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.

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U. Agriculture, Crafts, and Professions

Gardiner Number	Hieroglyph	Description of Glyph	Details
U1		Sickle	Phono. m3. In m33 “see,” 3sḫ “reap.”
U2		Var. of U1	Use as U1.
U3		Combination of U1 + D4	Phono. m3. In m33 “see.”
U4		Combination of U1 + Aa11	Phono. m3ʿ. In m3ʿ “true.”
U5		Var. of U4	Use as U4.
U6		Hoe	Phono. mr. In mri “love.”
U7		Var. of U6	Use as U6.
U8		Hoe	Phono. ḥn. In ḥn “hoe.”
U9		Grain measure with grain streaming outwards	Det. in bdt “emmer,” ḫ3i “measure,” ḥq3t “hekat measure.”
U10		Combination of U9 + M33	Ideo. in it “barley.”
U11		Combination of S38 + U9	Ideo. in ḥq3t “hekat measure.”
U12		Combination of D50 + U9	Ideo. in ḥq3t “hekat measure.”
U13		Plow	Phono. šnʿ. In šnʿ “repel.” Phono hb. In hb “plow.”
U14		Two branches joined	Phono. šnʿ. In šnʿ “repel.”
U15		Sled	Phono. tm. In tm “be complete,” ḥtm “perish.”
U16		Sled with jackal head bearing a load	Det. in bi3 “wonder.”
U17		Pick with pool	Phono. grg. In grg “establish, snare,” grg “falshood, lie.”
U18		Var. U17	Use as U17.
U19		Adze	Phono. nw. In nw “this.”
U20		Var. of U19	Use as U19
U21		Adze with wood block	Phono. stp/sṯp. In stp “choose.”
U22		Chisel	Det. in mnḫ “efficient,” mnḫ “carve.”
U23		Chisel	Phono. mr. In mr “ill,” smr “friend.” Phono. 3b. In 3bi “desire.”
U24		Drill for stone	Ideo. in ḥmt “craft, art.”
U25		Var. of U24	Use as U24.
U26		Drill for beads	Ideo. in wb3 “open.”
U27		Var. of U26	Use as U26.
U28		Fire drill	Phono. ḏ3. In ʿnḫ.(w) (w)ḏ3 snb “may he live, be prosperous, be healthy.” (L.P.H.)
U29		Var. of U28	Use as U28.
U30		Kiln	Phono. t3. In št3 “hot,” t3 “mysterious.
U31		Baker’s rake	Det. or Ideo. in rtḥty “baker,” rtḥ “restrain.”
U32		Mortar and pestle	Det. in smn “press down,” smn “establish.”
U33		Pestle	Phono. ti.
U34		Soindle	Phono. ḫsf. In ḫsf “repel.”
U35		Combination of U34 + I9	Phono. ḫsf.
U36		Club used in washing	Phono. ḥm. In ḥm “slave,” ḥm “Majesty.”
U37		Razor	Det. in ẖʿq “shave.”
U38		Scale	Det. or Ideo. in mḫ3t “scale.”
U39		Scale post	Det. in wsṯt “post,” wṯs, ṯsi “raise, lift.”
U40		Var. of U39	Use as U39
U41		Plumb bob	Det. in tḫ “plumb bob.”