Braille pattern dots-1456

The Braille pattern dots-1456 ( ⠹ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both top, the middle right, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top, the upper-middle right, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2839, and in Braille ASCII with a question mark: ?.

Character
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1456
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10297	U+2839
UTF-8	226 160 185	E2 A0 B9
Numeric character reference	⠹	⠹
Braille ASCII	63	3F

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1456 is used to represent a voiceless dental fricative, i.e. /θ/, and is otherwise assigned as needed.^[1]

Table of unified braille values

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1456 are Braille patterns 14567, 14568, and 145678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-14567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-14568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-145678
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	10361	U+2879	10425	U+28B9	10489	U+28F9
UTF-8	226 161 185	E2 A1 B9	226 162 185	E2 A2 B9	226 163 185	E2 A3 B9
Numeric character reference	⡹	⡹	⢹	⢹	⣹	⣹

related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2568, 12568, 24568, and 124568 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1456, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01456, 14567, and 014567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-124568
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	10418	U+28B2	10419	U+28B3	10426	U+28BA	10427	U+28BB
UTF-8	226 162 178	E2 A2 B2	226 162 179	E2 A2 B3	226 162 186	E2 A2 BA	226 162 187	E2 A2 BB
Numeric character reference	⢲	⢲	⢳	⢳	⢺	⢺	⢻	⢻

Kantenji using braille patterns 2568, 12568, 24568, or 124568

• - 発

Variants

• - す/発/ス + selector 4 = 久

Compounds

• - せ/食 + つ/土 + す/発 = 鰹

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Notes

Look up ⠹ , ⡹ , ⢹ , or ⣹ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.