# Egyptian triliteral signs

As part of the system of Egyptian hieroglyphs, some hieroglyphs served as phonograms representing one, two, or three consonants, used purely for their consonantal values. This use as phonograms contrasts with use as logograms, where hieroglyphs represent an entire word depicted by the image of the hieroglyph itself that may also have the same one, two, or three consonants.
The following is a list of hieroglyphs used as phonographs with triconsonantal phonetic values. These forms and their values are from Allen (2014), unless otherwise indicated.
| Gardiner | Unicode | Unicode | Transl. | Description | Notes |
| E26 | U+130F0 | 𓃰 | ꜣbw | | |
| W10 | U+133BA | 𓎺 | iꜥb, wsḫ, ḥnt, ḥnw | Bowl | Allen (2014) has the transliteration ḥnw, others are from Beylage (2018) |
| O28 | U+1327A | 𓉺 | iwn | Column with tendon | |
| M1 | U+131AD | 𓆭 | imꜣ | Tree | |
| F44 | U+1312F | 𓄯 | isw, iwꜥ | Bone with meat | iwꜥ "meat on the bone, haunch"; iwꜥ.w "heir", iwꜥ.t "inheritance"; isw "reward, payment" |
| V37 | U+133A9 | 𓎩 | idr | Bandage | Triliteral in Beylage (2018). |
| F21 | U+13114 | 𓄔 | idn, sḏm | Ear | |
| S39 | U+132FF | 𓋿 | ꜥwt | Shepherd's crook | ꜥw.t "flock" |
| D34 | U+1309A | 𓂚 | ꜥḥꜣ | Arms with shield and mace | Triliteral in Beylage (2018). |
| V12 | U+1337C | 𓍼 | ꜥrq | Band of string | Triliteral in Beylage (2018). ꜥrq "wise"; ꜥrq "swear an oath"; ꜥrq.y "last day of the month"; sꜥrq "complete, finish off" |
| S42 | U+1327A | 𓌂 | ꜥbꜣ, sḫm | ꜥbꜣ-scepter | |
| Aa20 | U+13422 | 𓐢 | ꜥpr | Bag for clothing | ꜥpr "provide, equip", ꜥpr.w "equipment"; ꜥpr.w "jewelry"; ꜥpr.w "crew of a ship" |
| S34 | U+132F9 | 𓋹 | ꜥnḫ | Ankh symbol | Ideogram for "sandal-strap", as a phonogram, used to represent "life", "live" |
| P6 | U+132A2 | 𓊢 | ꜥḥꜥ | Mast | |
| I1 | U+13188 | 𓆈 | ꜥšꜣ | Lizard | |
| V29 | U+1339D | 𓎝 | wꜣḥ | Swab | |
| S40 | U+13300 | 𓌀 | wꜣs, wꜣb | Was Sceptre | |
| M13 | U+131C5 | 𓇅 | wꜣḏ | Papyrus Stem | |
| D60 | U+130C2 | 𓃂 | wꜥb | Foot with water streaming | Ideogram for pure or clean |
| N8 | U+131F6 | 𓇶 | wbn | Sun with rays | |
| Aa2 | U+1340E | 𓐎 | wḥꜣ | Pustule | |
| P4 | U+132A0 | 𓊠 | wḥꜥ | Boat with net | |
| F25 | U+13119 | 𓄙 | wḥm | Leg and hoof of an ox | |
| F12 | U+1310A | 𓄊 | wsr | Head and neck of jackal | |
| S11 | U+132DD | 𓋝 | wsḫ | Broad collar | |
| Aa21 | U+13423 | 𓐣 | wḏꜥ | | |
| N20 | U+13204 | 𓈄 | wḏb, wdb | Riverbank | |
| W2 | U+133B0 | 𓎰 | bꜣs | | |
| H2 | U+13180 | 𓆀 | pꜣq | Head of a crested bird | |
| H3 | U+13181 | 𓆁 | pꜣq | Head of spoonbill | |
| F46 | U+13132 | 𓄲 | pẖr, dbn | Intestine | Triliteral in Beylage (2018). pẖr "go around"; pẖr.t "prescription, remedy" |
| N9 | U+131F7 | 𓇷 | psḏ | Moon | |
| N10 | U+131F8 | 𓇸 | psḏ | | |
| Aa11 | U+13419 | 𓐙 | mꜣꜥ | Platform | |
| U4 | U+13336 | 𓌶 | mꜣꜥ | | Triliteral phonogram per Allen's sign list and Beylage (2018). |
