Braille pattern dots-1236 explained

The Braille pattern dots-1236 is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom right and all left-side dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top, upper-middle, and lower-middle left dots; and lower-middle right dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2827, and in Braille ASCII with V.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1236 is used to represent a voiced labial plosive or labio-velar approximant, such as /v/, /β/, or /w/, and otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleV, "vous"
English BrailleV
English Contractionvery
German BrailleV
Bharati Brailleव / ਵ / વ / ৱ / ୱ / ଵ / వ / ವ / വ / வ / ව / و ‎[2]
Icelandic BrailleV
IPA Braille/v/
Russian BrailleВ
Slovak BrailleV
Arabic Brailleﻻ
Persian Braille-->
Irish BrailleV
Thai Brailleบ b
Luxembourgish Braillev (minuscule)
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Braillehi / ひ / ヒ
Korean Braillewa / ㅘ
Mainland Chinese Braillean
Taiwanese Braillean / ㄢ
Two-Cell Chinese Braillelu- -ǐ/-ǔ/-ǚ
Nemeth Braille[3] -->
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Brailleك ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1236 are Braille patterns 12367, 12368, and 123678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 12367 dots 12368 dots 123678
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] V (capital)open displayed equation
Luxembourgish Braille[6] V (capital)
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Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-2378, Braille pattern dots-12378, Braille pattern dots-23478 and Braille pattern dots-123478.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2378, 12378, 23478, and 123478 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1236, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01236, 12367, and 012367 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 2378, 12378, 23478, or 123478

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1236 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 進 and 辶

Compounds of 雍

Compounds of 匕

Compounds of 戌, 戍, 咸, and 戊

Compounds of 皮

Compounds of 巴

Compounds of 道

Compounds of 東 and 柬

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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