The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are often listed in groups of associated glyphs. The following hieroglyphs have been grouped according to the system established by Sir Alan Gardiner and are all depictions of images associated with the sky and earth.

N1
Phon; Hr(j) or hrw (rare) Det and Log; heaven, Nut

N2
Det and Log; night, darkness

N3
Det and Log; night, darkness

N4
Det and Log; dew, rain, rainstorm

N5
Det and Log; sun, time, day, hour, to rise

N6
Det and Log; sun

N7
Abbr; the course of a day

N8
Det and Log; sunshine, to shine Abbr; “the people of the sun”

N9
Phon; psD Log; feast of the new moon

N10
Phon; psD Log; feast of the new moon

N11
Phon Det; aH Log; moon Abbr and Det; month, palm width

N11a
Det; month

N12
Det; moon

N13
Log; feast of the half moon

N14
Phon; sbA, dwA Log; star, Sothis, Sirius, constellation

N15
Log; afterworld

N16
Phon; tA Det and Log; land, earth, eternity

N17
Phon; tA Det and Log; land, earth, eternity

N18
Det and Log; island, horizon, desert

N19
Abbr; Harakhte

N20
Phon wDb Det; sandbank

N21
Det; land, shore

N22
Det; sandbag, land, field

N23
Det; land, irrigated land

N24
Det and Log; garden nome, nome of Thinis

N25
Det and Log; foreign land, desert, desert land, land of Retjen”

N26
Phon; Dw Log; mountain

N27
Log; horizon

N28
Phon; ha Log; crown, hill of the sunrise

N29
Phon; q Det and Log; hill

N30
Det and Log; hill of earth

N31
Det and Log; path, to climb up, position, here, army Abbr; Horus Phon Det; Hr, wA

N32
Phon Det; sjn

N33
Det; sand, grain of metal, mineral, gold, medicine, black eye paint, a small sphere, something dangerous, enemy

N33a
Det; mineral (plural)

N34
Det and Log; copper, bronze, an item made of copper or bronze, a metal mirror

N35
Phon; n

N35a
Phon; nw Det and Log; water, wave, to drink, to wash

N36
Phon; mr, mj Phon Det; mr Det and Log; canal, to love, Nile, river, lake

N37
Phon; S Log; pool

N38
Phon; S Log; pool

N39
Phon; S Log; pool

N40
Abbr; go

N41
Phon; Hm Phon Det; bjA well, marsh, pool, cow, vagina

N42
Phon; Hm Phon Det; bjA well, marsh, pool, cow, vagina
Codes
Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,
Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),
Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),
Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and
Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).
A: Man and his occupations
B: Woman and her occupations
C: Anthropomorphic Deities
D: Parts of the body
E: Mammals
F: Parts of Mammals
G: Birds, 1
H: Parts of Birds
I: Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.
K: Fishes and Parts of Fishes
L: Invertebrata and Lesser Animals
M: Trees and Plants
N: Sky, Earth, Water
O: Buildings and Parts of Buildings
P: Ships and Parts of Ships
Q: Domestic and Funerary Furniture
R: Temple Furniture and Sacret Emblems
S: Crowns, Dress, Staves, etc
T: Warfare, Hunting, Butchery
U: Agriculture, Crafts and Professions
V: Rope, Fibre, Baskets, Bags, etc.
W: Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
X: Loaves and Cakes
Y: Writing, Games, Music
Z: Strokes, Geometrical Figures, etc.
Aa: Unclassified
Return to Gardiner’s sign listPronunciation guidecopyright J Hill 2010


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