Braille pattern dots-1 explained

The Braille pattern dots-1 is a 6-dot or 8-dot braille cell with the top left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2801, and in Braille ASCII with "A".

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1 is used to represent open, unrounded vowel sound, like /æ/ or /ɑ/, such as the Latin letter A, Greek alpha, Cyrillic А, Hebrew/Arabic aleph, etc. It is also used to signify the number 1.[1]

Table of unified braille values

Italian BrailleA
French BrailleA
English BrailleA
English Contraction-->
German BrailleA
Bharati Brailleअ / ਅ / અ / অ / ଅ / అ / ಅ / അ / அ / අ [2]
Icelandic BrailleA
IPA Braille/a/
Russian BrailleА
Slovak BrailleA
Arabic Brailleا
Persian Brailleا
Irish BrailleA
Thai Braille◌ะ
Luxembourgish Braillea (minuscule)
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Braillea / あ / ア
Korean Brailleg- / ㄱ
Mainland Chinese Brailletone 1
Taiwanese Brailletone 0
Two-Cell Chinese Brailleg- -èn
Nemeth Braillenot an independent symbol [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille"a" [4]
Algerian Brailleا ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1 are Braille patterns 17, 18, and 178, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 17 dots 18 dots 178
Gardner Salinas BrailleA (capital)α (alpha)
Luxembourgish Braille[5] A (capital)
Braille-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-2, Braille pattern dots-12, Braille pattern dots-24 and Braille pattern dots-124.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2, 12, 24, and 124 are the 8-dot braille patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01, 17, and 017 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 2, 12, 24, or 124

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Selector

Compounds of 一

- 数 + #1 = 一

Compounds of 亜

- あ + selector 1 = 亜

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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/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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