Chicon (MH879r)

Like Macuil, Chicon is a popular name which seems to be a remnant from the old naming practices that came from the religious divinatory calendar, the tonalpohualli. Typically, a number like five or seven would accompany a day name (such as acatl or cuauhtli). But by the time of the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, sometimes the day names were gone–and sometimes just the day name would appear with no companion number. See below for other examples of the name Chicon, many of which employ the comitl (ceramic pot) as a phonetic indicator for -con. In one example, the notation is gone, and just the ceramic pot appears! There, the pot is more than just the co, con, or com syllable; it has become Chicon itself, probably as a result of the heavy usage of the pot for -con. It is also conceivable that the changes in naming practices that drew from the tonalpohualli were not from forgetfulness, but as a result of the clergy discouraging the use of that calendar.