Braille pattern dots-134 explained

The Braille pattern dots-134 is a 6-dot braille cell with both top and the bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top and the lower-middle left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280d, and in Braille ASCII with M.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-134 is used to represent a bilabial nasal, i.e. /m/.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleM, "me"
English BrailleM
English Contractionmore
German BrailleM
Bharati Brailleम / ਮ / મ / ম / ମ / మ / ಮ / മ / ம / ම / م ‎[2]
Icelandic BrailleM
IPA Braille/m/
Russian BrailleМ
Slovak BrailleM
Arabic Brailleم
Persian Brailleم
Irish BrailleM
Thai Brailleม m
Luxembourgish Braillem (minuscule)
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Braillenu / ぬ / ヌ
Korean Brailleu / ㅜ
Mainland Chinese BrailleM
Taiwanese BrailleM / ㄇ
Two-Cell Chinese Braillech- -ōu
Nemeth Braille[3] -->
Gardner Salinas Braillem [4]
Algerian Brailleش ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-134 are Braille patterns 1347, 1348, and 13478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 1347 dots 1348 dots 13478
Gardner Salinas BrailleM (capital)μ (mu)
Luxembourgish Braille[5] M (capital)
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Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-257, Braille pattern dots-1257, Braille pattern dots-2457 and Braille pattern dots-12457.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 257, 1257, 2457, and 12457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-134, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0134, 1347, and 01347 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 257, 1257, 2457, or 12457

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-134 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 力

Compounds of 刂

Compounds of 刃 and 刄

Compounds of 刀

Compounds of 臼

Compounds of 匁

Compounds of 免

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.
  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/gs_index.html . 2012-04-20 .
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: ロービジョン相談と光学. 31 January 2014.
  7. Web site: 盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界. 27 December 2013.
  8. Web site: 漢点字. 27 December 2013.
  9. 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.

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