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Hieroglyphics translator

Spell English in Egyptian signs, one sound at a time. Copy the signs as text or save a picture.
English to Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphsπ“Ž‘π“ƒ­π“‡‹π“―π“Šͺ𓄿𓏏𓂋𓄿

How it spells

Egyptian writing had about two dozen signs that each stood for one consonant, and this translator spells English with them, sound by sound. It doesn't translate meaning. Real inscriptions mixed these signs with others for syllables and whole words, and left the vowels out.

Where English has a letter Egyptian didn't, it takes the nearest sound, so C and K share the basket and E and I share the reed. CH, SH and KH have signs of their own and are spelled as one. A shared sign reads back as the letter English uses more (the basket as C, the reed as E, the chick as U), so a K or an I can come back changed. The signs are Unicode characters, so they paste as text wherever a font can draw them, and the picture works everywhere.

The signs

Numbered in Gardiner's sign list, the one Egyptologists use
LetterSignPictureGardiner
ch𓍿tethering ropeV13
shπ“ˆ™poolN37
kh𓐍placentaAa1
aπ“„ΏEgyptian vultureG1
b𓃀footD58
cπ“Ž‘basket with handleV31
dπ“‚§handD46
e𓇋flowering reedM17
f𓆑horned viperI9
gπ“ŽΌjar standW11
hπ“Ž›twisted flaxV28
i𓇋flowering reedM17
j𓆓cobraI10
kπ“Ž‘basket with handleV31
l𓃭recumbent lionE23
mπ“…“owlG17
nπ“ˆ–waterN35
o𓍯lassoV4
pπ“ŠͺstoolQ3
qπ“ˆŽsandy hillN29
rπ“‚‹mouthD21
sπ“‹΄folded clothS29
t𓏏bread loafX1
uπ“…±quail chickG43
v𓆑horned viperI9
wπ“…±quail chickG43
xπ“Ž‘π“‹΄basket and folded clothV31 + S29
yπ“‡Œtwo reedsM17a
zπ“Šƒdoor boltO34

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