Braille pattern dots-1235 explained

The Braille pattern dots-1235 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+2817, and in Braille ASCII with an R.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1235 is used to represent coronal or dorsal flaps, trills, or approximant consonants such as /r/, /ɹ/, /ɽ/, or /ʀ/.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleR, "rien"
English BrailleR
English Contractionrather
German BrailleR
Bharati Brailleर / ਰ / ર / র / ৰ / ର / ర / ರ / ര / ர / ර / ر ‎[2]
Icelandic BrailleR
IPA Braille/r/
Russian BrailleР
Slovak BrailleR
Arabic Brailleر
Persian Brailleر
Irish BrailleR
Thai Brailler
Luxembourgish Brailler (minuscule)
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Braillechi / ち / チ
Korean Brailleae / ㅐ
Mainland Chinese Brailleer
Taiwanese Brailleh / ㄏ
Two-Cell Chinese Brailleli- -āo
Nemeth Braille[3] -->
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Brailleع ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1235 are Braille patterns 12357, 12358, and 123578, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 12357 dots 12358 dots 123578
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] R (capital)ρ (rho)
Luxembourgish Braille[6] R (capital)
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related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-2367, Braille pattern dots-12367, Braille pattern dots-23467 and Braille pattern dots-123467.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2367, 12367, 23467, and 123467 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1235, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01235, 12357, and 012357 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 2367, 12367, 23467, or 123467

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1235 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 竹

Compounds of 也

Compounds of 采 and 釆

Compounds of 雨

Compounds of 両

Compounds of 父

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.