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Cantonese Braille (Chinese: 粵語點字) is a braille script used to write Cantonese in Hong Kong. It is locally referred to as ''tim chi'' (點字 ''dim2zi6'') 'dot characters', or more commonly but ambiguously ''tuk chi'' (凸字 ''dat6zi6'') 'raised characters'. Although Cantonese is written in Chinese characters, Cantonese Braille is purely phonetic, with punctuation, digits, and Latin letters from the original Braille. It can be mixed with English text. ==Charts== Each syllable is divided into three parts: the initial consonant, the rime (vowel and any final consonant), and the tone. For example, 盤 ''pun4'' is written , with initial ''p'', final ''un'', and tone ''4''.〔Jennie Lam Suk Yin, 2003, (Confusion of tones in visually-impaired children using Cantonese braille ) (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6AK0HT0Vk)〕 (See Cantonese phonology.) Among initials, aspirated consonants (''p t ts k kw = p' t' ts' k' kw) are derived by adding dots to the unaspirated consonants (''b d dz g gw = p t ts k kw''): *''M'' and ''ng'' may also be used as rimes (syllabic nasals), in which case they are followed directly by the tone. *When ''i'' or ''u'' (but not ''y'') begins a syllable, a dummy consonant ''j'' or ''w'' is prefixed. † represents the symbol was abolished in the revised version in 1990. The rimes ''eu, em, ep'' do not exist in braille. High tone (tones 1 and 7) is not transcribed. Otherwise tone is written after the rime, as follows: In numerical order, the cells are as follows: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cantonese Braille」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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