Braille pattern dots-356

6-dot braille cells

The Braille pattern dots-356 ( ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle right and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle right and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2834, and in Braille ASCII with the number 0.

Character ⠴ (braille pattern dots-356)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-356
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10292 U+2834
UTF-8 226 160 180 E2 A0 B4
Numeric character reference ⠴ ⠴
Braille ASCII 48 30

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-356 is used to represent various punctuation, often coupled with Braille pattern dots-236 as an closing mark.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille ) (close parenthesis)
English Braille ” (close quote)
English Contraction by †, was
German Braille ar
Bharati Braille झ / ਝ / ઝ / ঝ / ଝ / ఝ / ಝ / ഝ / ඣ / جھ [2]
IPA Braille barred vowel mark
Russian Braille » (close quote)
Slovak Braille ) (close parenthesis)
Arabic Braille close quote
Thai Braille ์ (virama)

[1]

† Abolished in Unified English Braille

Other braille

Japanese Braille 'n / ん / ン [1]
Korean Braille -h / ㅎ [1]
Taiwanese Braille ei / ㄟ, yo / ㄧㄛ, } (end bracket)
Two-Cell Chinese Braille ru-
Nemeth Braille 0 [3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-356 are Braille patterns 3567, 3568, and 35678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character ⡴ (braille pattern dots-3567) ⢴ (braille pattern dots-3568) ⣴ (braille pattern dots-35678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3567 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-35678
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10356 U+2874 10420 U+28B4 10484 U+28F4
UTF-8 226 161 180 E2 A1 B4 226 162 180 E2 A2 B4 226 163 180 E2 A3 B4
Numeric character reference ⡴ ⡴ ⢴ ⢴ ⣴ ⣴
dots 3567 dots 3568 dots 35678
Gardner Salinas Braille [4] ← (left arrow) ] (close bracket)

related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 678, 1678, 4678, and 14678 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-356, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0356, 3567, and 03567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character ⣠ (braille pattern dots-678) ⣡ (braille pattern dots-1678) ⣨ (braille pattern dots-4678) ⣩ (braille pattern dots-14678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-4678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-14678
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10464 U+28E0 10465 U+28E1 10472 U+28E8 10473 U+28E9
UTF-8 226 163 160 E2 A3 A0 226 163 161 E2 A3 A1 226 163 168 E2 A3 A8 226 163 169 E2 A3 A9
Numeric character reference ⣠ ⣠ ⣡ ⣡ ⣨ ⣨ ⣩ ⣩

Kantenji using braille patterns 678, 1678, 4678, or 14678

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-356 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 止

Compounds of 欠

Compounds of 氏

Compounds of 缶

Compounds of 焉 and 正

Compounds of 低

Other compounds

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Notes

Look up , , , or in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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  2. "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  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. 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). Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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