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{{tl|{{PAGENAME}}}} there are a number of subpages in this template space that are used for writing [[Egyptian hieroglyph]]s in Wikipedia articles.  The codes for the <nowiki><hiero></nowiki> tags may be found at [[Help:WikiHiero syntax]].

See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt/Templates]] for further details.

== Parameters ==
;1
: name of hieroglyph

;2
:hieroglyph ({{mono|1=&lt;hiero> ... &lt;/hiero>}} expected)

;{{para|align|2=left / right / center}}
:Position the whole hieroglyph box

;{{para|1=style}}
:Specify a custom style for the box 

;{{para|era}}
;{{para|BC|BC / BCE}}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="font-size:90%; width:100%;"
|-
! {{para|era}}
! era name
! era as shown
! bg color
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=pd | nq}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=ed}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=ok}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=1ip}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=mk}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=2ip}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=nk}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=3ip}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=lp}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=pt}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=nubia}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=egypt}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=FooBar}}
{{Hiero/era/doc |era=}}
|}
;{{para|gardiner}}
:The identifier by [[Gardiner's sign list]] code (roughly, A&ndash;Z + number: A20, Z12)

;{{para|unicode}}
:The Unicode codepoint for this hieroglyph (format: looks like {{mono|1=U+13008}})

== Template family ==

The most useful templates are:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|-
!Template
!Bare-bones preview
!Use
|-
|[[Template:Hiero]]
|{{hiero|era=default}}
|A general-purpose template for displaying hieroglyphs.
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/2cartouche]]
|{{hiero/2cartouche|era=default}}
|A template for royal names requiring two cartouches: for praenomen and nomen.
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/1cartouche]]
|{{hiero/1cartouche|era=default}}
|A template for a cartouche name, where only one is known.
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/serekh]]
|{{hiero/serekh|era=default}}
|A template for a Horus-name displayed in a [[serekh]].
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/3name]]
|{{hiero/3name|era=default}}
|A template for a Horus name, praenomen and nomen.
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/5Fold]]
|{{hiero/5Fold|era=default}}
|A template for the [[Fivefold Titulary]].
|}

==Template Data==
{{Template data header}}

<templatedata>
{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"aliases": [
				"name"
			],
			"required": true
		},
		"2": {
			"aliases": [
				"image"
			],
			"required": true,
			"description": "<hiero> ... <hiero> expected"
		},
		"era": {
			"suggested": true
		},
		"align": {},
		"style": {},
		"unicode": {},
		"gardiner": {},
		"BC": {
			"description": "BC or BCE",
			"default": "BC"
		}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"1",
		"2",
		"align",
		"era",
		"BC",
		"style",
		"unicode",
		"gardiner"
	]
}
</templatedata>

== Usage ==

{|
|-
|[[Template:Hiero]] - 921 tc's in 799 Articles (March 2021, {{Template parameter usage|Template:Hiero}}) 
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/2cartouche]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AHiero%2F2cartouche&namespace=0] - 0
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/1cartouche]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AHiero%2F1cartouche&namespace=0] - 7
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/serekh]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AHiero%2Fserekh&namespace=0] - 0
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/3name]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AHiero%2F3name&namespace=0] - 0
|-
|[[Template:Hiero/5Fold]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AHiero%2F5Fold&namespace=0] - 1
|}

==See also==
* {{tl|Hiero/era}}
* {{tl|Infobox hieroglyphs}}

<includeonly>{{Rootpage other|
[[Category:Afro-Asiatic multilingual support templates|Hiero]]
[[Category: Egyptian hieroglyphics templates]]
}}</includeonly>