Ideograms are signs that represent what they mean. An ideogram representing a fish will be related to the notion "fish". One ideogram can be used to express several different notions.

The interactive list below provides an overview of the most common ideograms used in hieroglyphic writing. The column "Sign" gives the actual ideogram.

The column "Meaning" provides the basic meanings meanings that can be covered by this ideogram. For more detailed information about the meaning of a sign, clicking on the sign itself will display the signs properties.

The column "Nr." refers to the signlist as provided by the Egyptian Grammar of Gardiner, which is considered a standard in Egyptology.

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