Birds

The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are often listed in groups of associated glyphs. The following hieroglyphs have been grouped according to the system established by Sir Alan Gardiner and are all depictions of birds.

---

		G1 Phon; A Log; vulture G2 Phon; AA G3 Phon; mA G4 Phon; tw, tjw G5 Log; Horus G6 Det; flail G7 Det and Log; royal "I" or "we", Horus, Amun, king G7a Log; Nemti G7b Log; Nemti G8 Log; Horus G9 Log; Rr-Herakte G10 Det; Sokar, Henu barge of Sokar G11 Det; Akhom, image of a deity, breast G12 Det; Akhom, image of a deity, breast G13 Det; Horus of Herakliopolis, Sopdu G14 Abbr; new year G15 Log; Mut G16 Log; Nebty (the two ladies) G17 Phon; m G18 Phon; mm G19 Phon; mj G20 Phon; mj G21 Phon; nH Log; guineafowl G22 Phon; Db G23 Phon Det; subjects rhyt G24 Phon Det; subjects rhyt G25 Phon; Ah Log; Ah (spirit) G26 Det; ibis, Thoth G26a Det; ibis, Thoth G27 Phon; dSr Det; flamingo G28 Phon; gm G29 Phon; bA Log; Ba bird G30 Log; power G31 Det; phoenix, Benu, heron G32 Det and Log; to be inundated G33 Phon Det; sdA Log; Seda bird G34 Det; ostrich G35 Phon; aq G36 Phon; wr Det; swallow G37 Det; small, bad, evil, weak G38 Phon; gb (only in the name of Geb) Det; bird, insect, goose G39 Phon; sA Det and Log; son, duck G40 Phon; pA Det and Log; the, to fly (rare) G41 Phon Det; hn, amyt, sHw, Tn, tn, qma Det; fly, bird, land G42 Det and Log; fatten, food G43 Phon; w G44 Phon; ww G45 Phon; wa G46 Phon; mAu G46 Phon; Ta Log; chick G47 Det; nest G49 Det; nest G50 Log; launderer G51 Det; catch fish G52 Det; to feed. G53 Log; Ba (soul) G54 Phon; snD Det; to wring a bird's neck

---

Codes

Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,
Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),
Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),
Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and
Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).