6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-1236 ( ⠧ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom right and all left-side dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top, upper-middle, and lower-middle left dots; and lower-middle right dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2827, and in Braille ASCII with V.

Character information
Preview ⠧ (braille pattern dots-1236)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1236
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10279 U+2827
UTF-8 226 160 167 E2 A0 A7
Numeric character reference ⠧ ⠧
Braille ASCII 86 56

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1236 is used to represent a voiced labial plosive or labio-velar approximant, such as /v/, /β/, or /w/, and otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille V, "vous"
English Braille V
English Contraction very
German Braille V
Bharati Braille व / ਵ / વ / ৱ / ୱ / ଵ / వ / ವ / വ / வ / ව / و ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille V
IPA Braille /v/
Russian Braille В
Slovak Braille V
Arabic Braille ﻻ
Irish Braille V
Thai Braille บ b
Luxembourgish Braille v (minuscule)

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Other braille

Japanese Braille hi / ひ / ヒ [1]
Korean Braille wa / ㅘ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille an [1]
Taiwanese Braille an / ㄢ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille lu- -ǐ/-ǔ/-ǚ
Algerian Braille ك ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1236 are Braille patterns 12367, 12368, and 123678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡧ (braille pattern dots-12367) ⢧ (braille pattern dots-12368) ⣧ (braille pattern dots-123678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12367 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12368 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10343 U+2867 10407 U+28A7 10471 U+28E7
UTF-8 226 161 167 E2 A1 A7 226 162 167 E2 A2 A7 226 163 167 E2 A3 A7
Numeric character reference ⡧ ⡧ ⢧ ⢧ ⣧ ⣧
dots 12367 dots 12368 dots 123678
Gardner Salinas Braille[3] V (capital) open displayed equation
Luxembourgish Braille[4] V (capital)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-2378, Braille pattern dots-12378, Braille pattern dots-23478, and Braille pattern dots-123478

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2378, 12378, 23478, and 123478 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1236, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01236, 12367, and 012367 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⣆ (braille pattern dots-2378) ⣇ (braille pattern dots-12378) ⣎ (braille pattern dots-23478) ⣏ (braille pattern dots-123478)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12378 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23478 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123478
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10438 U+28C6 10439 U+28C7 10446 U+28CE 10447 U+28CF
UTF-8 226 163 134 E2 A3 86 226 163 135 E2 A3 87 226 163 142 E2 A3 8E 226 163 143 E2 A3 8F
Numeric character reference ⣆ ⣆ ⣇ ⣇ ⣎ ⣎ ⣏ ⣏

Kantenji using braille patterns 2378, 12378, 23478, or 123478

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1236 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 進 and 辶

Compounds of 雍

Compounds of 匕

Compounds of 戌, 戍, 咸, and 戊

Compounds of 皮

Compounds of 巴

Compounds of 道

Compounds of 東 and 柬

Other compounds

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Notes

Look up ⠧ , ⡧ , ⢧ , or ⣧ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ UNESCO (2013). World Braille Usage. Washington, DC: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8444-9564-4. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
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  6. ^ "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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  8. ^ "漢点字入門" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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