6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-12356 ( ⠷ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left, both middle, and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left, both upper-middle, and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2837, and in Braille ASCII with the open parenthesis: (.

Character information
Preview ⠷ (braille pattern dots-12356)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12356
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10295 U+2837
UTF-8 226 160 183 E2 A0 B7
Numeric character reference ⠷ ⠷
Braille ASCII 40 28

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-12356 is used to represent a voiced pharyngeal fricative, i.e. /ʕ/, or otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille À, ch
English Braille of
German Braille em
Bharati Braille ഴ / ழ / ඇ / ع ‎[2]
IPA Braille /ʊ/
Slovak Braille Ŕ
Arabic Braille ع
Persian Braille ع
Irish Braille Í
Thai Braille เีย ia

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille mi / み / ミ [1]
Korean Braille on / 온 [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille ou [1]
Taiwanese Braille ou / ㄡ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille lü- -ǎo
Nemeth Braille ( (open parenthesis) [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille begin fraction [4]
Algerian Braille ي ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-12356 are Braille patterns 123567, 123568, and 1235678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡷ (braille pattern dots-123567) ⢷ (braille pattern dots-123568) ⣷ (braille pattern dots-1235678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123567 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1235678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10359 U+2877 10423 U+28B7 10487 U+28F7
UTF-8 226 161 183 E2 A1 B7 226 162 183 E2 A2 B7 226 163 183 E2 A3 B7
Numeric character reference ⡷ ⡷ ⢷ ⢷ ⣷ ⣷
dots 123567 dots 123568 dots 1235678
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] • (bullet) { (open brace)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-23678, Braille pattern dots-123678, Braille pattern dots-234678, and Braille pattern dots-1234678

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 23678, 123678, 234678, and 1234678 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-12356, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 012356, 123567, and 0123567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⣦ (braille pattern dots-23678) ⣧ (braille pattern dots-123678) ⣮ (braille pattern dots-234678) ⣯ (braille pattern dots-1234678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1234678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10470 U+28E6 10471 U+28E7 10478 U+28EE 10479 U+28EF
UTF-8 226 163 166 E2 A3 A6 226 163 167 E2 A3 A7 226 163 174 E2 A3 AE 226 163 175 E2 A3 AF
Numeric character reference ⣦ ⣦ ⣧ ⣧ ⣮ ⣮ ⣯ ⣯

Kantenji using braille patterns 23678, 123678, 234678, or 1234678

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-12356 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 耳

Compounds of 襄

Compounds of 哉

Compounds of 禹

Compounds of 呂

Compounds of 身

Compounds of 足

Compounds of 南

Compounds of 緑

Other compounds

[5] [6] [7] [8]

Notes

Look up ⠷ , ⡷ , ⢷ , or ⣷ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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  2. ^ "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  4. ^ a b "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  5. ^ "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  6. ^ "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  7. ^ "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. ^ "漢点字入門" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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