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

Translation: blood
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of ch'ich'

          

K&L.p26.#6                                  TOK.p21.r3.c1

CH’ICH’ / K’IK’                              CH’ICH’

 

                                                                                                      

S&Z.p53-#12              M&G.p216.#1                           FK.pdfp15.r7.c2 =  SM.pdfp8.#186                        BMM9.p16.r6.c2      

CH’ICH’                        <to:ko?>.CH’ICH’                     CH’ICH’ / K’IK’     CH’ICH’                                          CH’ICH’                        

 

·     No glyphs given in K&H, MC, JM, SJ, IC.

·     Features:

o A “blood cartouche”: the bottom shows distinct “blood scrolls”, similar to the day name cartouches, with scrolls curling up the left and right of the bottom.

o A “face”, with two eyes and a nose, in the centre.

·     This glyph has been traditionally nicknamed “Casper” (or rather, rulers with this glyph in their name have had that part of the name read as “Casper”), on the basis of the glyph’s resemblance to the cartoon character (e.g. Casper, one of the early rulers of PAL, and Tok Casper, the first ruler of QRG after the Entrada).

·     This glyph is nowadays known to be read as CH’ICH’.