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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C. Anthropomorphic Deities

Gardiner Number	Hieroglyph	Description of Glyph	Details
C1		God with sun-disk and uraeus	Det. and Ideo. Rʿ “Re, sun-god”
C2		God with falcon head and sun-disk holding ʿnḫ	Var. C1. Det. and Ideo. Rʿ “Re, sun-god”
C3		God with ibis head	Det. or Ideo. ḏḥwty “Thoth”
C4		God with ram head	Det. or Ideo. ẖnmw “Khnum”
C5		God with ram head holding ʿnḫ	Use as C4.
C6		God with jackal head	Det. and Ideo. inpw “Anubis,” wp-w3wt “Wepwawet.”
C7		God with Seth head	Det. and Ideo. Stḫ “Seth.”
C8		Min	Det. and Ideo. Mnw “Min.”
C9		Goddess with horned sun-disk	Det. and Ideo.
C10		God with feather	Det. and Ideo. M3ʿt “Maat”
C10a		Goddess with feather holding ʿnḫ	Use as C10
C11		ḥḥ-figure	Ideo. ḥḥ “million,” god Heh.
C12		Amun	Det. and Ideo. Imn “Amun.”
C17		Montu	Det. and Ideo Mntw “Montu.”
C18		Tatjenen	Det. and Ideo. t3-ṯnnii “Tatjenen.”
C19		Ptah	Det. and Ideo. Ptḥ “Ptah.”
C20		Variant C19	Use as C19