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
Other 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.
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
- Web site: World Braille Usage. UNESCO. 2012-04-19. .
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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.
- Web site: ロービジョン相談と光学. 31 January 2014.
- Web site: 盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界. 27 December 2013.
- Web site: 漢点字. 27 December 2013.
- 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.