Braille pattern dots-23

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".

Character information

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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

6-dot braille cells

⠀	⠁	⠃	⠉	⠙	⠑	⠋	⠛	⠓	⠊	⠚	⠈	⠘
⠄	⠅	⠇	⠍	⠝	⠕	⠏	⠟	⠗	⠎	⠞	⠌	⠜
⠤	⠥	⠧	⠭	⠽	⠵	⠯	⠿	⠷	⠮	⠾	⠬	⠼
⠠	⠡	⠣	⠩	⠹	⠱	⠫	⠻	⠳	⠪	⠺	⠨	⠸
⠀	⠂	⠆	⠒	⠲	⠢	⠖	⠶	⠦	⠔	⠴	⠐	⠰

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

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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.

Character information

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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

See also: Braille pattern dots-37, Braille pattern dots-137, Braille pattern dots-347, and Braille pattern dots-1347

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.

Character information

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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

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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.