The Egyptian uniliteral signs: Gardiner numbers and transliteration

Most "write my name in hieroglyphs" requests are built from the uniliteral (one-consonant) signs. Here they are with their Gardiner numbers and conventional transliteration. Egyptian writing does not record vowels, so a modern name is spelt by its consonants. - G1 Egyptian vulture: ꜣ (glottal sound, often written "a" in names) - M17 flowering reed: i - D36 forearm: ꜥ (a guttural, written ' or a) - G43 quail chick: w (also written as the coil Z7) - D58 foot and leg: b - Q3 stool: p - I9 horned viper: f - G17 owl: m - N35 water ripple: n - D21 mouth: r - O4 reed shelter: h - V28 twisted wick: ḥ - Aa1 placenta (or sieve): ḫ - F32 animal belly: ẖ - O34 door bolt: z (also s) - S29 folded cloth: s - N37 pool: š (sh) - N29 hill slope: q - V31 basket with handle: k - W11 jar stand: g - X1 bread loaf: t - V13 tethering rope: ṯ (tj) - D46 hand: d - I10 cobra: ḏ (dj) Transliteration conventions Egyptologists use the special letters above. For typing, the Manuel de Codage (MdC) uses ASCII: A for ꜣ, a for ꜥ, H for ḥ, x for ḫ, X for ẖ, S for š, T for ṯ, D for ḏ. Arranging the signs Egyptian is written in square groups (quadrats), not a single line, and can run left or right; signs face the start of the line. Unicode supports quadrats with format controls, but font and software support varies. For a design, arrange signs by hand in a vector editor. Sources Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar (3rd ed., 1957), the sign list. Background on Egyptian ritual writing: https://wiki.soapbox.community/wiki/Egyptian_Magic