6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-23 ( ⠆ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the two middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2806, and in Braille ASCII with the number "2".

Character information
Preview ⠆ (braille pattern dots-23)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10246 U+2806
UTF-8 226 160 134 E2 A0 86
Numeric character reference ⠆ ⠆
Braille ASCII 50 32

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23 is used to represent a voiced bilabial consonant, such as /b/ or /ɓ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as punctuation or accent mark, as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille ; (semicolon), br, ui
English Braille ; (semicolon), -bb-
English Contraction be, be-
German Braille be
Bharati Braille ; (semicolon) [2]
Russian Braille ; (semicolon)
Slovak Braille ; (semicolon)
Arabic Braille ـً (fathatan)
Thai Braille ี ī

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille wi / ゐ / ヰ [1]
Korean Braille -ch / ㅊ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille tone 4 [1]
Taiwanese Braille , (comma)
Nemeth Braille 2 [3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-23 are Braille patterns 237, 238, and 2378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡆ (braille pattern dots-237) ⢆ (braille pattern dots-238) ⣆ (braille pattern dots-2378)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10310 U+2846 10374 U+2886 10438 U+28C6
UTF-8 226 161 134 E2 A1 86 226 162 134 E2 A2 86 226 163 134 E2 A3 86
Numeric character reference ⡆ ⡆ ⢆ ⢆ ⣆ ⣆
dots 237 dots 238 dots 2378
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] end array line ( (open parenthesis) open complex radicand

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-37, Braille pattern dots-137, Braille pattern dots-347, and Braille pattern dots-1347

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 37, 137, 347, and 1347 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023, 237, and 0237 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⡄ (braille pattern dots-37) ⡅ (braille pattern dots-137) ⡌ (braille pattern dots-347) ⡍ (braille pattern dots-1347)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-37 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10308 U+2844 10309 U+2845 10316 U+284C 10317 U+284D
UTF-8 226 161 132 E2 A1 84 226 161 133 E2 A1 85 226 161 140 E2 A1 8C 226 161 141 E2 A1 8D
Numeric character reference ⡄ ⡄ ⡅ ⡅ ⡌ ⡌ ⡍ ⡍

Kantenji using braille patterns 37, 137, 347, or 1347

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-23 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 系

Compounds of 乃

Compounds of 及

Compounds of 亥

Compounds of 幼

Compounds of 幺

Compounds of 左

Other compounds

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

Notes

Look up ⠆ , ⡆ , ⢆ , or ⣆ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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  3. ^ "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  4. ^ "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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