6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-34 ( ⠌ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280c, and in Braille ASCII with the slash: /.

Character information
Preview ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10252 U+280C
UTF-8 226 160 140 E2 A0 8C
Numeric character reference ⠌ ⠌
Braille ASCII 47 2F

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-34 is used to represent a front, open to close diphthong, i.e. /ai/, or otherwise assigned as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille (Ì), /, ai
English Braille "st" or / (forward slash)
English Contraction still
German Braille äu
Bharati Braille ऐ / ਐ / ઐ / ঐ / ଐ / ఐ / ಐ / ഐ / ஐ / ඓ / ے ‎[2]
IPA Braille /ɪ/
Slovak Braille Í
Arabic Braille أ
Irish Braille st
Thai Braille ฉ ch

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille ya / や / ヤ [1]
Korean Braille ye / ㅖ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille zh [1]
Taiwanese Braille wu, -u / ㄨ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille d- -èi
Nemeth Braille / (forward slash) [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille denominator sign [4]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-34 are Braille patterns 347, 348, and 3478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡌ (braille pattern dots-347) ⢌ (braille pattern dots-348) ⣌ (braille pattern dots-3478)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-348 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3478
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10316 U+284C 10380 U+288C 10444 U+28CC
UTF-8 226 161 140 E2 A1 8C 226 162 140 E2 A2 8C 226 163 140 E2 A3 8C
Numeric character reference ⡌ ⡌ ⢌ ⢌ ⣌ ⣌
dots 347 dots 348 dots 3478
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] stroke / not modifier @ / (forward slash)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-57, Braille pattern dots-157, Braille pattern dots-457, and Braille pattern dots-1457

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 57, 157, 457, and 1457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-34, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 034, 347, and 0347 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⡐ (braille pattern dots-57) ⡑ (braille pattern dots-157) ⡘ (braille pattern dots-457) ⡙ (braille pattern dots-1457)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-57 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-157 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-457 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1457
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10320 U+2850 10321 U+2851 10328 U+2858 10329 U+2859
UTF-8 226 161 144 E2 A1 90 226 161 145 E2 A1 91 226 161 152 E2 A1 98 226 161 153 E2 A1 99
Numeric character reference ⡐ ⡐ ⡑ ⡑ ⡘ ⡘ ⡙ ⡙

Kantenji using braille patterns 57, 157, 457, or 1457

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-34 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 病 and 疒

Compounds of 艮

Compounds of 乎

Compounds of 豈

Compounds of 山

Compounds of 矢

Compounds of 疾

Compounds of 良

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. ^ 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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