Braille pattern dots-236 explained

The Braille pattern dots-236 is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle left and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle left and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2826, and in Braille ASCII with the number 8.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-236 is used to represent various punctuation, often coupled with Braille pattern dots-356 as an opening mark.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille((open parenthesis), er, "du"
English Braille? (question mark), “ (opening quote)
English Contractionhis
German Braillett
Bharati Braille? (question mark), “ (opening quote) [2]
Icelandic Braille-->
IPA Braillehook top, curly tail, loop modifier
Russian Braille« (open quote)
Slovak Braille((open parenthesis)
Arabic Brailleـٌ (tanwīn)
Persian Braille-->
Irish Braille-->
Thai Braille๋ (tone 4)
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Braille/ / -->
Korean Braille-t / ㅌ
Mainland Chinese Brailleang
Taiwanese Brailleyue, -üe / ㄩㄝ, (opening bracket)
Two-Cell Chinese Braillep-
Nemeth Braille8 [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Braille‎-->
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-236 are Braille patterns 2367, 2368, and 23678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 2367 dots 2368 dots 23678
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] → (right arrow) (open bracket)
Luxembourgish Braille[6] -->
Braille-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-378, Braille pattern dots-1378, Braille pattern dots-3478 and Braille pattern dots-13478.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 378, 1378, 3478, and 13478 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-236, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0236, 2367, and 02367 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 378, 1378, 3478, or 13478

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-236 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 日

Compounds of 旦

Compounds of 亘

Compounds of 白

Compounds of 旧

Compounds of 曰

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.