Main Chart
To the vowels are assigned the international braille patterns of the upper-left half of the cell (dots 1-2-4) in numerical order: ⠁⠃⠉⠋⠊ (or, equivalently, the first 5 letters of Braille's alphabet, ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑, rotated to fit the available space). The consonantal diacritics, on the other hand, have no apparent connection to international values or numerical order, corresponding as they do to punctuation and formatting marks.
For illustration, the vowel points are written in black, and the consonant points in green. There is no such distinction in braille as it is actually used.
| あ a | い i | う u | え e | お o | ||
| k | か ka | き ki | く ku | け ke | こ ko | |
| s | さ sa | し shi | す su | せ se | そ so | |
| t | た ta | ち chi | つ tsu | て te | と to | |
| n | な na | に ni | ぬ nu | ね ne | の no | |
| h | は ha | ひ hi | ふ fu | へ he | ほ ho | |
| m | ま ma | み mi | む mu | め me | も mo | ん n |
| y | や ya | ゆ yu | よ yo | -y- | ||
| r | ら ra | り ri | る ru | れ re | ろ ro | |
| w | わ wa | ゐ (w)i | ゑ (w)e | を (w)o | -w- | |
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