Braille pattern dots-1346

6-dot braille cells
⠀ ⠁ ⠃ ⠉ ⠙ ⠑ ⠋ ⠛ ⠓ ⠊ ⠚ ⠈ ⠘
⠄ ⠅ ⠇ ⠍ ⠝ ⠕ ⠏ ⠟ ⠗ ⠎ ⠞ ⠌ ⠜
⠤ ⠥ ⠧ ⠭ ⠽ ⠵ ⠯ ⠿ ⠷ ⠮ ⠾ ⠬ ⠼
⠠ ⠡ ⠣ ⠩ ⠹ ⠱ ⠫ ⠻ ⠳ ⠪ ⠺ ⠨ ⠸
⠀ ⠂ ⠆ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠔ ⠴ ⠐ ⠰

The Braille pattern dots-1346 ( ⠭ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both top and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282d, and in Braille ASCII with an X.

Character ⠭ (braille pattern dots-1346)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1346
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10285 U+282D
UTF-8 226 160 173 E2 A0 AD
Numeric character reference ⠭ ⠭
Braille ASCII 88 58

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1346 is used to represent a voiceless velar fricative, i.e. /x/, or otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille X
English Braille X
English Contraction it
German Braille X, mm
Bharati Braille ऒ / ਖ਼ / ఒ / ಒ / ഒ / ஒ / ඔ / خ ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille X
IPA Braille /x/
Russian Braille Щ
Slovak Braille X
Arabic Braille خ
Persian Braille خ
Irish Braille X
Thai Braille ฝ f
Luxembourgish Braille x (minuscule)

[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille fu / ふ / フ [1]
Korean Braille og / 옥 [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille yang, -iang [1]
Taiwanese Braille ang / ㄤ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille chu- -ǒu, 有 yǒu
Algerian Braille ل ‎[1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1346 are Braille patterns 13467, 13468, and 134678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character ⡭ (braille pattern dots-13467) ⢭ (braille pattern dots-13468) ⣭ (braille pattern dots-134678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13467 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13468 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134678
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10349 U+286D 10413 U+28AD 10477 U+28ED
UTF-8 226 161 173 E2 A1 AD 226 162 173 E2 A2 AD 226 163 173 E2 A3 AD
Numeric character reference ⡭ ⡭ ⢭ ⢭ ⣭ ⣭
dots 13467 dots 13468 dots 134678
Gardner Salinas Braille [3] X (capital) ξ (xi) Ξ (Xi)
Luxembourgish Braille [4] X (capital)

related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2578, 12578, 24578, and 124578 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1346, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01346, 13467, and 013467 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character ⣒ (braille pattern dots-2578) ⣓ (braille pattern dots-12578) ⣚ (braille pattern dots-24578) ⣛ (braille pattern dots-124578)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24578 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-124578
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10450 U+28D2 10451 U+28D3 10458 U+28DA 10459 U+28DB
UTF-8 226 163 146 E2 A3 92 226 163 147 E2 A3 93 226 163 154 E2 A3 9A 226 163 155 E2 A3 9B
Numeric character reference ⣒ ⣒ ⣓ ⣓ ⣚ ⣚ ⣛ ⣛

Kantenji using braille patterns 2578, 12578, 24578, or 124578

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1346 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 女

Compounds of 聿

Compounds of 不

Compounds of 賁

Compounds of 舟

Compounds of 丹

Compounds of 屯

Other compounds

[5] [6] [7] [8]

Notes

Look up ⠭ , ⡭ , ⢭ , or ⣭ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
  2. ↑ "Introductino to Bharati Braille". Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  4. ↑ UNESCO (2013). World Braille Usage. Washington, DC: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8444-9564-4.
  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). Retrieved 30 December 2013.