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When notating a number, they write several letters needed, one to nine, for powers of ten, one to million. For brailling letters for a number, you put a numeral sign and signs for the digit and the figure for each digit.
The numeral sign is {003-456}, same as that of general present languages. You put one numeral sign for each digit as a general rule.
Digits are brailled as following:
| Digit | Sign | Digit | Sign |
| 1 | O- -- O- |
1 day | O- -- OO |
| 10 | O- O- O- |
10 days | O- O- OO |
| 100 | OO -- O- |
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| 1,000 | OO -O O- |
Heqat | -O OO O- |
| 10,000 | O- -O O- |
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| 100,000 | OO O- O- |
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| 1,000,000 | OO OO O- |
Figures (1 - 9) are brailled as following:
| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| Primary sign | O- -- -- |
O- O- -- |
OO -- -- |
OO -O -- |
O- -O -- |
OO O- -- |
OO OO -- |
O- OO -- |
-O O- -- |
-O OO -- |
| Secondary sign | O- -- -O |
O- O- -O |
OO -- -O |
OO -O -O |
O- -O -O |
OO O- -O |
OO OO -O |
O- OO -O |
-O O- -O |
-O OO -O |
These signs are combined to stand for letters as in the table below.
| \Number \ Digit \ |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| O- -- -- |
O- O- -- |
OO -- -- |
OO -O -- |
O- -O -- |
OO O- -- |
OO OO -- |
O- OO -- |
-O O- -- |
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| 1 | O- -- O- |
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| 10 | O- O- O- |
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| 100 | OO -- O- |
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| 1,000 | OO -O O- |
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| 10,000 | O- -O O- |
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| 100,000 | OO O- O- |
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| 1,000,000 | OO OO O- |
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| 1 day | O- -- OO |
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| 10 days | O- O- OO |
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| Heqat | -O OO O- |
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For letters for 200 to 900 thousand and 2 to 9 million not in the table above, they can be brailled by the same rule.
Even if a letter for a number is used for other meanings than a number, it is brailled as a numeral. You can use distinctive and ligative signs to a sign for a letter for a number to generate a braille sign for another letter.
The letter for one put after another letter sometimes stands for that the letter is used logographically. In such cases, you can put {020-000} just after the sign for the letter as an abbreviation instead of the sign for one. This is the only postponed distinctive sign.
In a document with a directional sign, you put spaces between the signs for each digit. In a document without a directional sign, you arrange all signs without spaces. Moreover, you can change the sign for a figure into the secondary sign to omit the numeral sign just after it.
In a document without a directional sign, you can braille according to the decimal system as the present languages. You then do not use signs for digits, and use secondary signs for digits other than ones and a primary sign for the digit of ones. You can also use the signs for zero.
For example, brailles for "1024" are listed in the table below.
| Condition | Braille |
| With directional sign |
-O OO O- -- -O O- O- -- -O O- OO -O -O -- -- -O O- O- -- -O -- -O OO O- -- -- OO O- -- -- OO O- -- |
| Without directional sign |
-O OO O- -O O- O- -O O- OO -O -O -- -O O- O- -O -- -O OO O- -- OO O- -- OO O- -- |
| Omit numeral signs |
-O OO O- O- O- O- OO -O -O -- O- O- -- -O OO O- -O O- -O O- -- |
| Decimal notation |
-O O- -O O- OO -O -- OO O- -O OO -O -O -O -- |
"Horus eye" is a notation system peculiar to hieroglyphs, whose partial images stand for reciprocals of powers of two, 1/2 to 1/64. Horus eye is brailled as following:
| Code / Name | Glyph | Meaning | Braille | Code / Name | Glyph | Meaning | Braille |
| D11 | | 1/2 |
-O -- O- -O -- -- OO O- -- |
D14 | | 1/16 |
-O -- OO -O -- -O OO O- -- |
| Inner corner | Outer corner | ||||||
| D12 | | 1/4 |
-O -- O- -O -- O- OO O- -- |
D15 | | 1/32 |
-O -- O- -O -- -O OO O- -- |
| Pupil | Oblique line in the lower eyelid | ||||||
| D13 | | 1/8 |
-O -- OO -O -- -- OO O- -- |
D16 | | 1/64 |
-O -- OO -O -- O- OO O- -- |
| Upper eyelid | Vertical line in the lower eyelid |
Partial images of Horus eye were combined to stand for the sum of each number. For brailling such a image, you put a numeral sign and {003-000} followed by the secondary sign (primary sign if last) of the third braille of each sign. Even if without a directional sign, the numeral sign of the braille for Horus eye cannot be omitted.
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