| G46 | U+13176 | 𓅶 | mꜣw | | Triliteral phonogram per Allen's sign list and Beylage (2018). |
| G14 | U+13150 | 𓅐 | mwt | Vulture | |
| V32 | U+133A3 | 𓎣 | msn | Wicker satchel | |
| S10 | U+132DC | 𓋜 | mḏḥ | Fillet | |
| S12 | U+132DE | 𓋞 | nbw | | |
| F35 | U+13124 | 𓄤 | nfr | Heart and windpipe | |
| A17 | U+13014 | 𓀔 | nni | Infant | |
| M22 | U+131D1 | 𓇑 | nḫb | Rush | |
| R8 | U+132B9 | 𓊹 | nṯr | Cloth on pole | |
| M29 | U+131DB | 𓇛 | nḏm | Carob seed-pod | |
| T12 | U+13317 | 𓌗 | rwḏ, rwd | Bowstring | |
| Aa5 | U+13411 | 𓐑 | ḥip | Part of a ship | Variant with biliteral ḥp. |
| S38 | U+132FE | 𓋾 | ḥqꜣ | Crook | |
| R4 | U+132B5 | 𓊵 | ḥtp | Bread loaf on mat | |
| Q1 | U+132A8 | 𓊨 | ḥtm | Seat | |
| T6 | U+1330D | 𓌍 | ḥḏḏ | | Triliteral phonogram per Allen's sign list. |
| L1 | U+131A3 | 𓆣 | ḫpr | Scarab beetle | |
| W17 | U+133C3 | 𓏃 | ḫnt | | |
| D19 | U+13089 | 𓂉 | ḫnt | Nose in profile | ḫntš "plantation", ḫntš "be glad, rejoice" |
| S42 | U+13302 | 𓌂 | ḫrp | | |
| P8 | U+132A4 | 𓊤 | ḫrw | Oar | |
| U34 | U+13359 | 𓍙 | ḫsf | Spindle | |
| U35 | U+1335A | 𓍚 | ḫsf | | Variant of U34 |
| W9 | U+133B8 | 𓎸 | ẖnm | Stone jug | |
| Z9 | U+133F4 | 𓏴 | zwꜣ, swꜣ | Two sticks crossed | |
| T11 | U+13315 | 𓌕 | zwn | Arrow | |
| F36 | U+13125 | 𓄥 | zmꜣ | Lung and windpipe | |
| F28 | U+1311C | 𓄜 | sꜣb | Cow's skin | |
| S22 | U+132EB | 𓋫 | sꜣṯ | Shoulder knot | |
| S32 | U+132F7 | 𓋷 | siꜣ | Cloth with fringes | |
| N14 | U+131FC | 𓇼 | sbꜣ, dwꜣ | Star | |
| F42 | U+1312D | 𓄭 | spr | Rib | |
| S29 | U+132F4 | 𓋴 | snb | | |
| S31 | U+132F6 | 𓋶 | smꜣ | | Triliteral phonogram per Allen's sign list. |
| G54 | U+1317E | 𓅾 | snḏ,snd | Plucked bird | |
| T31 | U+1332B | 𓌫 | sšm | Knife sharpener | |
| T32 | U+1332C | 𓌬 | sšm | | |
| U21 | U+13349 | 𓍉 | stp | Adze and block of wood | |
| V2 | U+1336C | 𓍬 | sṯꜣ | | Triliteral in Beylage (2018). |
| Aa32 | U+1342E | 𓐮 | sṯꜣ, stꜣ | Bow | Triliteral phonogram per Allen's sign list. |
| A50 | U+1303B | 𓀻 | šps | | |
| M26 | U+131D7 | 𓇗 | šmꜥ | Flowering sedge | |
| T18 | U+1331E | 𓌞 | šms | Crook with bundle attached | |
| U13 | U+13341 | 𓍁 | šnꜥ | Plough | |
| O43 | U+13290 | 𓊐 | šzp | Fence | |
| O42 | U+1328F | 𓊏 | šzp | Fence | |
| V6 | U+13371 | 𓍱 | šsr | Cord with ends up | |
| R5 | U+132B6 | 𓊶 | kꜣp | Censer for fumigation | kꜣp "fumigate"; kꜣp "shelter, hut" |
| U17 | U+13345 | 𓍅 | grg | Pick and depression | |
| G4 | U+13142 | 𓅂 | tiw | Buzzard | |
| S24 | U+132ED | 𓋭 | ṯꜣz | Knotted belt | ṯꜣs "tie (a knot), knit together"; ṯꜣs "spell, utterance, proverb" |
| S23 | U+132EC | 𓋬 | dmḏ,dmd | Knotted cloth | dmḏ "assemble, unite", dmḏ.yt "assembly"; dmḏ "in total" |
| G27 | U+1315F | 𓅟 | dšr | Flamingo | |
| S41 | U+13301 | 𓌁 | ḏꜥm | Animal-headed staff | ḏꜥmw "electrum" |
| T25 | U+13325 | 𓌥 | ḏbꜣ, dbꜣ | Reed float | |