The hieroglyph alphabet
33 signs the Cartouche Desk can use. Each shows its Gardiner sign-list code, what it pictures and the sound it carries.
uniliteral
AG1 · vulturea glottal sound like the start of "ah"
iM17 · reed leaf"i" or "ee"; often an initial vowel
yM18 · double reed"y" as in yes, or a long "ee"
aD36 · forearma throaty sound; used for "a" and "o" in modern renderings
wG43 · quail chick"w" or "u"/"oo"
bD58 · foot"b"
pQ3 · stool"p"
fI9 · horned viper"f"
mG17 · owl"m"
nN35 · water ripple"n"
rD21 · mouth"r" (and "l" in later foreign names)
hO4 · reed shelter"h" as in hat
HV28 · twisted flaxa stronger, breathy "h"
xAa1 · placenta (?)"kh" as in Scottish loch
XF32 · animal bellya softer "kh", like German ich
sS29 · folded cloth"s"
SN37 · pool"sh"
qN29 · hill slopea back "k", written "q"
kV31 · basket with handle"k"
gW11 · jar standhard "g"
tX1 · bread loaf"t"
TV13 · tethering rope"ch" as in church
dD46 · hand"d"
DI10 · cobra"j" as in judge, or "dj"
biliteral
msF31 · three fox skins tiedbiliteral "ms", as in Ramesses
mnY5 · gaming boardbiliteral "mn"
triliteral
nfrF35 · heart and windpipetriliteral "nfr", beautiful or good
determinative
raN5 · sun discthe sun, and the god Ra
manA1 · seated mandeterminative for a man or male relative
womanB1 · seated womandeterminative for a woman or female relative
strokeZ1 · single strokemarks a word written by a single sign (ideogram)
townO49 · crossroads towndeterminative for a place name
shenV9 · shen ringthe cartouche is a lengthened shen ring
Put them to use on the Cartouche Desk, or read the sound rules and how to read a cartouche.