Braille pattern dots-234 explained

The Braille pattern dots-234 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, and middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and both middle left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280e, and in Braille ASCII with S.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-234 is used to represent a voiceless alveolar fricative, i.e. /s/.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleS, "se"
English BrailleS
English Contractionso
German BrailleS
Bharati Brailleस / ਸ / સ / স / ସ / స / ಸ / സ / ஸ / ස / س ‎[2]
Icelandic BrailleS
IPA Braille/s/
Russian BrailleС
Slovak BrailleS
Arabic Brailleس
Persian Brailleس
Irish BrailleS
Thai Brailleส s
Luxembourgish Brailles (minuscule)
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Other braille

Japanese Brailleno / の / ノ
Korean Brailleeo / ㅓ
Mainland Chinese Brailles
Taiwanese Brailleyou, -iu / ㄧㄡ
Two-Cell Chinese Braillet- -ē/-ō
Nemeth Braille[3] -->
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Brailleغ ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-234 are Braille patterns 2347, 2348, and 23478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 2347 dots 2348 dots 23478
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] S (capital)σ (sigma)Σ (Sigma)
Luxembourgish Braille[6] S (capital)
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Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-357, Braille pattern dots-1357, Braille pattern dots-3457 and Braille pattern dots-13457.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 357, 1357, 3457, and 13457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-234, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0234, 2347, and 02347 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 357, 1357, 3457, or 13457

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-234 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 私

Compounds of 米

Compounds of 禾

Compounds of 稲

Compounds of 秘

Compounds of 喬

Compounds of 乏

Compounds of 段 and 殳

Compounds of 之

Compounds of 而

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: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.

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