6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-126 ( ⠣ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and middle left, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and upper-middle left, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2823, and in Braille ASCII with the less than sign: <.

Character information
Preview ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-126
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10275 U+2823
UTF-8 226 160 163 E2 A0 A3
Numeric character reference &#10275; &#x2823;
Braille ASCII 60 3C

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-126 is used to represent a voiced dorsal fricative or aspirate, such as /ɣ/, /ʁ/, or /gʱ/, or otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified Braille values

French Braille Ê, mathematical 2, fl,ent, "même"
English Braille gh
German Braille eu
Bharati Braille घ / ਘ / ઘ / ঘ / ଘ / ఘ / ಘ / ഘ / ඝ / گھ ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille Í
IPA Braille /ɔ/
Arabic Braille غ
Persian Braille غ
Irish Braille gh
Thai Braille แ◌ ae
Luxembourgish Braille 2 (two)

[1]

Other Braille

Japanese Braille ki / き / キ [1]
Korean Braille a / ㅏ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille yin, -in [1]
Taiwanese Braille o / ㄛ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille hu- -í/-ú/-ǘ, 时 shí
Nemeth Braille radical index (nth root) sign, directly over indicator [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille 2 [4]
Algerian Braille ـّ (shaddah) ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-126 are Braille patterns 1267, 1268, and 12678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡣ (braille pattern dots-1267) ⢣ (braille pattern dots-1268) ⣣ (braille pattern dots-12678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1267 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1268 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10339 U+2863 10403 U+28A3 10467 U+28E3
UTF-8 226 161 163 E2 A1 A3 226 162 163 E2 A2 A3 226 163 163 E2 A3 A3
Numeric character reference &#10339; &#x2863; &#10403; &#x28A3; &#10467; &#x28E3;
dots 1267 dots 1268 dots 12678
Gardner Salinas Braille[4]

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-238, Braille pattern dots-1238, Braille pattern dots-2348, and Braille pattern dots-12348

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 238, 1238, 2348, and 12348 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-126, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0126, 1267, and 01267 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⢆ (braille pattern dots-238) ⢇ (braille pattern dots-1238) ⢎ (braille pattern dots-2348) ⢏ (braille pattern dots-12348)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1238 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2348 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12348
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10374 U+2886 10375 U+2887 10382 U+288E 10383 U+288F
UTF-8 226 162 134 E2 A2 86 226 162 135 E2 A2 87 226 162 142 E2 A2 8E 226 162 143 E2 A2 8F
Numeric character reference &#10374; &#x2886; &#10375; &#x2887; &#10382; &#x288E; &#10383; &#x288F;

Kantenji using braille patterns 238, 1238, 2348, or 12348

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-126 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 木

Compounds of 甚

Compounds of 巳, 已, and 己

Compounds of 其

Compounds of 未, 末, and 本

Compounds of 北

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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