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.

Gardiner’s Sign List of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

A. Man and his Occupations

Gardiner Number	Hieroglyph	Description of Glyph	Details
A1		Seated man	Det. of man, names; Pronoun1st sing. i, wi, ink, kwi. “I,” “me,” “my.”
A2		Man with hand to mouth	Det. of eat, drink, speak, think.
A3		Man sitting on heel	Det. of sit.
A4		Man with arms raised	Det. adoration, hide
A5		Man hiding	Det. hide
A6		Man purifying	Det. purity, cleanliness
A7		Fatigued man	Det. weary, weak
A8		Man performing hnw	Det. in hnw “jubilation”
A9		Man with basket on head	Det. in 3ṯp “load,” f3i “carry,” k3t “work.”
A10		Man holding an oar	Det. in sḳdw “sail.”
A11		Man with scepter and crook	Det. ḫnms “friend.”
A12		Man with bow and quiver	Det. mšʿ “army,” soldier.
A13		Man with arms bound	Det. ḫfty “enemy.”
A14		Man with bleeding head	Det. of mwt “die,” enemy.
A14a		Man with axe to head	Var. of A14
A15		Man falling	Det. ḫr “fall,” sḫrt “overthrow.”
A16		Man bowing	Det. ksi “bow.”
A17		Child with hand to mouth	Det. šri “young.” Ideo. ẖrd “child.”
A17a		Child sitting	Det. sit, young.
A18		Child wearing red crown	Det. child-king
A19		Aged man bending with stick	Det. i3w “old,” smsw “eldest,” wr “great one, chief.”
A20		Man leaning on forked stick	Var. of A19.
A21		Man with stick and cloth	Det. and Ideo. sr “official, noble.”
A22		Statue of man with stick and scepter	Det. statue.
A23		King with stick and mace	Det. ity, “sovereign.”
A24		Man striking with stick in both hands	Det. ḥwi, “strike,” nḥm “take away.” Ideo. nḫt strong.
A25		Man striking with stick in one hand	Det. hwi “strike.”
A26		Man beckoning	Det. nis “call.” Ideo. vocative i, “Oh!”
A27		Man running	Phon. in “by,” agent particle.
A28		Man with arms raised	Det. ḳ3 “high,” ḥʿi “rejoice.”
A29		Man upside down	Det. upside down.
A30		Man with arms outstretched	Det. i3w “praise,” dw3 “adoration.”
A31		Man with arms turned behind him	Det. turn away.
A32		Man dancing	Det. dance.
A33		Man with stick and bundle	Det. wander, herdsman.
A34		Man pounding in a mortar	Det. ḫwsi “pound, build.”
A35		Man building a wall	Det. and Ideo. ḳd “build.”
A36		Man straining into a vessel	Det. and Ideo. ʿfty “brewer.”
A37		Commoner form A36	Use as A36.
A38		Man holding two animal emblems	Ideo. ḳis/ḳsi “”Cusae” (town).
A39		Man holding two giraffes	Use as A38.
A40		Seated god	Det. god. Replaces A1 as 1st sing pronoun when god speaks. i, wi, ink, kwi.
A41		Seated king	Det. nsw “king,” ḥm “majesty,” nb “lord.”
A42		Seated king holding flail	Use as A41.
A43		King wearing white crown of Upper Egypt	Det. king of Upper Egypt.
A44		King holding flail and wearing white crown of Upper Egypt	Use as A43.
A45		King wearing red crown of Lower Egypt.	Det. and Ideo. bity “king of Lower Egypt.”
A46		King holding flail and wearing red crown of Lower Egypt.	Same as A45
A47		Seated sheperd	Det. and Ideo. s3w “guard,” mniw “herdsman.”
A48		Man holding knife	Det. iry “relating to.”
A49		Foreigner with stick	Det. foreigner, ʿ3mw “Asiatics.”
A50		Noble seated on chair	Det. revered person, deceased. Var. A1 for 1st sing. pronoun.
A51		Noble seated on chair with flagellum	Det. and Ideo. špsi “noble”
A52		Kneeling noble with flail	Det. revered person, deceased.
A53		Upright mummy	Det. mummy, statue, likeness, form.
A54		Recumbent mummy	Det. dead.
A55		Mummy on bed	Det. sḏr “lie down,” dead.
A59		Man threatening stick with one hand	Det. drive off.

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A. Man and his Occupations

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