[This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.]
CMGG entry for "PCHK"

Translation: “partially cross-hatched K’AN”
Part of speech:

Logogram spellings of "PCHK"

                 

MHD.XQ2                        1633st

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·    This glyph is undeciphered, but is the distintive main sign of one of the forms of Glyph-X – the one associated with Glyph-C = 6+JGU.

o There can be cross-hatching in 0 or 2 quadrants.

o In the case of 0 quadrants of cross-hatching, this could be due to erosion, where the cross-hatching is no longer visible.

o In the case of 2 quadrants of cross-hatching, they are in “opposite corners”, i.e., either the NW and SE quadrants or the NE and SW quadrants.

·    MHD Statistics (2024-12-21):

o A search on “blcodes contains XQ2” gives 13 hits.

o A search on “blsem contains Glyph X01d” gives the same 13 hits.

I.e., the only known occurrences of “PCHK” are in that particular variant of Glyph-X.