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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F. Parts of Mammals

Gardiner Number	Hieroglyph	Description of Glyphs	Details
F1		Head of ox	Ideo. in offering formulas for k3 “cattle.”
F2		Head of charging ox	Det. in ḏnd “rage.”
F3		Head of hippopotamus	Phono. 3t. Det. or Ideo. in “moment, attack.”
F4		Forepart of lion	Ideo. in ḥ3t “front,”ḥ3ty “heart.”
F5		Head of bubalis	Phon. šs3. Det. and Ideo. in šs3 “skilled” and “prayer.”
F6		Forepart of bubalis	Use as F5
F7		Head of ram	Det. in šft “ram’s head.” Det. or Ideo. in šfyt “worth, dignity.”
F8		Forepart of ram	Use as F7
F9		Head of leopard	Det. or Ideo. in pḥty “strength.”
F10		Head and neck of animal	Det. in ḫḫ “throat,” ʿm “swallow.”
F11		O.K. form of F10	Use as F10
F12		Head and neck of jackal	Phon. wsr. Ideo in wsrt “neck.” In wsr “powerful”
F13		Horns of ox	Phon. wp. Ideo. in wpt “brow, beginning.”
F14		Combination of F13 and M4	Ideo. wpt-rnpt “Opening of the Year.”
F15		Combination of F14 and N5	Use as F14
F16		Horn	Phono. ʿb. Det. or Ideo. in db “horn,” ʿb “horn.” In m-ʿb “together with.”
F17		Combination of F16 and D60 water vessel	Det. or Ideo. inʿbw “purification.”
F18		Tusk of elephant	Phono. bḥ, ḥw. Det. and Ideo. in ibḥ “tooth.” Det. in sbḥ “cry.”
F19		Jawbone of ox	Det. in ʿrt “jaw.”
F20		Tongue	Phono. ns. In ns “tongue.” Ideo. in imy-r “overseer.”
F21		Ear of ox	Phono. sḏm, idn. Det. or Ideo. in msḏr “ear. Ideo. sḏm, “hear.”
F22		Hindquarters of leopard or lion	Phono. pḥ in “reach,” pḥty “strength.” Ideo. for pḥwy “end.”
F23		Foreleg of ox	Det. or Ideo. in ḫpš “strong arm, leg.”
F24		Reverse of F23	Use as F23.
F25		Leg and hoof of ox	Phono. wḥm in “hoof,” “repeat.”
F26		Goatskin	Phono. ẖn. In ẖnw “interior,” ẖn “approach.”
F27		Cowskin	Det. in dḥr “hide,” msk3 “skin.”
F28		Var. of F27	Phono. s3b.
F29		Combination of F28 + arrow	Phono. st. Det. and Ideo. sti “pierce, shoot.”
F30		Water skin	Phono. šd. In šdi “draw forth,” šdw “water skin.”
F31		Three fox skins	Phono. ms. In msi “give birth.”
F32		Animal belly and tail	Phono. ẖ. Ideo. in ẖt “belly, body.”
F33		Tail	Phono. sd. Det. and Ideo in sd “tail.”
F34		Heart	Ideo. in ib “heart.” Det. of ” ḥ3ty “heart.”
F35		Heart and windpipe	Phono. nfr. In nfr “good, beautiful.”
F36		Lung and windpipe	Phono. sm3. In sm3 “unite” and “lung.”
F37		Backbone and ribs	Det. or Ideo. in i3t “back.” Det. in psd “back.”
F38		Var. of F37	Det. in psd “back.”
F39		Backbone and spinal cord	Det. and Ideo. in im3ḫ “spine” and “honor.”
F40		Backbone and spinal cord at each end	Phono. 3w.
F41		Vertebrae	Det. in psd “back.”
F42		Rib	Phono. spr. In spr “approach.”
F43		Ribs	Det. in sḥpt “ribs.”
F44		Leg bone with meat	Phono. iwʿ, isw. In iwʿ inherit,” siw “exchange.”
F45		Heifer uterus	Det. or Ideo. in dit “vulva, cow.”
F46		Intestine	Ideo. in q3b “instestine,” m-q3b “in the midst of” pḫr “turn.”
F47		Var. of F46	Use as F46.
F48		Var. of F46	Use as F46.
F49		Var. of F46	Use as F46.
F50		Combination of F46 and S29	Phono. spḫr, “write, copy.”
F51		Piece of flesh	Phono. is, ist, ws. Det. ḥʿ “flesh,” iwf “meat.”
F52		Excrement	Det. in ḥs “excrement.”