Braille pattern dots-23

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

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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

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.

[Unesco-1] "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..

[2] "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

[3] "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

[OSU-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.

[technopolis-5] "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.

[kantenji-6] "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.

[n-braille-7] "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.

[taijukai-8] "漢点字入門" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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