Braille pattern dots-14 explained

The Braille pattern dots-14 is a 6-dot or 8-dot braille cell with the two top dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2809, and in Braille ASCII with "C".

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-14 is used to represent unvoiced palatal fricatives or unvoiced alveolar affricates, such as /ts/, or /ç/, and is otherwise assigned as needed. It is also used to indicate the number 3.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleC, "ce"
English BrailleC
English Contractioncan
German BrailleC
Bharati Brailleच / ਚ / ચ / চ / ଚ / చ / ಚ / ച / ச / ච / چ ‎[2]
Icelandic BrailleC
IPA Braille/c/
Russian BrailleЦ
Slovak BrailleC
Arabic Brailleال
Persian Braille
Irish BrailleC
Thai Brailleu
Luxembourgish Braillec (minuscule)
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Other braille

Japanese Brailleu / う / ウ
Korean Braillen- / ㄴ
Mainland Chinese BrailleC
Taiwanese Braillel- / ㄌ
Two-Cell Chinese Braillezh- -òu
Nemeth Braillenot an independent sign [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Brailleت ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-14 are Braille patterns 147, 148, and 1478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 147 dots 148 dots 1478
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] C (capital)
Luxembourgish Braille[6] C (capital)
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Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-25, Braille pattern dots-125, Braille pattern dots-245 and Braille pattern dots-1245.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 25, 125, 245, and 1245 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-14, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 014, 147, and 0147 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 25, 125, 245, or 1245

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-14 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 家

Compounds of 宀

Compounds of 参

Compounds of 孚

Compounds of 冢

Compounds of 宙

Compounds of 彭

Compounds of 宛

Compounds of 三

Compounds of 上

Other compounds

[7] [8] [9] [10]

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.