| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
The Braille pattern dots-1 ( ⠁ ) is a 6-dot or 8-dot braille cell with the top left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2801, and in Braille ASCII with "A".
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10241 | U+2801 |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 129 | E2 A0 81 |
| Numeric character reference | ⠁ | ⠁ |
| Braille ASCII | 65 | 41 |
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1 is used to represent open, unrounded vowel sound, like /æ/ or /ɑ/, such as the Latin letter A, Greek alpha, Cyrillic А, Hebrew/Arabic aleph, etc. It is also used to signify the number 1.[1]
Table of unified braille values
| Italian Braille | A |
|---|---|
| French Braille | A |
| English Braille | A |
| German Braille | A |
| Bharati Braille | अ / ਅ / અ / অ / ଅ / అ / ಅ / അ / அ / අ[2] |
| Icelandic Braille | A |
| IPA Braille | /a/ |
| Russian Braille | А |
| Slovak Braille | A |
| Arabic Braille | ا |
| Persian Braille | ا |
| Irish Braille | A |
| Thai Braille | ◌ะ |
| Luxembourgish Braille | a (minuscule) |
Other braille
| Japanese Braille | a / あ / ア[1] |
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | g- / ㄱ[1] |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | tone 1[1] |
| Taiwanese Braille | tone 0 |
| Two-Cell Chinese Braille | g- -èn |
| Nemeth Braille | not an independent symbol[3] |
| Gardner Salinas Braille | "a"[4] |
| Algerian Braille | ا [1] |
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-1 are Braille patterns 17, 18, and 178, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-17 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-18 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-178 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10305 | U+2841 | 10369 | U+2881 | 10433 | U+28C1 |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 129 | E2 A1 81 | 226 162 129 | E2 A2 81 | 226 163 129 | E2 A3 81 |
| Numeric character reference | ⡁ | ⡁ | ⢁ | ⢁ | ⣁ | ⣁ |
| dots 17 | dots 18 | dots 178 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Salinas Braille[4] | A (capital) | α (alpha) | |
| Luxembourgish Braille[5] | A (capital) | ||
Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2, 12, 24, and 124 are the 8-dot braille patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01, 17, and 017 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-124 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10242 | U+2802 | 10243 | U+2803 | 10250 | U+280A | 10251 | U+280B |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 130 | E2 A0 82 | 226 160 131 | E2 A0 83 | 226 160 138 | E2 A0 8A | 226 160 139 | E2 A0 8B |
| Numeric character reference | ⠂ | ⠂ | ⠃ | ⠃ | ⠊ | ⠊ | ⠋ | ⠋ |
Kantenji using braille patterns 2, 12, 24, or 124
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
Selector

- り/分 + selector 1 = 今

- 宿 + selector 1 = 写

- 宿 + 宿 + selector 1 = 冩

- selector 1 + ぬ/力 = 刃


- selector 1 + selector 1 + ぬ/力 = 刄

- つ/土 + selector 1 = 士

- す/発 + selector 1 = 冬

- よ/广 + selector 1 = 原

- お/頁 + selector 1 = 君

- 氷/氵 + selector 1 = 冷
- る/忄 + selector 1 = 壱

- ほ/方 + selector 1 = 夕

- と/戸 + selector 1 = 居

- や/疒 + selector 1 = 山

- か/金 + selector 1 = 川

- こ/子 + selector 1 = 工

- ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 幼

- は/辶 + selector 1 = 延

- ゆ/彳 + selector 1 = 弓

- 龸 + selector 1 = 愛

- 囗 + selector 1 = 我

- 心 + selector 1 = 桜

- ん/止 + selector 1 = 欠

- 火 + selector 1 = 熱
- も/門 + selector 1 = 気

- そ/馬 + selector 1 = 牛

- へ/⺩ + selector 1 = 王

- 日 + selector 1 = 白

- ま/石 + selector 1 = 立

- の/禾 + selector 1 = 米

- め/目 + selector 1 = 自
- ふ/女 + selector 1 = 舟

- し/巿 + selector 1 = 色
- む/車 + selector 1 = 虫

- ね/示 + selector 1 = 衣

- selector 1 + ね/示 = 衷
- た/⽥ + selector 1 = 谷

- み/耳 + selector 1 = 身

- さ/阝 + selector 1 = 陸
- ち/竹 + selector 1 = 雨

- せ/食 + selector 1 = 鳥

- selector 1 + お/頁 = 丸

- selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 乃

- selector 1 + か/金 = 于

- selector 1 + ま/石 = 亟
- selector 1 + 龸 = 亠

- selector 1 + 宿 = 元

- selector 1 + さ/阝 = 卩
- selector 1 + う/宀/#3 = 参


- う/宀/#3 + selector 1 + selector 1 = 宀

- selector 1 + ゑ/訁 = 叉

- selector 1 + け/犬 = 天

- selector 1 + な/亻 = 意

- selector 1 + こ/子 = 孑
- selector 1 + の/禾 = 喬
- selector 1 + す/発 = 巨

- selector 1 + ゆ/彳 = 憂

- selector 1 + を/貝 = 斥

- selector 1 + そ/馬 = 曹

- selector 1 + に/氵 = 朮
- selector 1 + ん/止 = 氏

- selector 1 + き/木 = 甚

- selector 1 + め/目 = 真

- selector 1 + よ/广 = 矛

- selector 1 + ⺼ = 血

- selector 1 + ひ/辶 = 雍
- selector 1 + と/戸 = 髟

- selector 1 + お/頁 + す/発 = 夐

- selector 1 + の/禾 + き/木 = 乖

- selector 1 + ろ/十 + 囗 = 冉

- selector 1 + 宿 + ふ/女 = 冨

- selector 1 + き/木 + ぬ/力 = 剌

- selector 1 + selector 4 + ね/示 = 剱

- selector 1 + 比 + ぬ/力 = 匆

- selector 1 + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 囗

- つ/土 + た/⽥ + selector 1 = 壑

- selector 1 + う/宀/#3 + へ/⺩ = 寳

- か/金 + 宿 + selector 1 = 巛

- selector 1 + よ/广 + ろ/十 = 廰

- selector 1 + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 弍

- selector 1 + ろ/十 + て/扌 = 愽

- selector 1 + る/忄 + み/耳 = 懴

- て/扌 + や/疒 + selector 1 = 攜

- selector 1 + り/分 + ゑ/訁 = 敍

- selector 1 + き/木 + 数 = 朿

- き/木 + 火 + selector 1 = 杰

- 心 + 心 + selector 1 = 櫻

- selector 1 + 比 + は/辶 = 毋

- selector 1 + 氷/氵 + け/犬 = 濳

- や/疒 + ち/竹 + selector 1 = 癨

- す/発 + 宿 + selector 1 = 癶

- selector 1 + け/犬 + か/金 = 竒

- ん/止 + ん/止 + selector 1 = 缺

- き/木 + ま/石 + selector 1 = 蘖

- selector 1 + 比 + に/氵 = 襾
Compounds of 一
Compounds of 亜
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
- ↑ "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ↑ "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- 1 2 "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ UNESCO (2013). World Braille Usage. Washington, DC: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8444-9564-4. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ↑ "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ↑ "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ↑ "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ↑ "漢点字入門" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.