Plants and trees

The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are often listed in groups of associated glyphs. The following hieroglyphs have been grouped according to the system established by Sir Alan Gardiner and are all depictions of trees and plants.

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M1 Phon jAm (also, less often, jmA and jm) Det; tree, sycamore M2 Phon Det; js, j Phon; Hn Det; flower, plant M3 Phon ht Det and Log; wood M4 Phon Det; rnp Log; year M5 Phon Det; tr, tj, rj Log; a certain time M6 Phon Det; tr, tj, rj Log; a certain time M7 Phon Det; rnp, only in "to be young" (rnpj) Log; to be young M8 Phon SA Log; akhet (season) M9 Phon; nfr (rare) Det and Log; lotus M10 Det; lotus bud M11 Det and Log; to sacrifice M12 Phon; hA Abbr; 1,000 M13 Phon; wAD, wD Log; papyrus M14 Phon; wAD, wD M15 Det and Log; lower Egypt, papyrus swamp M16 Phon; HA Det and Log; lower Egypt M17 Phon; i Log; sedge, reed, I M17a Phon; y M18 Log; come M19 Det and Log; sacrifice M20 Phon; sm Log; land, meadow M21 Phon; sm Log; weed, plant M22 Phon; nhb M22a Phon; nn M23 Phon; sw Log; su rush, king M24 Phon; rs(w) but only in words denoting "south" M25 Phon; rs(w) but only in words denoting "south" M26 Phon; Sma M27 Phon; Sma Log; upper Egypt M28 Abbr; upper Egypt M29 Phon; nDm M30 Det and Log; sweet M31 Det; to grow M32 Det; to grow M33 Det and Log; corn, barley, grain M34 Det and Log; emmer M35 Det; heap, pile M36 Phon; Dr M37 Phon; Dr M38 Det; flax, to tie together M39 Det; an offering (of fruit, vegetables or plants) M40 Phon; js Log; reed M41 Det; juniper, imported wood M42 Phon; wn Abbr; eat M42a Phon; wng M43 Det; wine, fig, fruit M44 Det; thorn, pointed, acute

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Codes

Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,
Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),
Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),
Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and
Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).