Gardiner’s Sign List of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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.

O. Buildings, Parts of Buildings, etc.

Gardiner Number	Hieroglyph	Description of Glyph	Details
O1		House plan	Phono. pr. In pr “house,” pri “go.”
O2		Combination of O1 + T3	Ideo. in pr-ḥḏ “treasury.”
O3		Combination of O1 + P8 + X3 + W22	Ideo. in prt-ḫrw “invocation offering.”
O4		Reed shelter	Phono. h.
O5		Winding wall	Phono. nm. In nmi “traverse.”
O6		Plan of rectangular enclosure	Ideo. in ḥwt “temple, tomb, enclosure.”
O7		Var of O6	Use as O6.
O8		Combination of O7 + O29	Ideo. in ḥwt-ʿ3 “Great temple, enclosure.”
O9		Combination of O7 + O30	Ideo. in nbt-ḥyt “Nephthys.”
O10		Combination of O6 + G5	Ideo. in ḥwt-ḥrw “Hathor.”
O12		Palace with battlements	Ideo. in ʿḥ “palace.”
O13		Enclosure with battlements	Det. in sbḫ “enclose,” sbḫt “gateway.”
O14		Var. of O13	Use as O13
O15		Walled enclosure with buttresses + W10 + X1	Ideo. in wsḫt “hall.”
O16		Gateway with serpents	Det. or Ideo. in t3yt “curtain,” t3yty “he of the curtain” (vizier title).
O17		Var. of O16	Use as O16
O18		Shrine in profile	Det. or Ideo. in k3r “shrine, chapel.”
O19		Shrine in profile with poles	Det. in pr-wr “Great House.”
O20		Shrine	Det. in itrt “row of sanctuaries,” ḫm “shrine.”
O21		Shrine Facade	Det. or Ideo. in sḥ-nṯr “divine shrine.”
O22		Booth supported by pole	Det. or Ideo. in sḥ “counsel,” “booth.”
O23		Double platform	Ideo. in ḥ3b-sd “Sed Festival.”
O24		Pyramid surrounded by wall	Det. in mr “pyramid.”
O25		Obelisk	Det. or Ideo. in tḫn “obelisk.”
O26		Stela	Det. or Ideo. in wḏ “stela.”
O27		Hall with columns	Det. in ḫ3 “office,” ḫ3wy “night.”
O28		Column with tenon	Phono iwn. In iwnw “Heliopolis,” iwn “column.”
O29		Wood column	Phono. ʿ3. In ʿ3 “great.”
O29V		Vertical wood column	Use as O29
O30		Supporting pole	Ideo. in sḫnt “support.”
O31		Door	Det. in ʿ3 “door,” sn, wn “open.”
O32		Gateway	Det. in sb3 “door,” sbḫt “gateway.”
O33		Palace or tomb facade	Det. in srḫ “banner.”
O34		Door bolt	Phono. s. In s “bolt.”
O35		Combination of O34 + D54	Phono. s. In sbi “go,” “perish,” ms “bring.”
O36		Wall	Ideo. in inb “wall.”
O37		Falling wall	Det. in whn “overthrow,” gs3 “tilt.”
O38		Corner of wall	Ideo. in qnbt “court, corner, magistrates.”
O39		Stone slab	Det. in inr “stone,” dbni “deben (weight),” ḏbt “brick.”
O40		Stairway	Det. in rwd “stairwaway,” ḫtyw “terrace.”
O41		Double stairway	Det. in q3y “high place,” iʿr “ascend.”
O42		Fence	Phono. šsp. In šsp “receive.”
O43		Var. of O42	Use as O42
O44		Min emblem	Ideo. in i3t “rank, office.”
O45		Domed building	Det. or Ideo. in ipt “harim.”
O46		Var. of O45	Use as O45.
O47		Enclosed mound	Ideo. in nḫn “Hierakonpolis.”
O48		Var. of O47	Use as O47
O49		Area with crossroads	Ideo. in niwt “town.”
O50		Threshing floor with grain	Phono. sp. In sp “occasion, time, event,” sp sn “two times.”
O51		Grain mound on mud floor	Det. or Ideo. in šnwt “granary.”

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Gardiner’s Sign List of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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