Egyptian Hieroglyphs representing a single consonant or sound.
It should be noted that Egyptions did not habitually write vowels unless at the beginning of the word or where there was likely to be confusion, as in a name
| Hieroglyph | Representation | English | Pronounciation |
 | Vulture | a or ah | This symbol may have originally been pronounced as a glottal stop, but it is commonly used as what is technically a weak consonant; a as in father |
 | The flowering reed | i or y | Technically a weak consonant, it was likely most commonly pronounced like the y in yes. |
 | Two flowering reeds | y | Two flowering reeds represented a stronger y than the single reed. Also as in Discovery |
 | A person's arm | a | A deep gutteral sound made in the throat which occurs in Arabic in Hebrew. The closest English equivalent would be a as in car. |
 | Quail chick | u or w | Much like the Welsh w, this is technically a weak consonant, and is pronounced as either oo as in boot or w as in wind depending on it's place in the word. |
 | A lower leg | b | b as in boot. |
 | A reed mat for sitting | p | p as in pot |
 | A Viper with two horns | f | f as in fruit |
 | An owl, the only bird shown full-face in an hieroglyph | m | m as in money |
 | Rippling water. The Red Crown was a later alternative | n | n as in need |
 | The outline of a person's mouth | r | r as in rabbit |
 | A reed shelter or hut | first h | h as in hill |
 | A twisted flax wick | second h | A hard, emphatic h |
 | Uncertain, but thought to represent a human placenta | third h | ch as in the Scottish loch |
 | View of animal's belly and udder | fourth h | ch as in the German ich |
 | A bolt used to close double doors from the outside, as in temples | z | A z or hard s sound |
 | A folded length of cloth | s | s as in snake |
 | An artificial pool or basin | sh | sh as in shelter |
 | A sideways view of a sandy hill-slope | q | q as in queen |
 | A basket with a handle | k | k as in kit |
 | A circular stand for a jar, side view | g | A hard g as in gold |
 | A loaf of bread | first t | t as in task |
 | A hobbling rope for animals | second t | tj or tsh as in kitch, pitch |
 | A person's hand | first d | d as in dog |
 | A cobra at rest | second d | j or dj as in joke, sedge |
