6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-236 ( ⠦ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle left and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle left and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2826, and in Braille ASCII with the number 8.

Character information
Preview ⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-236
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10278 U+2826
UTF-8 226 160 166 E2 A0 A6
Numeric character reference ⠦ ⠦
Braille ASCII 56 38

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-236 is used to represent various punctuation, often coupled with Braille pattern dots-356 as an opening mark.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille ( (open parenthesis), er, "du"
English Braille ? (question mark), “ (opening quote)
English Contraction his
German Braille tt
Bharati Braille ? (question mark), “ (opening quote) [2]
IPA Braille hook top, curly tail, loop modifier
Russian Braille « (open quote)
Slovak Braille ( (open parenthesis)
Arabic Braille ـٌ (tanwīn)
Thai Braille ๋ (tone 4)

[1]

Other braille

Korean Braille -t / ㅌ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille ang [1]
Taiwanese Braille yue, -üe / ㄩㄝ, { (opening bracket)
Two-Cell Chinese Braille p-
Nemeth Braille 8 [3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-236 are Braille patterns 2367, 2368, and 23678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡦ (braille pattern dots-2367) ⢦ (braille pattern dots-2368) ⣦ (braille pattern dots-23678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2367 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2368 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10342 U+2866 10406 U+28A6 10470 U+28E6
UTF-8 226 161 166 E2 A1 A6 226 162 166 E2 A2 A6 226 163 166 E2 A3 A6
Numeric character reference ⡦ ⡦ ⢦ ⢦ ⣦ ⣦
dots 2367 dots 2368 dots 23678
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] → (right arrow) [ (open bracket)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-378, Braille pattern dots-1378, Braille pattern dots-3478, and Braille pattern dots-13478

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 378, 1378, 3478, and 13478 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-236, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0236, 2367, and 02367 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⣄ (braille pattern dots-378) ⣅ (braille pattern dots-1378) ⣌ (braille pattern dots-3478) ⣍ (braille pattern dots-13478)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-378 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1378 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3478 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13478
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10436 U+28C4 10437 U+28C5 10444 U+28CC 10445 U+28CD
UTF-8 226 163 132 E2 A3 84 226 163 133 E2 A3 85 226 163 140 E2 A3 8C 226 163 141 E2 A3 8D
Numeric character reference ⣄ ⣄ ⣅ ⣅ ⣌ ⣌ ⣍ ⣍

Kantenji using braille patterns 378, 1378, 3478, or 13478

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-236 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 日

Compounds of 旦

Compounds of 亘

Compounds of 白

Compounds of 旧

Compounds of 曰

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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