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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I. Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.

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.