List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: M–Z

A List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: M–Z.

Uses: Man-seated: arms in adoration (hieroglyph).
Uses Pyramid hieroglyph.

M

Common
Name		 Hiero. Transl. Element Description
Goddess-Maat
M3't
 
(shu feather of maat)
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 )
man-standing:
arms in
adoration
-- man-standing:
arms in
adoration
(hieroglyph)		 man-standing: arms in adoration; (see WikiCommons )
man-standing:
arms raised
in celebration
-- man-standing:
arms raised
in celebration		 man-standing: arms raised in celebration
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
 
or or
 
(the equivalent)
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')
milk-jug
-in-net
 
or or
 
(the equivalent)
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.
(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)
(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))
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

N

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

O

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)
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"
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:

P

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 roll-
-tied (& sealed)
m(dj)3t
m(dj)3-t
m(dj)3t		 papyrus roll--
-tied		 papyrus roll-tied (& sealed)
papyrus
stem
u3ḏ
u3ḏ

tril.		 papyrus
stem
(hieroglyph)		 Tril. ua(dj)-(w3ḏ)
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.
("god")
flag
pennant
(axe)
(with uraeus)
nṯr pennant
or 'staff-flag'
with wrapped
handle		 1. God
2. n(tsh)r or n(ch)r, nṯr 3. Det.
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.
(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"
(or)
(or)
,

,
-- "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
 
 
(no3 (unlisted))
(sh)
š		 pool-
lake-basin
(hieroglyph)		 uniliteral (sh)-š, a pool
pool
with legs
-- pool
with legs		 pool with walking legs
pot
(various shapes)
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

Q

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)

R

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
flowering
rush
šm-šm'u
(m26)
(sh)m'u
šm'w		 flowering
rush		 flowering rush; also Gardiner nos. M25, M27, M28,
 
 

S

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
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)
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)
silver
h(dj)
(ḥḏ)		 silver 1. silver;
2. (see Gold (hieroglyph);
3. equal to Egyptian h(dj)-(ḥḏ), for "club"
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))
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
smite
slay, beat
sḳr
(sqer)		 smite
slay, beat		 sḳr
(sqer)
Sobek
Sbk
(archaic fetish)
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"
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:
(similar) (variants)
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)
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
(equal equiv)
 
(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
(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)
swallow
wr swallow
(hieroglyph)		 Biliteral wr, ur; 2. Egyptian for "great"; (confer with cuneiform GAL); 3. often in composition blocks with r, mouth,

T

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)
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

U

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

V

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)

W

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'

X

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)

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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

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  1. ↑ Zauzich, 1992. Hieroglyphs Without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing, section: Tutankhamun's Alabaster Chest, p. 59-65.
  2. ↑ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Sun with Rays, p. 152.
  3. ↑ Betrò, 1995. Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt, Elephant Tusks, p. 119.
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