6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-2346 ( ⠮ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, middle left, and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right, upper-middle left, and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282e, and in Braille ASCII with an exclamation mark: !.

Character information
Preview ⠮ (braille pattern dots-2346)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2346
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10286 U+282E
UTF-8 226 160 174 E2 A0 AE
Numeric character reference ⠮ ⠮
Braille ASCII 33 21

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2346 is used to represent a voiced alveolar fricative or aspirate, such as /ð/ or /dʱ/, and is otherwise assigned as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille È, ss, "sans"
English Braille the
German Braille ß / ss
Bharati Braille ध / ਧ / ધ / ধ / ଧ / ధ / ಧ / ധ / ධ / دھ ‎[2]
IPA Braille /ʒ/
Russian Braille Ы
Slovak Braille Ž
Arabic Braille ذ
Persian Braille ذ
Thai Braille ซ s

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille ho / ほ / ホ [1]
Korean Braille eul / 을 [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille ei [1]
Taiwanese Braille e / ㄜ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille tu- -ě/-ǒ, 也 yě
Nemeth Braille ∫ (integral) [3]
Algerian Braille ى ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-2346 are Braille patterns 23467, 23468, and 234678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡮ (braille pattern dots-23467) ⢮ (braille pattern dots-23468) ⣮ (braille pattern dots-234678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23467 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23468 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10350 U+286E 10414 U+28AE 10478 U+28EE
UTF-8 226 161 174 E2 A1 AE 226 162 174 E2 A2 AE 226 163 174 E2 A3 AE
Numeric character reference ⡮ ⡮ ⢮ ⢮ ⣮ ⣮
dots 23467 dots 23468 dots 234678
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] line ∫ close ∫ ∫

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-3578, Braille pattern dots-13578, Braille pattern dots-34578, and Braille pattern dots-134578

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3578, 13578, 34578, and 134578 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2346, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02346, 23467, and 023467 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⣔ (braille pattern dots-3578) ⣕ (braille pattern dots-13578) ⣜ (braille pattern dots-34578) ⣝ (braille pattern dots-134578)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134578
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10452 U+28D4 10453 U+28D5 10460 U+28DC 10461 U+28DD
UTF-8 226 163 148 E2 A3 94 226 163 149 E2 A3 95 226 163 156 E2 A3 9C 226 163 157 E2 A3 9D
Numeric character reference ⣔ ⣔ ⣕ ⣕ ⣜ ⣜ ⣝ ⣝

Kantenji using braille patterns 3578, 13578, 34578, or 134578

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2346 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 方

Compounds of 敖

Compounds of 旁

Compounds of 亡

Compounds of 甫

Compounds of 夕

Compounds of 死 and 歹

Compounds of 少

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. ^ "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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