List of Egyptian hieroglyphs
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories. Georg Möller compiled more extensive lists, organized by historical epoch.
In Unicode, the block Egyptian Hieroglyphs includes 1071 signs, organization based on Gardiner's list. As of 2016, there is a proposal by Michael Everson to extend the Unicode standard to comprise Möller's list.
Subsets
Notable subsets of hieroglyphs:- Determinatives
- Uniliteral signs
- Biliteral signs
- Triliteral signs
- Egyptian numerals