Braille pattern dots-2

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

The Braille pattern dots-2 ( ⠂ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle-left dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with its mid-high left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2802, and in Braille ASCII with the number "1".

Character ⠂ (braille pattern dots-2)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10242 U+2802
UTF-8 226 160 130 E2 A0 82
Numeric character reference ⠂ ⠂
Braille ASCII

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2 is used to represent a comma or other non-letter symbol or semi-letter.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille , (comma)
English Braille , (comma) / -ea-
German Braille , (comma)
Bharati Braille Avagraha ऽ / ઽ / ঽ / ଽ / ఽ [2]
IPA Braille , (comma)
Russian Braille , (comma)
Slovak Braille , (comma)
Arabic Braille ـَ <r; fatha
Irish Braille , (comma) / -ea-
Thai Braille ๆ (reduplication mark)

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Other braille

Japanese Braille sokuon / っ / ッ [1]
Korean Braille r- / ㄹ- [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille tone 2 [1]
Taiwanese Braille tone 2
Two-Cell Chinese Braille 们 men (suffix)
Nemeth Braille not an independent sign [3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-2 are Braille patterns 27, 28, and 278, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character ⡂ (braille pattern dots-27) ⢂ (braille pattern dots-28) ⣂ (braille pattern dots-278)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-27 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-28 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-278
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10306 U+2842 10370 U+2882 10434 U+28C2
UTF-8 226 161 130 E2 A1 82 226 162 130 E2 A2 82 226 163 130 E2 A3 82
Numeric character reference &#10306; &#x2842; &#10370; &#x2882; &#10434; &#x28C2;
dots 27 dots 28 dots 278
Gardner Salinas Braille [4] end array element _ (underscore) × (multiplication sign)

related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3, 13, 34, and 134 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02, 27, and 027 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3) ⠅ (braille pattern dots-13) ⠌ (braille pattern dots-34) ⠍ (braille pattern dots-134)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10244 U+2804 10245 U+2805 10252 U+280C 10253 U+280D
UTF-8 226 160 132 E2 A0 84 226 160 133 E2 A0 85 226 160 140 E2 A0 8C 226 160 141 E2 A0 8D
Numeric character reference &#10244; &#x2804; &#10245; &#x2805; &#10252; &#x280C; &#10253; &#x280D;

Kantenji using braille patterns 3, 13, 34, or 134

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Selector 2

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Notes

Look up ⠂ , ⡂ , ⢂ , or ⣂ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
  2. ↑ "Introduction to Bharati Braille" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  5. ↑ "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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