Talk:List of Egyptian hieroglyphs/workpage

List of Egyptian hieroglyphs from Gardiner's sign list, sorted alphabetically by their English description (e.g. "archaic- -dagger", "archer", "Apep" and "adze" all appear under A). To be merged into List of Egyptian hieroglyphs (inasmuch as it contains information not already there).

Originally compiled by User:Mmcannis under the title List of Egyptian hieroglyphs by common name: A-L in 2010/11.

A

 * ankh, see life
 * axe, see pennant, flag, axe

B

 * belly, see water skin
 * (bird)-trap, see trap
 * "black"-(Kemet), see crocodile skin
 * bone-with-meat, see Joint of meat (hieroglyph)
 * "born-of", see 3-fox-skins
 * (bovine)-hide, see (bovine) hide
 * bow-(Nubian), see Nubian bow
 * (butcher's) knife, see (butcher's) knife

C

 * (capsized) boat, see boat-capsized
 * (folded)-cloth, see folded cloth
 * "cobra-enraged", see Uraeus
 * collar-or-necklace, see pectoral

D

 * dagger, see (archaic) dagger
 * defeat, slaughter, see fall
 * Double Crown, see Pschent
 * draughtsman, see pawn, draughtsman, token, game piece
 * dung beetle, see scarab

E

 * (Egyptian) vulture, see vulture
 * (elephant) tusk, see tusk

F

 * (shade)-fan, see shade-fans, (1 and 2)
 * feces, see excrement
 * festival, see "alabaster basin"
 * (fiber) swab, straw broom; see: (fiber) swab
 * 'fishing'-boat, see boat-with-load
 * "two flails with shen ring", see two whips with shen rings, (see whip)
 * flower, see also lotus

G

 * game piece, see pawn, draughtsman, token
 * garden pool, see pool
 * god, see also flag, or pennant
 * (stack of) grain, see stack
 * grass, see garland
 * 'gravestone', see (~=) stela

H

 * hair ribbon, see (hair) ribbon
 * hatchet(?), see adze
 * harvest-(in basket), see fruit-(in basket)
 * head of a leopard, see leopard head (hieroglyph)
 * heap (or 'pile'), see stack (of grain)
 * herb, see garland

I

 * infant, see child (hieroglyph)
 * intersection, see crossroads, intersection, town plan

J

 * Jubilee Festival, see festival

K

 * (kohl)-eye-paint, see eye-paint

L

 * (hindpart of) lion, see hindpart of lion
 * (forepart of) lion, see forepart of lion
 * lotus, see also flower

M

 * man
 * man-archer, see archer, soldier
 * man-prisoner, see prisoner, enemy, rebel
 * mason, see man-constructing
 * mat-(uniliteral p), see stool-or-mat (hieroglyph)
 * moment, see (moment of) time

N

 * necklace-or-collar, see pectoral
 * 'netting needle', see (weaver's)-shuttle

O

 * one, (or ='1'), see stroke

P

 * "Phoenix-bird", see "Bennu-bird"
 * 'post', or 'position', see office

R

 * rabbit, see Hare (hieroglyph)
 * rebel, see prisoner, enemy, rebel

S

 * scalpel, see chisel-or-scalpel
 * scribe writing tools, see (scribe)-writing tools
 * to seal-up, to furnish, see float, Egyptian lang. djb
 * 'ship', see the boats
 * slaughter, see fall, defeat, slaughter
 * snake, see serpent
 * soldier, see archer
 *  'sphinx' , see lion-reclining (hieroglyph)
 * "spoon"-(shape), see oar
 * stick, see branch
 * straw broom, see (fiber) swab

T

 * token, see pawn, draughtsman, token, "game-piece"
 * town plan, see crossroads, intersection, town plan
 * (fish) trap, see fish trap
 * two, see dual

U

 * umbrella, see Shade-Fan-1, Shade-Fan-2

W

 * washer's stick, see fuller's club
 * (wooden)-column, see column