Biliterals

The biliteral signs represent ordered pairs of uniliteral sounds.

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.

Index by second radical of biliteral

f (none)k
jm (none)g (none)
nzt
wrs
bh (none)š (none)d
pq

–ꜣ

𓉻ꜥꜣO29
𓍯wꜣV4
𓅡 𓎺bꜣG29, W10
𓅮 𓅯pꜣG40, G41
𓌳mꜣU1
𓇉ḥꜣM16
𓆩 𓆼ḫꜣL6, M12
𓆞ẖꜣK4
𓅭 𓎂 𓎃zꜣG39, V16, V17
𓐟 𓐠sꜣAa17, Aa18
𓆷šꜣM8
𓂓kꜣD28
𓇾 𓍔tꜣN16, U30
𓅷ṯꜣG47
𓍑 𓍒ḏꜣU28, U29
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–j

𓂟 𓏇mjD38, W19
𓂜 𓂢njD35, D41
𓍘tjU33
𓂞 𓏙djD37, X8
𓏙ḏj (originally)X8
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–ꜥ

𓌡wꜥT21
𓈍ḫꜥN28
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–w

𓄫ꜣwF40
𓂻 𓃛jwD54, E9
𓈗mwN35a
𓍇 𓏌nwU19, W24
𓃭rwE23
𓄑ḥw1F18
𓂤ḫwD43
𓇓swM23
𓆄šwH6
𓈋ḏwN26
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  1. Note that the tusk (F18) can also have the value bḥ.

–b

𓍋ꜣb1U23
𓃙 𓄣jbE8, F34
𓄏ꜥbF16
𓎟nbV30
𓍁hbU13
𓅬gbG38
𓅙db2G22
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  1. Note that the chisel (U23) can also stand for mr.
  2. The hoopoe (G22) originally stood for ḏb.

–p

𓄋wpF13
𓐑ḥpAa5
𓊗zpO50
𓊶kpR5
𓁶 𓌐dp1D1, T8
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  1. These glyphs were traditionally transcribed tp; Allen (2014) says this is “now known to be wrong”.

–m

𓏶 𓐝jmZ11, Aa15
𓉕 𓌰nmO5, T34
𓈟 𓍛ḥmN42, U36
𓋉ḫmR22
𓈝šmN40
𓆎kmI6
𓅠gmG28
𓍃tmU15
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–n

𓀟 𓆛 𓏌 𓏎jnA27, K1, W24, W25
𓃹 𓇬wnE34, M42
𓌇 𓏠mnT1, Y5
𓇒nnM22a
𓆰 𓌼 𓎨ḥnM2, U8, V36
𓂙 𓄚ẖnD33, F22
𓌢 𓌣snT22, T23
𓍢 𓍲šnV1, V7
𓐖qnAa8
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–r

𓀹 𓁹jrA48, D4
𓅨wrG36
𓉐prO1
𓈘 𓉕 𓌸mrN36, O5, U6
𓍋mr1U23
𓁷 𓈐ḥrD2, N31
𓌨ẖrT28
𓇥ḏrM36
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  1. Note that the chisel (U23) can also stand for ꜣb.

–ḥ

𓌤ꜥḥT24
𓄑bḥ1F18
𓄖pḥF22
𓎔mḥV22
𓅘nḥG21
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  1. Note that the tusk (F18) can also have the value ḥw.

–ḫ

𓅜 𓇇ꜥḫG25, M15
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–z

𓇩jzM40
𓎿ḥzW14
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–s

𓄼 𓊨wsF51c, Q1
𓄟msF31
𓄓nsF20
𓌘rsT13
𓍱šsV6
𓌟qsT19
𓐞gsAa16
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–q

𓅧ꜥqG35
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–k

𓀗jkA19
𓎝skV29
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–t

𓂸 𓅐mtD52, G14
𓆱ḫtM3
𓄝 𓊨stF29, Q1
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–ṯ

𓎁jṯ1V15
𓋫sṯS22
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  1. Sometimes also jt.

–d

𓂾pdD56
𓌃mdS43
𓄞šdF30
𓐪qdAa28
𓊽ḏdR11
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–ḏ

𓆝 𓎙ꜥḏK3, V26
𓎗wḏV24
𓌒pḏT9
𓐩nḏAa27
𓌉ḥḏT3
𓏴sḏZ9
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