Braille pattern dots-15

6-dot braille cells

The Braille pattern dots-15 ( ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left and middle right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left and right upper-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2811, and in Braille ASCII with E.

Character ⠑ (braille pattern dots-15)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-15
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10257 U+2811
UTF-8 226 160 145 E2 A0 91
Numeric character reference ⠑ ⠑
Braille ASCII 69 45

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-15 is used to represent unrounded, near-mid, front vowels, such as /e/ or /ɛ/. It is also used for the number 5.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille E
English Braille E
English Contraction every
German Braille E
Bharati Braille ए / ਏ / એ / এ / ଏ / ఏ / ಏ / ഏ / ஏ / එ / ے [2]
Icelandic Braille E
IPA Braille /e/
Russian Braille Е
Slovak Braille E
Arabic Braille ـِ (kasrah)
Irish Braille E
Thai Braille ัว ua
Luxembourgish Braille e (minuscule)

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Other braille

Japanese Braille ra / ら / ラ [1]
Korean Braille m- / ㅁ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille ye, -ie [1]
Taiwanese Braille s,x / ㄙ,ㄒ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille ji- -èng
Algerian Braille ج [1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-15 are Braille patterns 157, 158, and 1578, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character ⡑ (braille pattern dots-157) ⢑ (braille pattern dots-158) ⣑ (braille pattern dots-1578)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-157 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-158 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1578
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10321 U+2851 10385 U+2891 10449 U+28D1
UTF-8 226 161 145 E2 A1 91 226 162 145 E2 A2 91 226 163 145 E2 A3 91
Numeric character reference ⡑ ⡑ ⢑ ⢑ ⣑ ⣑
dots 157 dots 158 dots 1578
Gardner Salinas Braille [3] E (capital) ε (epsilon) ∈ (element symbol)
Luxembourgish Braille [4] E (capital)

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 26, 126, 246, and 1246 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-15, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 015, 157, and 0157 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character ⠢ (braille pattern dots-26) ⠣ (braille pattern dots-126) ⠪ (braille pattern dots-246) ⠫ (braille pattern dots-1246)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-26 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-126 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-246 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1246
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10274 U+2822 10275 U+2823 10282 U+282A 10283 U+282B
UTF-8 226 160 162 E2 A0 A2 226 160 163 E2 A0 A3 226 160 170 E2 A0 AA 226 160 171 E2 A0 AB
Numeric character reference ⠢ ⠢ ⠣ ⠣ ⠪ ⠪ ⠫ ⠫

Kantenji using braille patterns 26, 126, 246, or 1246

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-15 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 月

Compounds of 胡

Compounds of 五 and 亙

Other compounds

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Notes

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  3. "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.
  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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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