Every digit is a sound
The basic code gives every digit a consonant sound — it is the foundation of the Major system and therefore of every image word in memoπ. What counts is the sound, not the letter: whether it is written f or ph makes no difference, spoken they are the same. Vowels stay free — they pad the words into something pronounceable but carry no digit of their own.
- 0
- s, z, soft c “Zero” starts with the s sound.
- 1
- t, d, th One downstroke: t and d have one, so does 1.
- 2
- n The n has two downstrokes.
- 3
- m The m has three downstrokes.
- 4
- r “four” ends in r.
- 5
- l The open hand shows five fingers, thumb and index make an L.
- 6
- sh, ch, j, soft g A mirrored j gives you a 6.
- 7
- k, hard c, hard g, q Two sevens build a K.
- 8
- f, ph, v A handwritten f has two loops like the 8.
- 9
- p, b Mirror the 9 for p, turn it for b.
How an image word is made
The carrying sounds are in blue, the padding in grey: 1 is d, 4 is r — the vowels between them only make the word pronounceable. Every pair of digits from 00 to 99 has its own fixed word this way, listed under image words. You do not have to learn the code by heart in advance: the trainer teaches it digit by digit, in a few minutes.