Braille pattern dots-136 explained

The Braille pattern dots-136 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2825, and in Braille ASCII with U.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-136 is used to represent a close back vowel, such as /u/ or /ɯ/ or otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French BrailleU, "un"
English BrailleU
English Contractionus
German BrailleU
Bharati Brailleउ / ਉ / ઉ / উ / ଉ / ఉ / ಉ / ഉ / உ / උ [2]
Icelandic BrailleU
IPA Braille/u/
Russian BrailleҮ
Slovak BrailleU
Arabic Brailleـُ (ḍammah)
Persian Braille-->
Irish BrailleU
Thai Brailleค kh
Luxembourgish Brailleu (minuscule)
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Brailleha / は / ハ
Korean Brailleo / ㅗ
Mainland Chinese Braillewu, -u
Taiwanese Brailleen / ㄣ
Two-Cell Chinese Brailleku- -ěn
Nemeth Braille[3] -->
Gardner Salinas Braille0 [4]
Algerian Brailleق ‎
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-136 are Braille patterns 1367, 1368, and 13678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 1367 dots 1368 dots 13678
Gardner Salinas BrailleU (capital)υ (upsilon)Υ (Upsilon)
Luxembourgish Braille[5] U (capital)
Braille-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-278, Braille pattern dots-1278, Braille pattern dots-2478 and Braille pattern dots-12478.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 278, 1278, 2478, and 12478 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-136, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0136, 1367, and 01367 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 278, 1278, 2478, or 12478

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-136 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 走 and 辶

Compounds of 尚

Compounds of 延 and 廴

Compounds of 支

Compounds of 遊

Compounds of 母 and 毋

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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