Editing Egyptian hieroglyphs (section)

===Mature writing system===
{{Further|Middle Egyptian language}}
[[File:Minnakht 01.JPG|thumb|Hieroglyphs on stela in [[Louvre]], {{cx|1321 BC}}]]
[[File:Artist's Scaled Drawing of Hieroglyphs.jpg|thumb|Artist's scaled drawing of hieroglyphs {{cx|1479–1458 BC}}, meaning 'life', 'stability', and 'dominion'. The grid lines allowed the artist to draw the hieroglyphs at whatever scale was needed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist's Scaled Drawing of Hieroglyphs ca. 1479–1458 B.C. |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545148 |website=metmuseum.org |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>]]
Hieroglyphs consist of three kinds of glyphs: phonetic glyphs, including single-consonant characters that function like an [[alphabet]]; [[logograph]]s, representing [[morpheme]]s; and [[determinative]]s, which narrow down the [[semantics|meaning]] of logographic or phonetic words.