Nauhacatl (MH653r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Nahuacatl or Nauhacatl (which can also be spelled "Nahui Acatl," "Four Reed" or "4-Reed") is attested here as a man's name. This is a name that derives from the religious divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli. Acatl is a day name, and the companion number here is four (nahui). Parents would often name a baby based upon the date of the birth in this calendar, and the child's fate was believed to be affected by what the calendar portended. The four reeds are vertical here, and they are segmented much like bamboo.