6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-23456 ( ⠾ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, both middle, and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right, both upper-middle, and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+283e, and in Braille ASCII with a close parenthesis: ).

Character information
Preview ⠾ (braille pattern dots-23456)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23456
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10302 U+283E
UTF-8 226 160 190 E2 A0 BE
Numeric character reference ⠾ ⠾
Braille ASCII 41 29

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23456 is used to represent an unvoiced dental or alveolar plosive, such as /t/ or /t̪/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille Ù, oi, "et"
English Braille with
German Braille st
Bharati Braille ट / ਟ / ટ / ট / ଟ / ట / ಟ / ട / ட / ට / ٹ ‎[2]
IPA Braille breve
Russian Braille Ь
Slovak Braille Ô
Arabic Braille ط
Persian Braille ط
Irish Braille Ú
Thai Braille ท th

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille mo / も / モ [1]
Korean Braille an / 안 [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille yue, -üe [1]
Taiwanese Braille ya, -ia / ㄧㄚ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille null consonant, -ǎ
Nemeth Braille ) (close parenthesis) [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille end fraction [4]
Algerian Braille ء ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-23456 are Braille patterns 234567, 234568, and 2345678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡾ (braille pattern dots-234567) ⢾ (braille pattern dots-234568) ⣾ (braille pattern dots-2345678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234567 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2345678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10366 U+287E 10430 U+28BE 10494 U+28FE
UTF-8 226 161 190 E2 A1 BE 226 162 190 E2 A2 BE 226 163 190 E2 A3 BE
Numeric character reference ⡾ ⡾ ⢾ ⢾ ⣾ ⣾
dots 234567 dots 234568 dots 2345678
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] ⇌ (equilibrium) } (close brace)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-35678, Braille pattern dots-135678, Braille pattern dots-345678, and Braille pattern dots-1345678

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 35678, 135678, 345678, and 1345678 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23456, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023456, 234567, and 0234567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⣴ (braille pattern dots-35678) ⣵ (braille pattern dots-135678) ⣼ (braille pattern dots-345678) ⣽ (braille pattern dots-1345678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-35678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-135678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-345678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1345678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10484 U+28F4 10485 U+28F5 10492 U+28FC 10493 U+28FD
UTF-8 226 163 180 E2 A3 B4 226 163 181 E2 A3 B5 226 163 188 E2 A3 BC 226 163 189 E2 A3 BD
Numeric character reference ⣴ ⣴ ⣵ ⣵ ⣼ ⣼ ⣽ ⣽

Kantenji using braille patterns 35678, 135678, 345678, or 1345678

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-23456 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 門

Compounds of 以

Compounds of 鬥

Compounds of 芻

Compounds of 気 and 气

Compounds of 包 and 勹

Compounds of 区 and 匚

Compounds of 句

Compounds of 凶 and 凵

Compounds of 勺

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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