10,000-Image Mnemonic System
This is an experimental template for a four-digit number system, described in the blog posts on brainstorming a full 10,000-image system and more thoughts on a 10,000-image system. It is 10,144 images once the 144 face-card pairs are counted.
It never got past the brainstorming stage and has not been tested, so treat it as a starting point rather than a finished system. For background, see the wiki article on 10,000-image number systems.
Each row pairs a four-digit number with the sounds that spell it out. The second and fourth digits double as card suits, so 1,600 of the numbers also name a pair of playing cards, and any number whose digits are all 7 or less also has a 12-bit binary form.
Browse the system
- 0000 to 0999
- 1000 to 1999
- 2000 to 2999
- 3000 to 3999
- 4000 to 4999
- 5000 to 5999
- 6000 to 6999
- 7000 to 7999
- 8000 to 8999
- 9000 to 9999
- Face cards (144 pairs)
Download as a spreadsheet
When you open the file, import the Number column as text. Spreadsheet apps treat it as a number by default and strip the leading zeros, which turns 0042 into 42.
