CMGG entry for syllabogram lo      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Variant: boulder

                              

MC = K&H                      JM                               TOK.p15.r1.c1

lo/CHIT

 

·     Do not confuse this with one variant of u – the so-called “muluk-u”. “Muluk-u” is lo rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

·     Do not confuse this with IHK’:

o IHK’ has a darkened area attached to the top of the inner circle, in the middle – like a (large) darkened protector. This is an essential distinguishing characteristic of IHK’.

o Conversely, the two touching dots are a distinguishing characteristic of lo, and these can be absent in IHK’.

·     This syllabogram also has a reading as a logogram: CHIT.