Braille pattern dots-46 explained

The Braille pattern dots-46 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2828, and in Braille ASCII with a period: "." .

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-46 is used to represent an unvoiced dorsal plosive, such as /k/ or /q/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleCapital sign, eur
English Braille. (decimal point only), emphasis formatting sign
English Contraction-->
German Braille$ (dollar sign), ck
Bharati Brailleख / ਖ / ખ / খ / ଖ / ఖ / ಖ / ഖ / ඛ / کھ ‎[2]
Icelandic Braille% (percent sign)
IPA BrailleGreek letter fricatives modifier
Russian BrailleCapital sign
Slovak BrailleĹ
Arabic Brailleإ
Persian Braille-->
Irish Braille-->
Thai Braille-->
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Brailleyōon + handakuten
Korean Braillej / ㅈ
Mainland Chinese Braille, - -->
Taiwanese Brailleyang, -iang / ㄧㄤ
Two-Cell Chinese BrailleProper name sign
Nemeth Brailledecimal point, inner √, italic format, Greek letter sign [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Braille‎-->
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-46 are Braille patterns 467, 468, and 4678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 467 dots 468 dots 4678
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] italic indicatorroman type indicator
Luxembourgish Braille[6] -->
Braille-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-58, Braille pattern dots-158, Braille pattern dots-458 and Braille pattern dots-1458.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 58, 158, 458, and 1458 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-46, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 046, 467, and 0467 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 58, 158, 458, or 1458

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-46 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 仁 and 亻

Compounds of 司 and 旡

Compounds of 爰

Compounds of 尤 and 无

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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