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Charlotte in hieroglyphics

Charlotte spelled in Egyptian hieroglyphs, letter by letter, drawn in a royal cartouche you can download as an image.

Try:

𓍿𓄿𓂋𓃭𓅱𓏏𓏏𓇋
approximateAncient Egyptian wrote sounds, not English letters. This is the modern museum convention for spelling names sign by sign.

Sign by sign

ch𓍿V13 · a tethering rope
a𓄿G1 · a vulture
r𓂋D21 · a mouth
l𓃭E23 · a resting lion
o𓅱G43 · a quail chick
t𓏏X1 · a loaf of bread
t𓏏X1 · a loaf of bread
e𓇋M17 · a reed leaf

The cartouche above spells Charlotte in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, sign by sign, following the same alphabetic convention museum charts use. Each sign pictures something: an owl, folded cloth, a quail chick. The rendering is approximate by nature — the Egyptians wrote consonants and left most vowels unwritten.

How it works

Egyptian hieroglyphs included a set of signs that each wrote a single sound, and Egyptologists use them as an "alphabet" for spelling modern names, the same convention every museum chart follows. Each of your letters maps to the sign for its nearest Egyptian sound.

An honest word: the Egyptians wrote consonants and left most vowels unwritten, so any modern name in hieroglyphs is an approximation by nature. Ours says so right on the result.

The best part is what the signs picture: an owl, a quail chick, folded cloth, a lion at rest. The breakdown below reads your name sign by sign.

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