Xochiahuech (Verg33r)

Xochiahuech (Verg33r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound Nahuatl hieroglyph is a black-line drawing of the personal name Xochiahuech (perhaps “Dewy Flower”), attested here as a man’s name. The elements are an upright flower with three visible petals, a stem, and one leaf. Below the flower are three short streams of water, each one with a line of current (movement) and a droplet or bead at the bottom.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

One other example of dew appears in this digital collection as a part of the name Yohualahuech (“Night Dew”) which is also a man’s name. It is also drawn as three short streams of water.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

dio. xochiahuech.

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Diego Xochiahuach

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

near Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

flores rociadas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
ahuech(tli), dew, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ahuechtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Flor-Rocio

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Available at Codex Vergara, folio 33r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f73.item.zoom, accessed 1 March 2026. The Vergara is associated with Tepetlaoztoc, in the larger region of Tetzcoco, c. 1539–1543. “Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.” We would also appreciate a citation to the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/.

Image Source, Rights: 

Image Rights: The non-commercial reuse of images from the Bibliothèque nationale de France is free as long as the user is in compliance with the legislation in force and provides the citation: “Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France” or “Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.” We would also appreciate a citation to the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/

Orthography: 
intrusive period
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Yohualahuech (MH624v)