6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-134 (⠍) is a 6-dot braille cell with both top and the bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top and the lower-middle left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280d, and in Braille ASCII with M.

Character information
Preview ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10253 U+280D
UTF-8 226 160 141 E2 A0 8D
Numeric character reference ⠍ ⠍
Braille ASCII 77 4D

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-134 is used to represent a bilabial nasal, i.e. /m/.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille M, "me"
English Braille M
English Contraction more
German Braille M
Bharati Braille म / ਮ / મ / ম / ମ / మ / ಮ / മ / ம / ම / م ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille M
IPA Braille /m/
Russian Braille М
Slovak Braille M
Arabic Braille م
Persian Braille م
Irish Braille M
Thai Braille ม m
Luxembourgish Braille m (minuscule)

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille nu / ぬ / ヌ [1]
Korean Braille u / ㅜ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille M [1]
Taiwanese Braille M / ㄇ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille ch- -ōu
Gardner Salinas Braille m [3]
Algerian Braille ش ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-134 are Braille patterns 1347, 1348, and 13478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡍ (braille pattern dots-1347) ⢍ (braille pattern dots-1348) ⣍ (braille pattern dots-13478)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1348 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13478
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10317 U+284D 10381 U+288D 10445 U+28CD
UTF-8 226 161 141 E2 A1 8D 226 162 141 E2 A2 8D 226 163 141 E2 A3 8D
Numeric character reference ⡍ ⡍ ⢍ ⢍ ⣍ ⣍
dots 1347 dots 1348 dots 13478
Gardner Salinas Braille[3] M (capital) μ (mu)
Luxembourgish Braille[4] M (capital)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-257, Braille pattern dots-1257, Braille pattern dots-2457, and Braille pattern dots-12457

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 257, 1257, 2457, and 12457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-134, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0134, 1347, and 01347 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⡒ (braille pattern dots-257) ⡓ (braille pattern dots-1257) ⡚ (braille pattern dots-2457) ⡛ (braille pattern dots-12457)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-257 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1257 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2457 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12457
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10322 U+2852 10323 U+2853 10330 U+285A 10331 U+285B
UTF-8 226 161 146 E2 A1 92 226 161 147 E2 A1 93 226 161 154 E2 A1 9A 226 161 155 E2 A1 9B
Numeric character reference ⡒ ⡒ ⡓ ⡓ ⡚ ⡚ ⡛ ⡛

Kantenji using braille patterns 257, 1257, 2457, or 12457

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-134 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 力

Compounds of 刂

Compounds of 刃 and 刄

Compounds of 刀

Compounds of 臼

Compounds of 匁

Compounds of 免

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. ^ 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.
  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.
  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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