Ideograms are pictures that have a further meaning. For example if there is a fork, knife, and a cup that means that there is a place to eat and if you see a picture of a big red cross it means first aid.

 

Mdw Ntr
Contemporary

fire, heat, cook

Bus Stop

m (‘em’), in; by means of, with (of instrument); from, out of

First Aid

air, wind, sail

Restroom

clothe, linen


Police

night, darkness
 
Stop

tn ('ten') this, feminine
(follows its noun)

Eatery

pn (‘pen’) this (masculine)
(follows its noun)

Caution

irrigated land

 

Recycle

sacred bark

Escalator

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Resources:
Gardiner, Alan. Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the study of Hieroglyphics. Third Edition Revised. Griffith Institute. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. 1994. This book was a very big help to us and we used it on our Ideograms and Pictograms page. (Where the Ideograms came from.)

Bus Stop -
First Aid - http://www.sign.co.za/G1.htm
Restroom - http://www.shifflerequip.com/detail.phtml?cat_id=3&subcat_id=7&subsubcat_id=330&product_id=20602
Police -
Stop - http://www.raptureready.com/featured/reagan/stop-sign.gif
Eatery - http://www.signalindustries.ca/Pages/Signs/Info/IS-9_Details.htm
Caution - http://www.pitt.edu/~registrar/tranWizCertOdr5.htm
Recycle - http://www.as.wwu.edu/home.php
Escalator - http://www.designofsignage.com/application/symbol/hospital/largesymbols/escalator.html