6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
⠝
This article contains Unicode Braille characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Braille characters.

The Braille pattern dots-2456 ( ⠺ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, both middle, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right, both upper-middle, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+283a, and in Braille ASCII with W.

Character information
Preview ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2456
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10298 U+283A
UTF-8 226 160 186 E2 A0 BA
Numeric character reference ⠺ ⠺
Braille ASCII 88 58

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2456 is used to represent the labio-velar approximant, /w/, or otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille W, om, -tt-, "tous"
English Braille W
English contraction will
German Braille W
Bharati Braille ठ / ਠ / ઠ / ঠ / ଠ / ఠ / ಠ / ഠ / ඨ / ٹھ ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille W
IPA Braille /w/
Russian Braille В (v)
Slovak Braille W
Arabic Braille و
Persian Braille و
Irish Braille W
Thai Braille ว w
Luxembourgish Braille w (minuscule)

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille so / そ / ソ [1]
Korean Braille ui / ㅢ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille wei, -ui [1]
Taiwanese Braille ai / ㄞ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille mi- -á
Algerian Braille ـٍ ‎ (tanwīn)[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-2456 are Braille patterns 24567, 24568, and 245678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡺ (braille pattern dots-24567) ⢺ (braille pattern dots-24568) ⣺ (braille pattern dots-245678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24567 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-245678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10362 U+287A 10426 U+28BA 10490 U+28FA
UTF-8 226 161 186 E2 A1 BA 226 162 186 E2 A2 BA 226 163 186 E2 A3 BA
Numeric character reference ⡺ ⡺ ⢺ ⢺ ⣺ ⣺
dots 24567 dots 24568 dots 245678
Gardner Salinas Braille[3] W (capital) ω (omega) Ω (Omega)
Luxembourgish Braille[4] W (capital)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-3568, Braille pattern dots-13568, Braille pattern dots-34568, and Braille pattern dots-134568

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3568, 13568, 34568, and 134568 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2456, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02456, 24567, and 024567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⢴ (braille pattern dots-3568) ⢵ (braille pattern dots-13568) ⢼ (braille pattern dots-34568) ⢽ (braille pattern dots-134568)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134568
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10420 U+28B4 10421 U+28B5 10428 U+28BC 10429 U+28BD
UTF-8 226 162 180 E2 A2 B4 226 162 181 E2 A2 B5 226 162 188 E2 A2 BC 226 162 189 E2 A2 BD
Numeric character reference ⢴ ⢴ ⢵ ⢵ ⢼ ⢼ ⢽ ⢽

Kantenji using braille patterns 3568, 13568, 34568, or 134568

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2456 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 馬

Compounds of 曹

Compounds of 遂

Compounds of 曾

Compounds of 曽 and 彖

Compounds of 且

Compounds of 丑 and 豕

Compounds of 牛

Compounds of 羊

Compounds of 豚

Compounds of 午

Compounds of 象 and 豸

Compounds of 小

Compounds of 兎

Compounds of 鹿

Other compounds

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

Notes

Look up ⠺ , ⡺ , ⢺ , or ⣺ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. ^ a b c d e f "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
  2. ^ "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ^ "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.
Category