Gardiner's Sign List

The English Egyptologist, Sir Alan Gardiner, arranged the hieroglyphic signs of Ancient Egypt into a number of sections in order to aid categorisation. His sign list is fairly complete, and accepted by most Egyptologists.

A: Man and his occupations
B: Woman and her occupations
C: Anthropomorphic Deities
D: Parts of the body
E: Mammals
F: Parts of Mammals, page one
G: Birds, page one
H: Parts of Birds
I: Amphibious Animals, Reptiles, etc.
K: Fishes and Parts of Fishes
L: Invertebrata and Lesser Animals
M: Trees and Plants
N: Sky, Earth, Water
O: Buildings and Parts of Buildings
P: Ships and Parts of Ships
Q: Domestic and Funerary Furniture
R: Temple Furniture and Sacret Emblems
S: Crowns, clothing and staves
T: Warfare, Hunting, Butchery , page one
U: Agriculture, Crafts and Professions , page one
V: Rope, Fibre, Baskets, Bags, etc., page one
W: Vessels of Stone and Earthenware
X: Loaves and Cakes
Y: Writing, Games, Music
Z: Strokes, Geometrical Figures, etc.
Aa: Unclassified, page one

Pronunciation guide
Single consonant signs, page one
Single consonant signs, page two
Books on Hieroglyphs