Braille pattern dots-13 explained

The Braille pattern dots-13 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and middle-bottom left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2805, and in Braille ASCII with "K".

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-13 is used to represent an unvoiced velar plosive, ie /k/.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleK, au
English BrailleK
English Contractionknowledge
German BrailleK
Bharati Brailleक / ਕ / ક / ক / କ / క / ಕ / ക / க / ක / ک ‎[2]
Icelandic BrailleK
IPA Braille/k/
Russian BrailleК
Slovak BrailleK
Arabic Brailleك
Persian Brailleک
Irish BrailleK
Thai Braillekh
Luxembourgish Braillek (minuscule)
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Other braille

Japanese Braillena / な / ナ
Korean Braille-j / ㅈ
Mainland Chinese Braillek/q
Taiwanese Brailleg, j / ㄍ,ㄐ
Two-Cell Chinese Braillek- -ēn
Nemeth Braillenot an independent sign [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Brailleز ‎
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Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-13 are Braille patterns 137, 138, and 1378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 137 dots 138 dots 1378
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] K (capital)κ (kappa)
Luxembourgish Braille[6] K (capital)
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Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-27, Braille pattern dots-127, Braille pattern dots-247 and Braille pattern dots-1247.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 27, 127, 247, and 1247 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-13, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 013, 137, and 0137 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 27, 127, 247, or 1247

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-13 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 人

Compounds of 意

Compounds of 台 and 臺

Compounds of 夾

Compounds of 竟

Other compounds

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Braille Usage. UNESCO. 2012-04-19. .
  2. Web site: Introduction to Bharati Braille. 25 April 2013. 5 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130405042606/http://www.acharya.gen.in:8080/disabilities/bh_brl.php. dead.
  3. Web site: Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille) . 2012-04-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421113105/http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/disabilities/nemeth_brl.php . 2012-04-21 .
  4. Web site: Index of Topics in Braille Section . Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. . 2012-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120420124208/http://dots.physics.orst.edu:80/gs_index.html . 2012-04-20 .
  5. Web site: Index of Topics in Braille Section. Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics.. 2012-04-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120420124208/http://dots.physics.orst.edu/gs_index.html. 2012-04-20.
  6. Book: UNESCO. World Braille Usage. 2013. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. Washington, DC. 978-0-8444-9564-4. 88. 2013-12-19. 2014-09-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908010540/http://www.pharmabraille.com/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=122064. dead.
  7. Web site: ロービジョン相談と光学. 31 January 2014.
  8. Web site: 盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界. 27 December 2013.
  9. Web site: 漢点字. 27 December 2013.
  10. Web site: 漢点字入門. 30 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131231141822/http://www.kunijima.sakura.ne.jp/temp/taijyukai.pdf. 31 December 2013.