6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰
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The Braille pattern dots-45 ( ⠘ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and middle right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and upper middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2818, and in Braille ASCII with a caret: ^.

Character information
Preview ⠘ (braille pattern dots-45)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-45
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10264 U+2818
UTF-8 226 160 152 E2 A0 98
Numeric character reference ⠘ ⠘
Braille ASCII 94 5E

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-45 is used as a format or abbreviation sign, or as otherwise needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille currency sign, bl, -able
English Braille abbreviation sign
German Braille -ig
Bharati Braille भ / ਭ / ભ / ভ / ଭ / భ / ಭ / ഭ / භ / بھ ‎[2]
Slovak Braille Greek sign

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille yōon + dakuten[1]
Korean Braille b- / ㅂ [1]
Taiwanese Braille yuan, -üan / ㄩㄢ
Nemeth Braille superscript mark [3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-45 are Braille patterns 457, 458, and 4578, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡘ (braille pattern dots-457) ⢘ (braille pattern dots-458) ⣘ (braille pattern dots-4578)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-457 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-458 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-4578
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10328 U+2858 10392 U+2898 10456 U+28D8
UTF-8 226 161 152 E2 A1 98 226 162 152 E2 A2 98 226 163 152 E2 A3 98
Numeric character reference ⡘ ⡘ ⢘ ⢘ ⣘ ⣘
dots 457 dots 458 dots 4578
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] ) (close parenthesis) bold indicator fractur indicator

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-56, Braille pattern dots-156, Braille pattern dots-456, and Braille pattern dots-1456

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 56, 156, 456, and 1456 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-45, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 045, 457, and 0457 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⠰ (braille pattern dots-56) ⠱ (braille pattern dots-156) ⠸ (braille pattern dots-456) ⠹ (braille pattern dots-1456)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-56 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-156 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-456 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1456
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10288 U+2830 10289 U+2831 10296 U+2838 10297 U+2839
UTF-8 226 160 176 E2 A0 B0 226 160 177 E2 A0 B1 226 160 184 E2 A0 B8 226 160 185 E2 A0 B9
Numeric character reference ⠰ ⠰ ⠱ ⠱ ⠸ ⠸ ⠹ ⠹

Kantenji using braille patterns 56, 156, 456, or 1456

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-45 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Variants
Directional thematic compounds
Other thematic compounds

Compounds of 比

Compounds of 此

Compounds of 上, 下, and 中

Compounds of 右, 左, 北, 南, 東, and 西

Compounds of 母 and 毋

Compounds of 入 and 出

Compounds of 互, 亙, 凸, 凹, 良, 貫, 可, 大, 小, 尺, 屯, 斗, 斤, 升, 丈, 勺, and 匁

Compounds of 里, 高, 可, and 亀

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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