Braille pattern dots-2356
| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
The Braille pattern dots-2356 ( ⠶ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2836, and in Braille ASCII with the number 7.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2356 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10294 | U+2836 |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 182 | E2 A0 B6 |
| Numeric character reference | ⠶ |
⠶ |
| Braille ASCII | 55 | 37 |
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2356 is used for punctuation, or otherwise as needed.[1]
Table of unified braille values
| French Braille | " (quote mark), = (equal sign) |
|---|---|
| English Braille | (, ) (parentheses), -gg- |
| English Contraction | were |
| German Braille | eh |
| Bharati Braille | } (brackets) [2] |
| IPA Braille | square diacritic sign |
| Russian Braille | (, ) (parentheses) |
| Slovak Braille | " (quote mark) |
| Arabic Braille | } (brackets) |
| Thai Braille | ๊ (tone 3) |
Other braille
| Japanese Braille | (, ) (parentheses) [1] |
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | -ng / ㅇ [1] |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | wang, -uang [1] |
| Taiwanese Braille | wai, -uai / ㄨㄞ |
| Two-Cell Chinese Braille | pi- |
| Nemeth Braille | 7 [2] |
| Gardner Salinas Braille | ? (question mark) [3] |
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-2356 are Braille patterns 23567, 23568, and 235678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23567 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23568 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-235678 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10358 | U+2876 | 10422 | U+28B6 | 10486 | U+28F6 |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 182 | E2 A1 B6 | 226 162 182 | E2 A2 B6 | 226 163 182 | E2 A3 B6 |
| Numeric character reference | ⡶ |
⡶ |
⢶ |
⢶ |
⣶ |
⣶ |
| dots 23567 | dots 23568 | dots 235678 | |
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| Gardner Salinas Braille [3] | |||
| Luxembourgish Braille [4] |
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
- ^ a b "Introductino to Bharati Braille". Retrieved 25 April 2013. Cite error: The named reference "Acharya" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ^ 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.
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