|
| dja fire-drill |
dja ḏ3 -- (bil.) |
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)-u(dj)') |
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| dj'm white-gold |
dj'm tch'm |
gold collar ligatured with was sceptre | white-gold see gold (hieroglyph) |
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| dju mountain |
(dj)u ḏw -- (bil.) |
mountain | Bil. (dj)u-(ḏw), for "mountain"; ideogram and phoneme for "mountain" | |
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| djfdj pupil (eye) |
djfdj | pupil (eye) | 1. Determinative in djfdj, pupil. (other spellings, /entries) | |
| (a)-djnḥ (b)-dnḥ wing |
a.-djnḥ b.-dnḥ |
wing | wing | |
| djr Bundle of Flax |
1-(dj)r many word constructs 2-dma -- (bil.)-djr |
bundle of flax | 1. Bil. & phoneme for djr; 2. Determinative for dm3, to tie together, to bind, to gather together, to collect |
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| Basket of Fruit |
1-[(dj)r] 2-dma-(to-gather) -- (bil.) djr-(equivalent) |
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. ...."[4] |
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| djḥuti or dḥuti God Thoth |
djḥuti | Ibis on iat standard (hieroglyph), Seated God, Ibis-headed, (anthropomorphic) | God Thoth, the God of the scribes | |
| djsr arm w/ sceptre |
djsr tchsr -- (tril.) |
arm w/ sceptre |
to be holy, to segregate See Djsr (arm with powerstick) |
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| djd tchd to speak |
djd tchd |
(cobra + hand) | to speak | |
| djd tchd Djed Pillar |
djd tchd -- (bil.) |
Djed pillar | Djed Pillar |
| Biliteral signs | ||||||||
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3w |
3b / mr |
3ḫ |
iw |
ib |
in / nw |
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in |
in |
ir |
is |
'3 |
ꜥb |
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'q |
'ḏ |
w3 |
w' |
wp |
wn |
wr |
wḏ |
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b3 |
bẖ |
p3 |
pr |
pḥ |
pḏ / pd |
pḏ / pd |
m3 |
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mi |
mw |
mn |
mr |
mr |
mr / 3b |
mḥ |
ms |
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mt |
mt / mwt |
md |
nw / in |
nb |
nm |
nn |
nḥ |
|
ns |
nḏ |
rw |
rs |
ḥ3 |
ḥw |
ḥp |
ḥm |
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ḥm |
ḥn |
ḥr |
ḥs |
ḥḏ |
ḫꜣ |
ḫʾ |
ḫw |
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ḫt |
ẖ3 |
ẖn |
ẖn |
ẖr |
s3 |
s3 |
s3 |
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s3 |
s3 |
sw |
sp |
sn |
sk |
st / sṯ |
š3 |
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šw |
šm |
šn |
šs |
šd |
qs |
qd |
k3 |
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km |
gm |
gs |
t3 |
t3 |
ti |
tp |
tp |
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tm |
ṯ3 |
mı͗ |
di |
ḏ3 |
ḏw |
ḏr |
ḏd |
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