Egyptian vulture G1

Sound: ꜣ: a (a glottal stop, like the break in uh-oh)
Meaning: The sound ꜣ. Often read as 'a' in names.
Kind: one-sound sign
How common: 12th commonest of our 336 signs: 1.8% of all signs written in real texts.
Unicode: U+1313F 𓄿

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How to write your name in hieroglyphs Write your name in hieroglyphics by sound: which alphabet sign stands for each letter, a worked example, and why it is a modern convention.
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