Braille pattern dots-235 explained

The Braille pattern dots-235 is a 6-dot braille cell with dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2816, and in Braille ASCII with the number 6.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-235 is used to represent an exclamation point, other punctuation, and otherwise assigned as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille! (exclamation), (math) + (plus sign), pro-, pr, "puis"
English Braille! (exclamation), -ff-
English Contractionto-†
German Braillean
Bharati Brailleफ / ਫ / ફ / ফ / ଫ / ఫ / ಫ / ഫ پھ ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille-->
IPA Braillehook and barred consonant modifier
Russian Braille! (exclamation)
Slovak Braille! (exclamation)
Arabic Braille! (exclamation)
Persian Braille-->
Irish Braille-->
Thai Brailleเ◌า ao
Braille-->
† Abolished in Unified English Braille

Other braille

Japanese Braillewe / ゑ / ヱ
Korean Braille-k / ㅋ
Mainland Chinese Brailleao, -
Taiwanese Brailleyong, -iong / ㄩㄥ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille是 -shì (suffix)
Nemeth Braille6 [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Braille‎-->
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-235 are Braille patterns 2357, 2358, and 23578, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 2357 dots 2358 dots 23578
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] open math expression / hyperlink
Luxembourgish Braille[6] -->
Braille-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-367, Braille pattern dots-1367, Braille pattern dots-3467 and Braille pattern dots-13467.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 367, 1367, 3467, and 13467 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-235, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0235, 2357, and 02357 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 367, 1367, 3467, or 13467

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-235 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 語 and 訁

Compounds of 叉

Compounds of 又

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.
  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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