The following is a list of commonly used hieroglyphs as organized by Sir Alan H. Gardiner in his Egyptian Grammar. The signs are organized into 26 main categories followed by 3 sections that list hieroglyphs by their shape. Choose from any of the links below to guide yourself to a specific category.
Gardiner Number | Hieroglyph | Description of Glyph | Details |
I1 | Lizard | Phono. ʿš3. Det. for lizard. ex. ʿš3 “lizard” and ʿš3 “many, numerous.” | |
I2 | Turtle | Det. or Ideo. for štyw “turtle.” | |
I3 | Crocodile | Det. or Ideo. for crocodile. ex. msḥ “crocodile,” 3d “agressive.” Ideo. ity “sovereign,” when reduplicated | |
I4 | Crocodile on shrine | Det. sbk “Sobek.” | |
I5 | Crocodile with curved tail | Det. in s3q “collect, gather.” | |
I6 | Crocodile scales | Phono. km. In kmt “Egypt.” | |
I7 | Frog | Det. in ḥqt “Heqet.” Ideo. wḥm ʿnḫ “repeating life.” | |
I8 | Tadpole | Det. ḥfnr “tadpole.” Ideo. ḥfn “100,000.” | |
I9 | Horned viper | Phono. f. Det. in it “father.” | |
I10 | Cobra | Phono. ḏ. | |
I11 | Two cobras | Phono ḏḏ. | |
I12 | Erect cobra | Det. inʿirt “uraeus.” Det. of goddesses. | |
I13 | Combination of I12 + V30 | Det. in w3ḏt “Wadjet.” | |
I14 | Snake | Det. ḥf3w “snake, serpent.” | |
I15 | Var. of I15 | Use as I14. |