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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G. Birds

Gardiner Number	Hieroglyph	Description of Glyph	Details
G1		Vulture	Phono. 3. In 3 “vulture.’
G2		Two Vultures	Phono 33. In m33 “see.”
G3		Combination of G1 + U1	Phono. in m3. In sm3wy “renew.”
G4		Buzzard	Phono. tyw.
G5		Falcon	Ideo. ḥrw “Horus.”
G6		Falcon with flail	De.t in bik “falcon.”
G7		Falcon on standard	Det. imn “Amun,” nsw “king,” divine. 1st sing. pro. i, wi, with divine speaker.
G7a		Var of G7, Falcon in boat	Ideo. nmty “Nemty”
G7b		Var of G7, G7a	Use as G7a.
G8		Combination of G5 + S12	Ideo. Hr/bik nbw “Golden Horus/falcon.”
G9		Falcon with sun disk	Ideo. in rʿ-ḥrw-3ḫty “Re-Horakhty.”
G10		Falcon in sacred bark	Det. in skr “Sokar,” ḥnw “Sokar bark.”
G11		Falcon image	Det. in ʿšm, ʿẖm, ʿḫm “divine image,” šnbt “breast.”
G12		Falcon image with flail	Use as G11.
G13		Falcon image with S9	Ideo. ḥrw nḫny “Horus of Hierakonopolis.” Det. in spdw “Sopdu.”
G14		Vulture	Phono. mwt, mt. In mwt “mother.”
G15		Vulture with flail	Det. in mwt “Mut.”
G16		Nehkbet and Edjo	Ideo. in nbty “Two Ladies” (title of Pharaoh)
G17		Owl	Phono. m.
G18		Two Owls	Phono. mm.
G19		Combination of G17 + D37	Phono. mi, m.
G20		Combination of G17 + D36	Use as G19.
G21		Guinea fowl	Phono. nḥ. In nḥḥ “eternity.”
G22		Hoopoe	Phono. ḏb/ḏbt.
G23		Lapwing	Det. and Ideo. in rḫyt “commoners.”
G24		Var. of G23	Use as G23.
G25		Crested Ibis	Phono. 3ḫ. In “spirit.”
G26		Sacred ibis on standard	Det. in ḏḥwty “Thoth.”
G26a		Sacred ibis	Use as G26.
G27		Flamingo	Phono. dšr. In dšr “red,” “flamingo.”
G28		Black ibis	Phono. gm. In gmi “find.”
G29		Jabiru	Phono. b3. In “soul.”
G30		Three jabirus	Ideo. in b3w “spirits, strength.”
G31		Heron	Det. in šnty “heron.”
G32		Heron on perch	Det. or Ideo. in bʿḫi “inundated.”
G33		Egret	Det. sd3 “tremble.”
G34		Ostrich	Det. in niw “ostrich.”
G35		Cormorant	Phono. ʿq. In ʿq “enter.”
G36		Swallow	Phono. wr. In wr “great.”
G37		Sparrow	Det. in nḏs “small,” bin “bad.”
G38		Goose	Phono. gb. In gb “Geb.” Det. in wf3 “talk,” wsf “idle,” ḥtm “perish.”
G39		Duck	Phono. s3. In s3 “son.” Det. in si “duck.”
G40		Duck flying	Phono. p3. In p3 “the,” “fly.”
G41		Duck landing	Phono. ḫn. In ḫni “alight, halt,” ḫn “speech,” qm3 “throw,” “create.”
G42		Fattened bird	Det. and Ideo. in wš3 “fatten,” ḏf3w “provisions.”
G43		Quail chick, var. Z7	Phono. w.
G44		Two quail chicks	Phono. ww. In pḥww “end.”
G45		Combination of G43 + D36	Phono wʿ.In wʿw “soldier.”
G46		Combination of G43 + U1	Phono. m3w.
G47		Duckling	Phono. ṯ3. In ṯ3y “male.”
G48		Three ducklings in nest	Ideo. in sš “nest.”
G49		Ducks’ heads protruding from pool	Det. or Ideo. in sš “nest.”
G50		Two plovers	Ideo. for rḫty “washerman.”
G51		Bird pecking fish	Det. in ḥ3m “catch fish.”
G52		Goose feeding	Det. in snm “feed.”
G53		Human headed bird	Ideo. in b3 “soul.”
G54		Plucked bird	Phono. snḏ. In snḏ “fear.”