List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories (A–Z, roughly). Georg Möller compiled more extensive lists, organized by historical epoch (published posthumously in 1927 and 1936).
In Unicode, the block Egyptian Hieroglyphs (2009) includes 1071 signs, organization based on Gardiner's list. As of 2016, there is a proposal by Michael Everson to extend the Unicode standard to comprise Möller's list.[1]
Subsets[]
Notable subsets of hieroglyphs:[2]
- Determinatives
- Uniliteral signs
- Biliteral signs
- Triliteral signs
- Egyptian numerals
Letter classification by Gardiner[]
| Letter | Description ()
|
Category (individual hieroglyph articles) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | § Man and his occupations | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: man and his occupations (4) | |
| B | § Woman and her occupations | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: woman and her occupations (0) | |
| C | § Anthropomorphic deities | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: anthropomorphic deities (0) | |
| D | § Parts of the human body | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: parts of the human body (13) | |
| E | § Mammals | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: mammals (8) | |
| F | § Parts of mammals | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: parts of mammals (7) | |
| G | § Birds | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: birds (7) | |
| H | § Parts of birds | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: parts of birds (1) | |
| I | § Amphibious animals, reptiles, etc. | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: amphibious-animals-reptiles-etc (4) | |
| K | § Fishes and parts of fishes | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: fishes and parts of fishes (0) | |
| L | § Invertebrata and lesser animals | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: invertebrates and lesser animals (2) | |
| M | § Trees and plants | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: trees and plants (6) | |
| N | § Sky, earth, water | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: sky-earth-water (16) | |
| NU | § Upper nile | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs by category (27) | |
| NL | § Lower nile | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs by category (27) | |
| O | § Buildings, parts of buildings, etc. | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: buildings and parts-of-buildings-etc (12) | |
| P | § Ships and parts of ships | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: ships and parts of ships (2) | |
| Q | § Domestic and funerary furniture | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: domestic and funerary furniture (2) | |
| R | § Temple furniture and sacred emblems | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: temple furniture and emblems (7) | |
| S | § Crowns, dress, staves, etc. | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: crowns-dress-staves (14) | |
| T | § Warfare, hunting, butchery | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: warfare-hunting-butchery (4) | |
| U | § Agriculture, crafts, and professions | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: agriculture-crafts-and-professions (5) | |
| V | § Rope, fibre, baskets, bags, etc. | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: rope-fiber-baskets-bags (11) | |
| W | § Vessels of stone and earthenware | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: vessels of stone and earthenware (4) | |
| X | § Loaves and cakes | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: loaves and cakes (4) | |
| Y | § Writings, games, music | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: writings-games-music (4) | |
| Z | § Strokes, signs derived from Hieratic, geometrical features | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: strokes, signs derived from Hieratic, geometrical features (0) | |
| Aa | § Unclassified signs | Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs: unclassified (6) | |
List of hieroglyphs[]
| Hieroglyph | Gardiner Unicode |
Description | Transliteration | Phonetic | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | A | Man and his occupations | ||||
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