Sign Lists

Frequently Used Biliteral Signs

			ꜣḫ		ꜣw				ꜣb
	js		jr		jn	,	jm		jw
					ꜥḏ		ꜥb		ꜥꜣ
	wr		wn		wp		wꜥ		wꜣ
							wḏ		wḫ
							bḥ		bꜣ
					pḥ		pr		pꜣ
	mn		mm		mw		mj		mꜣ
	md		mt		ms		mḥ		mr
	nḥ		nn		nm		nb		nw
							nḏ		ns
							rd		rw
	ḥs		ḥr		ḥn	,	ḥm		ḥꜣ
									ḥḏ
					ḫt		ḫꜥ		ḫꜣ
					ẖr		ẖn		ẖꜣ
			sp		sw		sꜣ		sꜣ
	st		sk		sš		sr		sn
	šd		šn		šm		šw		šꜣ
							qd		qs
							km		kꜣ
							gm		gb
	tr		tm		tp		tj		tꜣ
									ṯꜣ
			ḏr		ḏw		dj		ḏꜣ

Frequently Used Triliteral Signs

	jsw		jwn		jꜣm
	jnj		jdr		jdn
	ꜥnḫ		ꜥpr		ꜥwt
	ꜥšꜣ		ꜥḥꜥ		ꜥrq
	wꜣḏ		wꜣs		wꜣḥ
	wḥm		wḥꜥ		wꜥb
	wšm		wsḫ		wsr
	bꜣs		bnr		wbn
	msn	,	mnw		mꜣꜥ
			mwt		mḏḥ
	nṯr		nfr		nbw
					nḏm
	rdj		rnp		rwḏ
	ḥqꜣ		ḥrj		ḥfn
			ḥꜣt		ḥtp
			ẖnm		ẖꜣr, ṯmꜣ
	ḫrp	,	ḫnt		ḫpr
			ḫsf		ḫrw
	sbꜣ, dwꜣ		sjꜣ		sꜣḥ
	smn		smꜣ		spr
	sšm		sḫm		snḏ
	sšr		sḏm		stp
	šms		šmꜥ		šps
	grg		kꜣp		šsp
			ḏbꜣ		ḏꜥm
			dwꜣ		dmḏ

Frequently Used Determinatives

Sign	Gardiner	Description
	A1	man, person
	B1	woman
	composite	people
	A19	old man
	A51	revered person (especially the deceased)
	A17	child
	A21	official
	A40	god, king
	I12	goddess, queen
	A13	enemy, foreigner
	A28	high, rejoice, support
	A24	force, effort, activity
	A9	lift, carry, load
	A53	mummy, stature, likeness, shape
	A30	praise, homage
	D37	offering, presenting
	A2	eating, drinking, speaking, thinking, feeling
	A7	tired, weak, sitting
	A55	lying down, death, burial
	D1	head, nodding, above
	D4	eye, sight, actions of the eye
	D19	nose, smelling, joy, contempt
	F18	tooth, action of the teeth, requesting, demanding
	D41	arm, bending arm, ceasing, tilting
	D3	hair, mourning, forlorn
	D6	actions, conditions of the eye
	F21	ear, states or activities of the ear
	D56	leg, foot, action of the feet
	D32	enveloping, embracing
	D52	phallus
	D53	sexual activity, urination
	F51	flesh, meat
	F52	bodily discharges, odours
	D54	walking, running
	D55	retreating, backwards motion, repetition
	Aa2	swellings, wounds, disease, odours, bandaging
	E1	cattle
	E20	wild, raging, storms
	E21	wild, raging, storms
	T19B	bone, ivory, harpoons
	G37	bad, evil, nuisance
	F27	leather, pelts, mammal, animal and insects
	G39	bird, insect
	K5	fish
	I14	snake, worm
	M1	tree
	M2	plant, flower
	M3	wood, tree
	M43	vine, fruit
	U9	grain
	M33	grain, particles
	N1	sky, above
	N2	night, darkness
	N3	night, darkness
	N14	star
	O39	stone
	N33 Z2	sand, minerals, pellets, particles, spices, metals, etc.
	N34	copper, bronze, metal
	Q7	fire, cooking
	N35A	water, liquid, actions connected to water
	N36	bodies of water
	N21	land (often replaces )
	N23	irrigated land
	U6	hoe, cultivation, hacking
	U7	hoe, cultivation, hacking
	N25	desert, hill terrain, foreign country
	O49	town, village
	N31	road, travel, position
	T14	foreign (country or person)
	O1	house, building, things with interior like boxes and chairs
	O31	door, to open
	P1	boat, ship, navigation, ferry
	P1A	to capsize, overturn
	V19	mat, fiber, basketry
	S28	cloth, clothing, linen
	V1	actions involving ropes
	W23	vessel, anoint, beverages
,	Y1, Y1v	book, writing, abstract nouns
	V12	binding, thread, document
	Q6	box, chest; coffin
	P3	sacred bark
	T30	knife, cutting
	W10	cup
	X2D	bread
	N18, X4	loaf, bread, offerings
	W3	festival
	Z9	damage, divide, reckon, cross
	Z5	substitute for complicated signs
	Z1	one, single entity
	Z2	plurality
	Z3	plurality (three strokes)
	Z3A	plurality (variant of Z3)
	N33A	sand, grains, pellets, minerals (variant of N33)
	N33AV	as N33A, in vertical arrangement