Astral glyphs

"Number 83: Galaxy Queen (DARK)" written in Astral (top) and Japanese (bottom).

Astral glyphs are the writing system used by those in Astral World in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime.

In reality, the glyphs are a cipher of Japanese. With the exception of numbers and a few special characters, each glyph is a stylized version of a katakana. A word written in Japanese phonology can be converted to Astral glyphs, by converting each syllable of the word to its katakana and then replacing each katakana with its corresponding Astral glyph. The long vowel marker, "ー", is replaced with the vowel it is prolonging. The syntax of the first line of an Xyz Monster's card text is: <required Attribute><number of stars equal to the monster's Rank> × <number of a digit which identifies the number of Xyz Materials, equal to the number of Xyz Materials>

Conversion

Syllables

	a	i	u	e	o
-
	ア	イ	ウ	エ	オ
k-
	カ	キ	ク	ケ	コ
g-
	ガ	ギ	グ	ゲ	ゴ
s-
	サ	シ	ス	セ	ソ
z-
	ザ	ジ	ズ	ゼ	ゾ
t-		x25px
	タ	チ	ツ	テ	ト
d-		x25px
	ダ	ヂ	ヅ	デ	ド
n-		x25px
	ナ	ニ	ヌ	ネ	ノ
h-				x25px
	ハ	ヒ	フ	ヘ	ホ
b-				x25px
	バ	ビ	ブ	ベ	ボ
p-				x25px
	パ	ピ	プ	ペ	ポ
m-
	マ	ミ	ム	メ	モ
y-
	ヤ		ユ		ヨ
r-
	ラ	リ	ル	レ	ロ
w-		x25px		x25px
	ワ	ヰ		ヱ	ヲ

n
ン

Numbers

Each number is represented by a ten spoked wheel, with a dot outside. Counting the number of spokes clockwise from the top of the circle, until the dot is reached gives the number it represents.

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Symbols

×	·	☆	/	[	]	“	”	.	.
×	・	☆	／	［	］	「	」	.	。

Words

Number	Number C	LIGHT	DARK	FIRE	WATER	EARTH	WIND
				x25px			x25px
Ｎｏ．（ナンバーズ）	Ｃ（カオス）Ｎｏ．（ナンバーズ）	光	闇	炎	水	地	風

Cards

The following cards have been shown in Astral glyphs.

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  Number 17: Leviathan Dragon

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  Number 25: Force Focus

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  Number 39: Utopia

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  Number C39: Utopia Ray

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  Number 54: Lion Heart

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  Number 83: Galaxy Queen