List of hieroglyphs/I

Egyptian hieroglyphs

Types	uniliteral biliteral triliteral numerals

Gardiner sign list	A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA

Lists	by common name A–L M–Z by alphabetization

I1
Gecko

Phonetic:	ˁšȝ (asha)
Determinative:	lizard, Gecko (ˁšȝ)
Ideogram:	lizard

Phonetic:	štjw (shetjw)
Determinative:	turtle
Ideogram:	freshwater turtle

Phonetic:	ḫntj, ḥntj, ȝd (khentj, hentj, ad)
Determinative:	crocodile
Ideogram:	crocodile

Phonetic:	Sbk (sobek)
Determinative:	Sobek, the crocodile god
Ideogram:	crocodile on a shrine

Phonetic:	sȝḳ (saq)
Determinative:	collect, gather
Ideogram:	crocodile with inward curved tail

Phonetic:	km (kem)
Determinative:	black
Ideogram:	piece of crocodile-skin with spines

Phonetic:	ḳrr, ḥḳt, wḥm-ˁnḫ (qerer, heqet, whem-ankh)
Determinative:	Heqet, the frog goddess
Ideogram:	frog

Phonetic:	ḥfn (hefen)
Determinative:	tadpole
Ideogram:	tadpole

Phonetic:	f
Ideogram:	horned adder

I10

Phonetic:	ḏ (dj)
Determinative:	cobra
Ideogram:	cobra in repose

I11

Phonetic:	ḏḏ (djdj)
Ideogram:	two cobras

I12

Phonetic:	iˁrt, nsrt (iart, nesert)
Determinative:	uraeus, or Wadjet
Ideogram:	cobra (erect as on the forehead of the Pharaoh)

I13

Phonetic:	wȝḏyt (wadjet)
Determinative:	Wadjet
Ideogram:	cobra of I12 on the basket

I14

Phonetic:	ḥfȝw (hefaw)
Determinative:	snake
Ideogram:	snake

References

Gardiner, A.H. (1957): Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, Oxford: Griffith Institute. ISBN 978-0-900416-35-4

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