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  2. Japanese Braille - Wikipedia

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    Japanese Braille is the braille script of the Japanese language. It is based on the original braille script, though the connection is tenuous. In Japanese it is known as tenji (点字), literally "dot characters". It transcribes Japanese more or less as it would be written in the hiragana or katakana syllabaries, without any provision for ...

  3. Braille kanji - Wikipedia

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    Braille Kanji (Japanese: 漢点字, Hepburn: Kantenji, lit. Chinese dot characters) is a system of braille for transcribing written Japanese.It was devised in 1969 by Tai'ichi Kawakami (川上 泰一), a teacher at the Osaka School for the Blind [], and was still being revised in 1991.

  4. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    If no consonant is written in Pahawh Hmong, it is understood to be /k/; consonants are written after the vowel they precede in speech. In Japanese Braille, the vowels but not the consonants have independent status, and it is the vowels which are modified when the consonant is y or w. Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand; Japanese Braille – Japanese

  5. Japan Braille Library - Wikipedia

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    Japan Braille Library (日本点字図書館, Nippon Tenji Toshokan) is a special private library in Tokyo, Japan, serving individuals who are unable to read standard printed material, and those who research the field of visual impairment.

  6. Tenji - Wikipedia

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    The word Tenji can refer to several things in Japanese, including: Tenji (点字) is a system of Japanese Braille. Emperor Tenji (天智天皇 Tenji Tennō) is the name of an emperor of Japan. Tenji (天治) was a Japanese era after Hōan and before Daiji, lasting from 1124 to 1126. The reigning Emperor was Emperor Sutoku.

  7. Braille - Wikipedia

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    Braille is traditionally read in hardcopy form, such as with paper books written in braille, documents produced in paper braille (such as restaurant menus), and braille labels or public signage. It can also be read on a refreshable braille display either as a stand-alone electronic device or connected to a computer or smartphone.

  8. International uniformity of braille alphabets - Wikipedia

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    When braille was adopted for English in the United States, the letters were applied directly to the English alphabet, so that braille letter of French x became English w, French y became English x, French z English y, and French ç English z. In the United Kingdom, however, French Braille was adopted without such reordering.

  9. Ya (kana) - Wikipedia

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    Ya (hiragana: や, katakana: ヤ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. The hiragana is written in three strokes, while the katakana is written in two. Both represent [ja]. Their shapes have origins in the character 也.