Braille pattern dots-246

The Braille pattern dots-246 ( ⠪ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle left, and top and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle left, and top and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282a, and in Braille ASCII with an open bracket: [.

Character
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-246
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10282	U+282A
UTF-8	226 160 170	E2 A0 AA
Numeric character reference	⠪	⠪
Braille ASCII	91	5B

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-246 is used to represent close-mid to open-mid back rounded vowels, such as /o/, /o̞/, or /ɔ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as needed.^[1]

Table of unified braille values

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-246 are Braille patterns 2467, 2468, and 24678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2467		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24678
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	10346	U+286A	10410	U+28AA	10474	U+28EA
UTF-8	226 161 170	E2 A1 AA	226 162 170	E2 A2 AA	226 163 170	E2 A3 AA
Numeric character reference	⡪	⡪	⢪	⢪	⣪	⣪

related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 358, 1358, 3458, and 13458 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-246, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0246, 2467, and 02467 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-358		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1358		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3458		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13458
Encodings	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex	decimal	hex
Unicode	10388	U+2894	10389	U+2895	10396	U+289C	10397	U+289D
UTF-8	226 162 148	E2 A2 94	226 162 149	E2 A2 95	226 162 156	E2 A2 9C	226 162 157	E2 A2 9D
Numeric character reference	⢔	⢔	⢕	⢕	⢜	⢜	⢝	⢝

Kantenji using braille patterns 358, 1358, 3458, or 13458

• - 子

Variants

• - selector 4 + こ/子 = 共
• - selector 5 + こ/子 = 呉
• - selector 6 + こ/子 = 公
• - 数 + こ/子 = 甲
• - し/巿/色 + こ/子 = 黄

Compounds

• - う/家 + こ/子 = 字
• - な/人 + こ/子/共 = 供
• - た/⽥ + こ/子/共 = 異
• - ふ/女 + こ/子/呉 = 娯
• - え/言 + こ/子/呉 = 誤

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Notes

Look up ⠪ , ⡪ , ⢪ , or ⣪ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.