Xiuhtzitzin (MH633r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xiuhtzitzin (perhaps "Precious Turquoise Pieces," attested here as a woman's name) shows a profile view of a rear end or buttocks facing left. The rear end (tzintli) is the phonetic indicator for the reverential suffix (-tzin). The tesserae, or mosaic pieces of turquoise (xihuitl) is possibly the key part of the name (Xiuh-). The green leaf (also xihuitl) provides a phonetic complement, and perhaps it accounts for the reduplication of the suffix, helping convey the multiplicity of pieces of precious turquoise.