Name that glyph
Complex writing systems (pictographic, logographic, morpho-phonetic)
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Script: Akkadian Cuneiform
Latin transliteration: am
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Script: Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Latin transliteration: ḫpr
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Script: Indus Valley script
Possible pronunciation: mīn
Possible meaning: star
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Script: Chinese
Latin transliteration: yŭ
Pronunciation: [ y ]
Meaning: language, speech
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Undeciphered writing systems/languages
Abjads / Consonant alphabets
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Script: Phoenician
Name: 'ālef
Latin transliteration: '
Pronunciation: [ ʔ ]
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Script: Hebrew
Name: alef
Latin transliteration: ˒
Pronunciation: [ ʔ/Ø ]
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Script: Arabic
Name: ḍād
Latin transliteration: ḍ
Pronunciation: [ d̴ ]
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Script: Syriac
Name: taw-alap
Latin transliteration: ta
Pronunciation: [ tʔ ]
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Complex writing systems (pictographic, logographic, morpho-phonetic)
Syllabaries
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Script: Cypriot
Latin transliteration: su
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Script: Ethiopic
Latin transliteration: ña
Pronunciation: [ ɲa ]
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Script: Katakana
Latin transliteration: ho
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Script: Yi
Latin transliteration: mit
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Script: Ndjuká
Latin transliteration: ka
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Alphabets
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Script: Greek
Name: Psi
Latin transliteration: ps
Pronunciation: [ ps ]
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Script: Runic
Name: ōþila
Latin transliteration: o
Meaning: wealth
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Script: Irish Uncial
Latin equivalent: g
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Script: Korean (Hangeul)
Latin transliteration: mal
Pronunciation: [ mal ]
Meaning: language/speech
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Script: Mongolian
Cyrillic: үгэ
Latin: üge
Meaning: word/speech
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Syllabic alphabets (abugidas/alphasyllabaries)
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Script: Brahmi
Latin transliteration: ma
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Script: Oriya
Latin transliteration: bha
Pronunciation: [ bʱɔ ]
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Script: Telugu
Latin transliteration: ḷa
Pronunciation: [ ɭʌ ]
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Script: Tibetan
Latin transliteration: smra
Pronunciation: [ má ]
Meaning: to speak
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Script: Gurmukhi
Latin transliteration: la
Pronunciation: [ lə ]
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