6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-346 ( ⠬ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282c, and in Braille ASCII with the plus sign: +.

Character information
Preview ⠬ (braille pattern dots-346)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-346
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10284 U+282C
UTF-8 226 160 172 E2 A0 AC
Numeric character reference ⠬ ⠬
Braille ASCII 43 2B

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-346 is used to represent velar nasals, ie /ŋ/, and otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille (Ò), on
English Braille -ing
German Braille ie
Bharati Braille ङ / ਙ / ઙ / ঙ / ଙ / ఙ / ಙ / ങ / ங / ඞ [2]
IPA Braille /ʌ/
Slovak Braille Ú
Persian Braille ژ
Irish Braille ing
Thai Braille ช ch

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille yu / ゆ / ユ [1]
Korean Braille yo / ㅛ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille yu, -ü [1]
Taiwanese Braille ye, -ie / ㄧㄝ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille du- -éi
Nemeth Braille + (plus sign) [3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-346 are Braille patterns 3467, 3468, and 34678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡬ (braille pattern dots-3467) ⢬ (braille pattern dots-3468) ⣬ (braille pattern dots-34678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3467 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3468 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10348 U+286C 10412 U+28AC 10476 U+28EC
UTF-8 226 161 172 E2 A1 AC 226 162 172 E2 A2 AC 226 163 172 E2 A3 AC
Numeric character reference ⡬ ⡬ ⢬ ⢬ ⣬ ⣬
dots 3467 dots 3468 dots 34678
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] vertical stack superposition horizontal combination

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-578, Braille pattern dots-1578, Braille pattern dots-4578, and Braille pattern dots-14578

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 578, 1578, 4578, and 14578 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-346, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0346, 3467, and 03467 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⣐ (braille pattern dots-578) ⣑ (braille pattern dots-1578) ⣘ (braille pattern dots-4578) ⣙ (braille pattern dots-14578)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-4578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-14578
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10448 U+28D0 10449 U+28D1 10456 U+28D8 10457 U+28D9
UTF-8 226 163 144 E2 A3 90 226 163 145 E2 A3 91 226 163 152 E2 A3 98 226 163 153 E2 A3 99
Numeric character reference ⣐ ⣐ ⣑ ⣑ ⣘ ⣘ ⣙ ⣙

Kantenji using braille patterns 578, 1578, 4578, or 14578

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-346 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 行

Compounds of 憂

Compounds of 罔

Compounds of 臾

Compounds of 至 and 隶

Compounds of 兪

Compounds of 弯 and 彎

Compounds of 弓 and 弖

Compounds of 彳

Compounds of 引

Compounds of 弔

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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