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Notes
The biliteral signs represent pairs of Egyptian phonemes, in a specific order (the wr glyph and rw glyph are not interchangeable).
Since phonetic complements are more common after biliterals than before them, it is convenient to organize the table according to the second radical rather than the first.
For details about objects and living species represented, see Sign List.
Clickable index by second radical of biliteral
–ꜣ
𓉻 ꜥꜣ O29 𓍯 wꜣ V4 𓅡 𓎺 bꜣ G29, W10 𓅮 𓅯 pꜣ G40, G41 𓌳 mꜣ U1 𓇉 ḥꜣ M16 𓆩 𓆼 ḫꜣ L6, M12 𓆞 ẖꜣ K4 𓅭 𓎂 𓎃 zꜣ G39, V16, V17 𓐟 𓐠 sꜣ Aa17, Aa18 𓆷 šꜣ M8 𓂓 kꜣ D28 𓇾 𓍔 tꜣ N16, U30 𓅷 ṯꜣ G47 𓍑 𓍒 ḏꜣ U28, U29
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𓂟 𓏇 mj D38, W19 𓂜 𓂢 nj D35, D41 𓍘 tj U33 𓂞 𓏙 dj D37, X8 𓏙 ḏj (originally)X8
[return to top] –ꜥ
[return to top] –w
𓄫 ꜣw F40 𓂻 𓃛 jw D54, E9 𓈗 mw N35a 𓍇 𓏌 nw U19, W24 𓃭 rw E23 𓄑 ḥw 1 F18 𓂤 ḫw D43 𓇓 sw M23 𓆄 šw H6 𓈋 ḏw N26
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Note that the tusk (F18) can also have the value bḥ .
–b
𓍋 ꜣb 1 U23 𓃙 𓄣 jb E8, F34 𓄏 ꜥb F16 𓎟 nb V30 𓍁 hb U13 𓅬 gb G38 𓅙 db 2 G22
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Note that the chisel (U23) can also stand for mr.
The hoopoe (G22) originally stood for ḏb.
–p
𓄋 wp F13 𓐑 ḥp Aa5 𓊗 zp O50 𓊶 kp R5 𓁶 𓌐 dp 1 D1, T8
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These glyphs were traditionally transcribed tp ; Allen (2014) says this is “now known to be wrong”.
–m
𓏶 𓐝 jm Z11, Aa15 𓉕 𓌰 nm O5, T34 𓈟 𓍛 ḥm N42, U36 𓋉 ḫm R22 𓈝 šm N40 𓆎 km I6 𓅠 gm G28 𓍃 tm U15
[return to top] –n
𓀟 𓆛 𓏌 𓏎 jn A27, K1, W24, W25 𓃹 𓇬 wn E34, M42 𓌇 𓏠 mn T1, Y5 𓇒 nn M22a 𓆰 𓌼 𓎨 ḥn M2, U8, V36 𓂙 𓄚 ẖn D33, F22 𓌢 𓌣 sn T22, T23 𓍢 𓍲 šn V1, V7 𓐖 qn Aa8
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𓀹 𓁹 jr A48, D4 𓅨 wr G36 𓉐 pr O1 𓈘 𓉕 𓌸 mr N36, O5, U6 𓍋 mr 1 U23 𓁷 𓈐 ḥr D2, N31 𓌨 ẖr T28 𓇥 ḏr M36
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Note that the chisel (U23) can also stand for ꜣb.
–ḥ
𓌤 ꜥḥ T24 𓄑 bḥ 1 F18 𓄖 pḥ F22 𓎔 mḥ V22 𓅘 nḥ G21
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Note that the tusk (F18) can also have the value ḥw .
–ḫ
[return to top] –z
[return to top] –s
𓄼 𓊨 ws F51c, Q1 𓄟 ms F31 𓄓 ns F20 𓌘 rs T13 𓍱 šs V6 𓌟 qs T19 𓐞 gs Aa16
[return to top] –q
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[return to top] –t
𓂸 𓅐 mt D52, G14 𓆱 ḫt M3 𓄝 𓊨 st F29, Q1
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Sometimes also jt.
–d
𓂾 pd D56 𓌃 md S43 𓄞 šd F30 𓐪 qd Aa28 𓊽 ḏd R11
[return to top] –ḏ
𓆝 𓎙 ꜥḏ K3, V26 𓎗 wḏ V24 𓌒 pḏ T9 𓐩 nḏ Aa27 𓌉 ḥḏ T3 𓏴 sḏ Z9
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