Hieroglyphics translator
Spell your name with Egyptian hieroglyph sound signs. Not a translation into Egyptian. Free, private.
Your hieroglyphs will appear here.What the hieroglyphics translator does
Gardiner uniliteral signs
Uses the standard single-consonant hieroglyphs from Gardiner's sign list, in the Unicode Egyptian Hieroglyphs block.
Words stay readable
Spaces, line breaks and punctuation are kept, so your text keeps its shape.
Reverse reading
Paste hieroglyph signs to get back the primary letter for each one. It is approximate because some letters share a sign.
Handles missing letters
Letters Egyptian lacked, such as C, V and X, use the nearest sign by one consistent convention.
Live results
The hieroglyphs update as you type.
100% private
Everything happens in your browser. Nothing you type leaves your device.
Translate in three steps
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Type your name or message
Enter letters in the box. Each one is matched to the Egyptian hieroglyph that stood for the nearest sound.
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Check the signs
Words are kept apart with spaces. Letters Egyptian did not have, like C, V or X, use the closest sign and are shown the same way every time.
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Copy the hieroglyphs
Copy the Unicode characters into a document, card or design. You need a font that includes Egyptian Hieroglyphs, such as Noto Sans Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
What people use it for
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Names for gifts and tattoo ideas
Write a name in hieroglyphs for a card, print or sketch. Have a specialist check it before anything permanent.
School projects
Show how the Egyptian alphabet of single-consonant signs works, using classmates' names.
Games and storytelling
Add an ancient-looking inscription to a tabletop campaign, escape room or story.
Museum visit activities
Prepare a hieroglyph name card to bring along or hand out before a museum trip.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a real translation into ancient Egyptian?
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No. It spells English letters with hieroglyphs, sound by sound, the way many museum gift shops write a name. Real Egyptian is a different language. It was written mostly without vowels and also used signs for whole words and silent category signs called determinatives. This tool uses only the 24 single-consonant signs.
Which hieroglyph does each letter use?
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A is the vulture, B the foot, D the hand, F the horned viper, G the jar stand, H the reed shelter, M the owl, N the water ripple, P the stool, R the mouth, S the folded cloth and T the bread loaf. Classical Egyptian had no separate C, O, V or X sound and wrote L with the R sign, so C becomes the K basket, L the R mouth, O and U the quail chick, V the viper and X the K and S signs together.
Why can't I read the result back to the original text exactly?
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Several letters share one sign, so the sound is kept but the spelling is not. C and K both give the basket, and O, U and W all give the quail chick. A name like Cat reads back as KAT. Because of that, treat the output as a way to write a name in hieroglyphs, not as a code to decode later.
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