| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
The Braille pattern dots-23 ( ⠆ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the two middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2806, and in Braille ASCII with the number "2".
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10246 | U+2806 |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 134 | E2 A0 86 |
| Numeric character reference | ⠆ | ⠆ |
| Braille ASCII | 50 | 32 |
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23 is used to represent a voiced bilabial consonant, such as /b/ or /ɓ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as punctuation or accent mark, as needed.[1]
Table of unified braille values
| French Braille | ; (semicolon), br, ui |
|---|---|
| English Braille | ; (semicolon), -bb- |
| English Contraction | be, be- |
| German Braille | be |
| Bharati Braille | ; (semicolon) [2] |
| Russian Braille | ; (semicolon) |
| Slovak Braille | ; (semicolon) |
| Arabic Braille | ـً (fathatan) |
| Thai Braille | ี ī |
Other braille
| Japanese Braille | wi / ゐ / ヰ [1] |
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | -ch / ㅊ [1] |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | tone 4 [1] |
| Taiwanese Braille | , (comma) |
| Nemeth Braille | 2 [3] |
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-23 are Braille patterns 237, 238, and 2378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10310 | U+2846 | 10374 | U+2886 | 10438 | U+28C6 |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 134 | E2 A1 86 | 226 162 134 | E2 A2 86 | 226 163 134 | E2 A3 86 |
| Numeric character reference | ⡆ | ⡆ | ⢆ | ⢆ | ⣆ | ⣆ |
| dots 237 | dots 238 | dots 2378 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Salinas Braille[4] | end array line | ( (open parenthesis) | open complex radicand |
Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 37, 137, 347, and 1347 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023, 237, and 0237 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-37 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10308 | U+2844 | 10309 | U+2845 | 10316 | U+284C | 10317 | U+284D |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 132 | E2 A1 84 | 226 161 133 | E2 A1 85 | 226 161 140 | E2 A1 8C | 226 161 141 | E2 A1 8D |
| Numeric character reference | ⡄ | ⡄ | ⡅ | ⡅ | ⡌ | ⡌ | ⡍ | ⡍ |
Kantenji using braille patterns 37, 137, 347, or 1347
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-23 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
- 系
Variants and thematic compounds

- selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 乃
- selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 及
- selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 亥
- ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 幼
- ゐ/幺 + selector 3 = 幺
- ゐ/幺 + selector 4 = 幻
- 比 + ゐ/幺 = 左
Compounds of 系

- な/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 係
- こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 孫


- ひ/辶 + こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 遜

- 氷/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 潔
- へ/⺩ + ゐ/幺 = 素
- ろ/十 + ゐ/幺 = 索
- た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 累


- や/疒 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 瘰

- い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 縲

- む/車 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 螺

- そ/馬 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 騾

- は/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 繁
- む/車 + ゐ/幺 = 繋
- ち/竹 + ゐ/幺 = 纂
- ゐ/幺 + こ/子 = 紅
- ゐ/幺 + 龸 = 紋
- ゐ/幺 + 仁/亻 = 納
- ゐ/幺 + ひ/辶 = 紐
- ゐ/幺 + る/忄 = 紺
- ゐ/幺 + れ/口 = 結
- ゐ/幺 + し/巿 = 絶
- ゐ/幺 + ゆ/彳 = 網
- ゐ/幺 + ゑ/訁 = 綴
- ゐ/幺 + め/目 = 綿
- ゐ/幺 + す/発 = 緊
- ゐ/幺 + 火 = 緋
- ゐ/幺 + 日 = 緒
- ゐ/幺 + い/糹/#2 = 緯
- ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 縁


- 心 + ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 櫞

- ゐ/幺 + ら/月 = 縋
- ゐ/幺 + え/訁 = 縞
- ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 = 縫
- ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ = 繹
- ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纏


- ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纒

- め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 県


- め/目 + め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 縣


- ゆ/彳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 徽

- ゐ/幺 + 宿 + め/目 = 緜

- ゐ/幺 + へ/⺩ + は/辶 = 纛

- せ/食 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鯀

- ゐ/幺 + 宿 + こ/子 = 絳

- ゐ/幺 + 龸 + ゑ/訁 = 綬

- ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 + そ/馬 = 緲

- ら/月 + け/犬 + ゐ/幺 = 縢

- ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ろ/十 = 繚

- む/車 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 辮
Compounds of 乃

- の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 秀


- い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 綉
- え/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 誘
- ひ/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 透

- 心 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 莠

- か/金 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 銹

- ゐ/幺 + て/扌 = 携

- な/亻 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 仍

- こ/子 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 孕

- き/木 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 朶


- み/耳 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 躱


- ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ⺼ = 盈
Compounds of 及

- て/扌 + ゐ/幺 = 扱
- れ/口 + ゐ/幺 = 吸
- い/糹/#2 + ゐ/幺 = 級

- や/疒 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 岌

- に/氵 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 汲

- ち/竹 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 笈
Compounds of 亥

- き/木 + ゐ/幺 = 核
- ゑ/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 該
- か/金 + ゐ/幺 = 骸
- ゐ/幺 + ね/示 = 刻
- ゐ/幺 + ぬ/力 = 劾

- つ/土 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 垓

- こ/子 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 孩

- そ/馬 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 駭

- れ/口 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 咳
Compounds of 幼


- て/扌 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 拗

- う/宀/#3 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 窈

- し/巿 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 黝
Compounds of 幺

- ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 幽
- ゆ/彳 + ゐ/幺 = 後
- に/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 滋
- 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 玄


- や/疒 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 痃

- め/目 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 眩

- い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 絃

- ふ/女 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 舷

- ゆ/彳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 衒

- か/金 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鉉

- 囗 + ゐ/幺 = 畿
- ま/石 + ゐ/幺 = 磁
- 日 + ゐ/幺 = 楽

- く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 薬


- く/艹 + く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 藥


- 日 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 樂


- て/扌 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 擽

- 火 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 爍

- ま/石 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 礫

- む/車 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 轢

- か/金 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 鑠


- 心 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 檪

- み/耳 + ゐ/幺 = 蹊
- ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 幾


- え/訁 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 譏

- せ/食 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 饑

- ゐ/幺 + 心 = 慈
- ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 郷

- ゐ/幺 + ま/石 = 響
- せ/食 + ゐ/幺 = 饗

- 囗 + ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 嚮

- ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 渓


- ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 溪

- ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鶏


- ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鷄

- お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顕


- お/頁 + お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顯


- く/艹 + ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 茲

- こ/子 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 孳

- み/耳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 聨

- み/耳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 聯

- ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ + selector 1 = 谿

- せ/食 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 酳

- ゐ/幺 + 心 + ま/石 = 麼
Compounds of 左

- 仁/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 佐
Other compounds

- つ/土 + ゐ/幺 = 報
- ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 服


- ち/竹 + ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 箙


- そ/馬 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 羲
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
- ↑ "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ↑ "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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.