hieroglyph
Example Sentences
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A vulture is used as the hieroglyph for mother, mut being the word for them both, and for the mother goddess of Thebes.
From Salon • May 11, 2025
Some other holes were tagged with the Nefer hieroglyph, the symbol for “good”; perhaps some benefit accrued to pieces that landed there, Carter speculated.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 26, 2019
Some media outlets have likened emojis to modern-day hieroglyph.
From The Guardian • May 28, 2016
The Egyptians had a hieroglyph fashioned after the barn owl.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2015
But not every hieroglyph is a letter or syllable.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
