Braille pattern dots-3 explained

The Braille pattern dots-3 is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom left dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the middle-bottom left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2804, and in Braille ASCII with an apostrophe.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-3 is used to represent an apostrophe, accent mark, or other punctuation.^[1]

Table of unified braille values

Italian Braille	' (apostrophe)
French Braille	' (apostrophe), re-, "la"
English Braille	' (apostrophe)
English Contraction	-->
German Braille	. (period)
Bharati Braille	Chandrabindu^[2]
Icelandic Braille	. (period)
IPA Braille	. (period)
Russian Braille	-->
Slovak Braille	' (apostrophe)
Arabic Braille	ء Hamza
Persian Braille	-->
Irish Braille	-->
Thai Braille	็ (mai taikhu)
Braille	-->

Other braille

Japanese Braille	wa / わ / ワ
Korean Braille	-s / ㅅ
Mainland Chinese Braille	tone 3
Taiwanese Braille	tone 1
Two-Cell Chinese Braille	-->
Nemeth Braille	' (apostrophe) ^[3]
Gardner Salinas Braille	' (close single quote) ^[4]
Algerian Braille	‎-->
Braille	-->

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-3 are Braille patterns 37, 38, and 378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

	dots 37	dots 38	dots 378
Gardner Salinas Braille	begin misc. symbol	begin array	` (open single quote)
Luxembourgish Braille^[5]			-->
Braille			-->

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

See also: Braille pattern dots-7, Braille pattern dots-17, Braille pattern dots-47 and Braille pattern dots-147.

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 7, 17, 47, and 147 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-3, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 03, 37, and 037 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 7, 17, 47, or 147

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-3 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

• - N/A - used only as a selector

Selector

• - へ/⺩ + selector 3 = 主
• - 宿 + selector 3 = 冖
• - 氷/氵 + selector 3 = 冫
• - も/門 + selector 3 = 区
  • - み/耳 + も/門 + selector 3 = 躯
  • - も/門 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 匚
  • - も/門 + も/門 + selector 3 = 區
    • - 仁/亻 + も/門 + selector 3 = 傴
    • - け/犬 + も/門 + selector 3 = 奩
    • - ふ/女 + も/門 + selector 3 = 嫗
    • - や/疒 + も/門 + selector 3 = 嶇
• - ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 咸
  • - れ/口 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 喊
  • - ち/竹 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 箴
  • - い/糹/#2 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 緘
  • - か/金 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 鍼
  • - せ/食 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 鰔
  • - ん/止 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 鹹
• - し/巿 + selector 3 = 巾
  • - し/巿 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 黹
• - ゐ + selector 3 = 幺
• - よ + selector 3 = 广
• - ゆ + selector 3 = 彳
• - 龸 + selector 3 = 文
  • - れ/口 + 龸 + selector 3 = 吝
  • - こ/子 + 龸 + selector 3 = 斈
  • - 日 + 龸 + selector 3 = 旻
  • - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + selector 3 = 紊
  • - す/発 + 龸 + selector 3 = 虔
  • - も/門 + 龸 + selector 3 = 閔
  • - そ/馬 + 龸 + selector 3 = 馼
• - に/氵 + selector 3 = 泡
  • - く/艹 + に/氵 + selector 3 = 萢
• - 囗 + selector 3 = 用
  • - む/車 + 囗 + selector 3 = 蛹
• - の + selector 3 = 禾
• - 心 + selector 3 = 粟
• - こ/子 + selector 3 = 耒
• - す/発 + selector 3 = 虎
  • - す/発 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 虍
  • - う/宀/#3 + す/発 + selector 3 = 彪
  • - へ/⺩ + す/発 + selector 3 = 琥
  • - ね/示 + す/発 + selector 3 = 褫
  • - せ/食 + す/発 + selector 3 = 鯱
• - そ/馬 + selector 3 = 豚
  • - ひ/辶 + そ/馬 + selector 3 = 遯
  • - れ/口 + そ/馬 + selector 3 = 啄
  • - へ/⺩ + そ/馬 + selector 3 = 琢
• - は/辶 + selector 3 = 遊
  • - に/氵 + は/辶 + selector 3 = 游
  • - む/車 + は/辶 + selector 3 = 蝣
• - せ/食 + selector 3 = 酉
  • - ひ/辶 + せ/食 + selector 3 = 逎
• - selector 3 + め/目 = 乂
  • - め/目 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 睿
• - selector 3 + え/訁 = 云
• - selector 3 + む/車 = 冓
  • - ひ/辶 + selector 3 + む/車 = 遘
• - selector 3 + う/宀/#3 = 冢
• - selector 3 + か/金 = 咼
• - selector 3 + け/犬 = 夫
  • - た/⽥ + selector 3 + け/犬 = 畉
  • - 心 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 芙
  • - み/耳 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 趺
  • - む/車 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 輦
  • - す/発 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 麸
• - selector 3 + に/氵 = 奚
• - selector 3 + 仁/亻 = 尢
• - selector 3 + き/木 = 已
• - selector 3 + こ/子 = 巽
• - selector 3 + ね/示 = 幵
  • - き/木 + selector 3 + ね/示 = 枅
• - selector 3 + と/戸 = 并
• - selector 3 + 囗 = 弋
• - selector 3 + ひ/辶 = 戌
• - selector 3 + ほ/方 = 敖
  • - 火 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 熬
  • - む/車 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 螯
  • - ひ/辶 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 遨
  • - せ/食 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 鰲
• - selector 3 + ふ/女 = 聿
  • - や/疒 + selector 3 + ふ/女 = 肄
• - selector 3 + ゆ/彳 = 臾
  • - ⺼ + selector 3 + ゆ/彳 = 腴
• - selector 3 + や/疒 = 艮
  • - け/犬 + selector 3 + や/疒 = 狠
  • - み/耳 + selector 3 + や/疒 = 跟
• - selector 3 + そ/馬 = 曾
• - selector 3 + く/艹 = 艸
• - selector 3 + み/耳 = 襄
• - る/忄 + selector 3 + そ/馬 = 忸
• - 氷/氵 + selector 3 + は/辶 = 敝
• - 日 + selector 3 + は/辶 = 暼
• - も/門 + 宿 + selector 3 = 匸

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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/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.
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.