Braille pattern dots-16

6-dot braille cells

The Braille pattern dots-16 ( ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2821, and in Braille ASCII with the asterisk: *.

Character ⠡ (braille pattern dots-16)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-16
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10273 U+2821
UTF-8 226 160 161 E2 A0 A1
Numeric character reference ⠡ ⠡
Braille ASCII 42 2A

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-16 is used to represent the unvoiced alveolar or palatal affricate, such as /tʃ/ or /tɕ/, or otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille Â, Antoine number 1
English Braille Ch
English Contraction child
German Braille Au
Bharati Braille छ / ਛ / છ / ছ / ଛ / ఛ / ಛ / ഛ / ඡ / چھ [2]
Icelandic Braille Á
IPA Braille /ɑ/
Russian Braille Ё
Slovak Braille Á
Arabic Braille ة
Irish Braille Ch
Thai Braille ◌า ā
Luxembourgish Braille 1 (one)

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Other braille

Japanese Braille ka / か / カ [1]
Korean Braille yeon / 연 [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille ying, -ing [1]
Taiwanese Braille yi, -i / ㄧ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille gu- -én
Nemeth Braille · (multiplication dot) [3]
Algerian Braille ة [1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-16 are Braille patterns 167, 168, and 1678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character ⡡ (braille pattern dots-167) ⢡ (braille pattern dots-168) ⣡ (braille pattern dots-1678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-167 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-168 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1678
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10337 U+2861 10401 U+28A1 10465 U+28E1
UTF-8 226 161 161 E2 A1 A1 226 162 161 E2 A2 A1 226 163 161 E2 A3 A1
Numeric character reference ⡡ ⡡ ⢡ ⢡ ⣡ ⣡
dots 167 dots 168 dots 1678
Gardner Salinas Braille [4] variant modifier \ (backslash)

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 28, 128, 248, and 1248 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-16, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 016, 167, and 0167 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character ⢂ (braille pattern dots-28) ⢃ (braille pattern dots-128) ⢊ (braille pattern dots-248) ⢋ (braille pattern dots-1248)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-28 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-128 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-248 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1248
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10370 U+2882 10371 U+2883 10378 U+288A 10379 U+288B
UTF-8 226 162 130 E2 A2 82 226 162 131 E2 A2 83 226 162 138 E2 A2 8A 226 162 139 E2 A2 8B
Numeric character reference ⢂ ⢂ ⢃ ⢃ ⢊ ⢊ ⢋ ⢋

Kantenji using braille patterns 28, 128, 248, or 1248

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-16 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 金

Compounds of 于

Compounds of 咼

Compounds of 干

Compounds of 朱

Compounds of 瓦

Compounds of 川

Compounds of 州

Compounds of 鈎

Compounds of 可

Compounds of 赤

Other compounds

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Notes

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  3. "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  4. "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.
  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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