1) WOKOTOten Idea of Positioning
Wokoto dot is a system that converts Chinese into Japanese by dotting around a Chinese Character.
In Heian era, Buddhists learned Buddhist scriptures. In those case students took note on Chinese scripture texts hearing Japanese explanation. It is very tough work for students in writing speed.
The WOKOTOten, which records meanings in Japanese language on the original Chinese text came from Sanskrit pronunciation, using positions around Chinese Character.　A dot means many words, number shows order. This is an idea of hierogriphic shorthand.