If you remember from the page on the
different kinds of hieroglyphs, some stand
for a single letter sound. For example, 
stands for r, and 
stands for d.
We call all the hieroglyphs which stand for one letter sound the alphabetic hieroglyphs, because they are a bit like our alphabet. You can use them to write out names. Here they all are:
Notes:
1. there was no v or th sound in ancient Egyptian, so we use the f instead
2. these are sounds - so the c
of 
is a hard c as in cat, not
as in ice
3. 
,
kh, is a throaty
sound like the Scottish ch in loch. It's the last sound in ankh.
4.
was only a z in the Old Kingdom. Later on it was an s.
5. 
was a j as in jam. Usually in books on Egyptian writing it's
written as dj.
6.
was
ch as in church. Usually in books on Egyptian writing it's
written as tj.