Braille pattern dots-256 explained

The Braille pattern dots-256 is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle, and the bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle, and the lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2832, and in Braille ASCII with the number 4.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-256 is used to represent punctuation, and otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille. (period), dis-, ien, "dès"
English Braille. (period)
English Contractiondis-
German Brailleun
Bharati Braille. (period) [2]
Icelandic Braille-->
IPA Brailleretroflex tail or letter rotation mark
Russian Braille. (period)
Slovak Braille. (period)
Arabic Braille. (period)
Persian Braille-->
Irish Brailledis
Thai Braille้ (tone 2)
Braille-->

Other braille

Japanese Braillegō-yōon + dakuten
Korean Braille-p / ㅍ
Mainland Chinese Brailleweng, -ong
Taiwanese Brailleyun, -ün / ㄩㄣ
Two-Cell Chinese Brailleyu-
Nemeth Braille4 [3]
Gardner Salinas Braille[4] -->
Algerian Braille‎-->
Braille-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-256 are Braille patterns 2567, 2568, and 25678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

dots 2567 dots 2568 dots 25678
Gardner Salinas Braille[5] close math expression / hyperlink
Luxembourgish Braille[6] -->
Braille-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-368, Braille pattern dots-1368, Braille pattern dots-3468 and Braille pattern dots-13468.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 368, 1368, 3468, and 13468 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-256, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0256, 2567, and 02567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 368, 1368, 3468, or 13468

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-256 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Unlike most kantenji patterns, is distinguished positionally, where it usually indicates a 心 when used finally, but ⽊ or ⺾ when used initially, and any of the above when medial to a kantenji pattern. ⽊ and ⺾ are also indicated by other, unique kantenji cells, but the large number of kanji utilizing these elements necessitates further disambiguating in kantenji patterns, which are limited to three cells apiece.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 心

Compounds of 奄

Compounds of 桜 and ⽊

Compounds of 菊 and ⺾

Compounds of 粟

Compounds of 必

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.

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