A tall stone slab used by the Maya for carving characters.

What is 'kakaw' and how is it written in Mayan hieroglyphics, according to the video?

'Kakaw' is cocoa, and it's written with three symbols, with the middle symbol being a syllable multiplier.

A set of characters that represent syllables.

Decoding Mayan Hieroglyphs Lesson Plan for Grade 5th Grade

I can interpret the meaning of a Mayan hieroglyphic symbol and explain its significance in Mayan culture.

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The Maya glyph for "mountain" is witz, which is spelled using two sound symbols.
2
The Maya glyph for "cocoa" is kakaw, and it uses a syllable multiplier, also known as an iteration mark.
3
To deal with consonants at the end of words, the Mayan syllabary uses either underspelling, or an echo vowel, such as writing "balam" as ba-la-ma.