Egyptian Alphabet: Image of the Hieroglyphic Symbol for the Letter A Image of the ancient Egyptian symbol that was used in ancient Egyptian writing that corresponds to the letter A in the English alphabet. Egyptian Alphabet: Hieroglyphic Symbol for the Letter A 

Egyptian Alphabet: Hieroglyphic Symbol for the Letter A There are two hieroglyphs for the letter "A" representing the different sounds of the letter. Hieroglyphic writing contains a phonetic element, called a phonogram. A phonogram is an image that can represent a spoken sound. The image of the bird depicts a vulture and used for the short "a" sound in words, like CAT. The image of the arm makes a long "a" sound like TABLE. |