Braille pattern dots-26
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| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
The Braille pattern dots-26 ( ⠢ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle left and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle left and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2822, and in Braille ASCII with the number 5.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-26 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10274 | U+2822 |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 162 | E2 A0 A2 |
| Numeric character reference | ⠢ |
⠢ |
| Braille ASCII | 53 | 35 |
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-26 is used to represent an unrounded open-mid to close-mid front vowel , such as /e/, /e̞/, or /ɛ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, a question mark, or is otherwise assigned as needed.[1]
Table of unified braille values
| French Braille | ? (question mark), mathematical subscript mark |
|---|---|
| English Braille | en |
| English Contraction | enough |
| German Braille | or |
| Bharati Braille | ऎ / য় / ୟ / ఎ / ಎ / എ / எ / ඒ [2] |
| Icelandic Braille | ? (question mark) |
| IPA Braille | /ə/ |
| Russian Braille | ? (question mark) |
| Slovak Braille | ? (question mark) |
| Irish Braille | en |
| Thai Braille | ื e͞u |
Other braille
| Japanese Braille | -w- (gō-yōon [1] |
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| Korean Braille | -m / ㅁ [1] |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | e/o [1] |
| Taiwanese Braille | ê / ㄝ |
| Two-Cell Chinese Braille | w- |
| Nemeth Braille | 5 [2] |
| Gardner Salinas Braille | subscript mark [3] |
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-26 are Braille patterns 267, 268, and 2678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-267 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-268 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2678 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10338 | U+2862 | 10402 | U+28A2 | 10466 | U+28E2 |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 162 | E2 A1 A2 | 226 162 162 | E2 A2 A2 | 226 163 162 | E2 A3 A2 |
| Numeric character reference | ⡢ |
⡢ |
⢢ |
⢢ |
⣢ |
⣢ |
| dots 267 | dots 268 | dots 2678 | |
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| Gardner Salinas Braille [3] | > (greater than sign) | left subscript |
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 38, 138, 348, and 1348 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-26, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 026, 267, and 0267 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-38 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-138 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-348 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1348 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10372 | U+2884 | 10373 | U+2885 | 10380 | U+288C | 10381 | U+288D |
| UTF-8 | 226 162 132 | E2 A2 84 | 226 162 133 | E2 A2 85 | 226 162 140 | E2 A2 8C | 226 162 141 | E2 A2 8D |
| Numeric character reference | ⢄ |
⢄ |
⢅ |
⢅ |
⢌ |
⢌ |
⢍ |
⢍ |
Kantenji using braille patterns 38, 138, 348, or 1348
- 肉
Compounds
- 肉 + し/巿 = 肺
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.
- ^ "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "漢点字入門" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2013.