Ancient Symbols & Signs

Hieroglyphic Symbol for People

Hieroglyphic Symbol for People

Some Egyptian phrases and expressions were so common that they had their own hieroglyphs.
Sometimes an extra symbol was used to better explain the word these were known as “determinatives”. Below you will see the symbol and its equivelant English meaning. I think of these symbols as being nouns and adverbs.

Hieroglyphic Symbols

Hieroglyph Symbol Meaning
hieroglyphic_determinatives_symbol_people man, woman and 3 vertical strokes people, crowd