Editing Kʼin

{{Short description|Part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to one day}}
{{For|the Chinese musical instrument|Guqin}}

A '''Kʼin''' ({{IPA|myn|kʼin}}) is a part of the ancient [[Maya calendar#Long Count|Maya Long Count Calendar]] system which corresponds to one [[day]]. It is the smallest unit of Maya time to be counted as part of the long count and it usually appears as the last [[glyph]] in a long count date. Such long count dates can be seen on many inscriptions in the Mayan area at the start of the [[initial series]] which usually occurs at the beginning of an inscription.<ref>Reading the Maya Glyphs, Michael D. Coe & Mark Van Stone</ref>

"Kʼin" means "sun" in the Mayan language.

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