Braille pattern dots-124 explained

The Braille pattern dots-124 is a 6-dot braille cell with the two top dots and middle left dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top dots and the upper-middle left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280b, and in Braille ASCII with F.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-124 is used to represent unvoiced labial fricatives, such as /f/ and /ɸ/, and is otherwise assigned as needed. It is also used for the number 6.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleF, "faire"
English BrailleF
English Contractionfrom, -self
German Braillef
Bharati Brailleफ़ / ਫ਼ / ෆ / ف ‎[2]
Icelandic BrailleF
IPA Braille/f/
Russian BrailleФ
Slovak BrailleF
Arabic Brailleف
Persian Brailleف
Irish BrailleF
Thai Brailleเ◌ e
Luxembourgish Braillef (minuscule)
Greek BrailleΦBraille-->

Other braille

Japanese Braillee / え / エ
Korean Braillek- / ㅋ, ka / 카
Mainland Chinese BrailleF
Taiwanese Braillet- / ㄊ
Two-Cell Chinese Braillesh- -àn
Nemeth Braille[3] -->
Gardner Salinas Braillef [4]
Algerian Brailleح ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-124 are Braille patterns 1247, 1248, and 12478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 1247 dots 1248 dots 12478
Gardner Salinas BrailleF (capital)φ (phi)Φ (Phi)
Luxembourgish Braille[5] F (capital)
Braille-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-235, Braille pattern dots-1235, Braille pattern dots-2345 and Braille pattern dots-12345.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 235, 1235, 2345, and 12345 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-124, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0124, 1247, and 01247 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 235, 1235, 2345, or 12345

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-124 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 言

Compounds of 云

Compounds of 六 and 亦

Compounds of 叟

Compounds of 袁

Compounds of 高

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/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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