6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-13 ( ⠅ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and middle-bottom left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2805, and in Braille ASCII with "K".

Character information
Preview ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10245 U+2805
UTF-8 226 160 133 E2 A0 85
Numeric character reference ⠅ ⠅
Braille ASCII 75 4B

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-13 is used to represent an unvoiced velar plosive, ie /k/.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille K, au
English Braille K
English Contraction knowledge
German Braille K
Bharati Braille क / ਕ / ક / ক / କ / క / ಕ / ക / க / ක / ک ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille K
IPA Braille /k/
Russian Braille К
Slovak Braille K
Arabic Braille ك
Persian Braille ک
Irish Braille K
Thai Braille ข kh
Luxembourgish Braille k (minuscule)

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille na / な / ナ [1]
Korean Braille -j / ㅈ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille k/q [1]
Taiwanese Braille g, j / ㄍ,ㄐ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille k- -ēn
Nemeth Braille not an independent sign [3]
Algerian Braille ز ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-13 are Braille patterns 137, 138, and 1378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡅ (braille pattern dots-137) ⢅ (braille pattern dots-138) ⣅ (braille pattern dots-1378)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-138 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1378
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10309 U+2845 10373 U+2885 10437 U+28C5
UTF-8 226 161 133 E2 A1 85 226 162 133 E2 A2 85 226 163 133 E2 A3 85
Numeric character reference ⡅ ⡅ ⢅ ⢅ ⣅ ⣅
dots 137 dots 138 dots 1378
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] K (capital) κ (kappa)
Luxembourgish Braille[5] K (capital)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-27, Braille pattern dots-127, Braille pattern dots-247, and Braille pattern dots-1247

For other kantenji based on 亻, see Braille pattern dots-46 § related 8-dot kantenji patterns.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 27, 127, 247, and 1247 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-13, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 013, 137, and 0137 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⡂ (braille pattern dots-27) ⡃ (braille pattern dots-127) ⡊ (braille pattern dots-247) ⡋ (braille pattern dots-1247)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-27 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-127 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-247 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1247
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10306 U+2842 10307 U+2843 10314 U+284A 10315 U+284B
UTF-8 226 161 130 E2 A1 82 226 161 131 E2 A1 83 226 161 138 E2 A1 8A 226 161 139 E2 A1 8B
Numeric character reference ⡂ ⡂ ⡃ ⡃ ⡊ ⡊ ⡋ ⡋

Kantenji using braille patterns 27, 127, 247, or 1247

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-13 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 人

Compounds of 意

Compounds of 台 and 臺

Compounds of 夾

Compounds of 竟

Other compounds

[6] [7] [8] [9]

Notes

Look up ⠅ , ⡅ , ⢅ , or ⣅ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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