| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
The Braille pattern dots-246 ( ⠪ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle left, and top and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle left, and top and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282a, and in Braille ASCII with an open bracket: [.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-246 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10282 | U+282A |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 170 | E2 A0 AA |
| Numeric character reference | ⠪ | ⠪ |
| Braille ASCII | 91 | 5B |
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-246 is used to represent close-mid to open-mid back rounded vowels, such as /o/, /o̞/, or /ɔ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as needed.[1]
Table of unified braille values
| French Braille | Œ, mathematical 9, im-, -ition, "son" |
|---|---|
| English Braille | Ow |
| German Braille | Ö |
| Bharati Braille | औ / ਔ / ઔ / ঔ / ଔ / ఔ / ಔ / ഔ / ஔ / ඖ / و [2] |
| Icelandic Braille | Ö |
| IPA Braille | /œ/ |
| Russian Braille | Э |
| Slovak Braille | Ó |
| Arabic Braille | أو |
| Thai Braille | ึ eu |
| Luxembourgish Braille | 9 (nine) |
Other braille
| Japanese Braille | ko / こ / コ [1] |
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | eu / ㅡ [1] |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | ai [1] |
| Taiwanese Braille | yao, -iao / ㄧㄠ, ) (end parenthesis) |
| Two-Cell Chinese Braille | m- -é/-ó, 没 méi |
| Nemeth Braille | cancel (open) [3] |
| Gardner Salinas Braille | 9 [4] |
| Algerian Braille | ـً (tanwīn) [1] |
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-246 are Braille patterns 2467, 2468, and 24678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2467 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2468 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24678 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10346 | U+286A | 10410 | U+28AA | 10474 | U+28EA |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 170 | E2 A1 AA | 226 162 170 | E2 A2 AA | 226 163 170 | E2 A3 AA |
| Numeric character reference | ⡪ | ⡪ | ⢪ | ⢪ | ⣪ | ⣪ |
| dots 2467 | dots 2468 | dots 24678 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Salinas Braille[4] | √ (radical) | 〈 (open angle bracket) | |
Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 358, 1358, 3458, and 13458 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-246, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0246, 2467, and 02467 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-358 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1358 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3458 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13458 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10388 | U+2894 | 10389 | U+2895 | 10396 | U+289C | 10397 | U+289D |
| UTF-8 | 226 162 148 | E2 A2 94 | 226 162 149 | E2 A2 95 | 226 162 156 | E2 A2 9C | 226 162 157 | E2 A2 9D |
| Numeric character reference | ⢔ | ⢔ | ⢕ | ⢕ | ⢜ | ⢜ | ⢝ | ⢝ |
Kantenji using braille patterns 358, 1358, 3458, or 13458
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-246 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
Variants and thematic compounds
Compounds of 子

- 龸 + こ/子 = 享

- 仁/亻 + こ/子 = 仔
- う/宀/#3 + こ/子 = 字
- ろ/十 + こ/子 = 存

- と/戸 + こ/子 = 孝

- の/禾 + こ/子 = 季

- こ/子 + ふ/女 = 好

- こ/子 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 孕

- こ/子 + 宿 + ろ/十 = 孛

- こ/子 + ふ/女 + ゑ/訁 = 孥

- と/戸 + 宿 + こ/子 = 孱

- こ/子 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 孳

- 龸 + 龸 + こ/子 = 學

- こ/子 + 宿 + 氷/氵 = 敦

- こ/子 + 龸 + selector 3 = 斈

- 心 + 宿 + こ/子 = 李

- に/氵 + 宿 + こ/子 = 潺
Compounds of 孑
Compounds of 巽
Compounds of 共
Compounds of 呉
Compounds of 公
Compounds of 工

- そ/馬 + こ/子 = 差

- 氷/氵 + こ/子 = 江
- ゐ/幺 + こ/子 = 紅
- を/貝 + こ/子 = 貢

- こ/子 + ぬ/力 = 功
- こ/子 + も/門 = 巧
- こ/子 + 氷/氵 = 攻
- こ/子 + う/宀/#3 = 虹
- こ/子 + お/頁 = 項

- て/扌 + こ/子 + selector 1 = 扛

- き/木 + こ/子 + selector 1 = 杢

- に/氵 + こ/子 + selector 1 = 汞

- ま/石 + こ/子 + selector 1 = 矼

- ん/止 + こ/子 + selector 1 = 缸

- ⺼ + こ/子 + selector 1 = 肛

- え/訁 + こ/子 + selector 1 = 訌

- き/木 + 宿 + こ/子 = 杠
Compounds of 耒
Compounds of 甲
Compounds of 黄
Other compounds

- つ/土 + こ/子 = 去

- こ/子 + く/艹 = 告

- こ/子 + 宿 = 児

- ゆ/彳 + こ/子 = 弧
- け/犬 + こ/子 = 狐
- こ/子 + 日 = 暦
- こ/子 + ん/止 = 歴

- 囗 + こ/子 = 向

- れ/口 + こ/子 = 喉
- ち/竹 + こ/子 = 筍
- こ/子 + と/戸 = 事

- こ/子 + 心 = 怱

- な/亻 + 宿 + こ/子 = 偬

- る/忄 + 宿 + こ/子 = 愡

- ぬ/力 + 宿 + こ/子 = 刧

- へ/⺩ + に/氵 + こ/子 = 琺

- 日 + 宿 + こ/子 = 皓

- こ/子 + う/宀/#3 + り/分 = 窖

- 宿 + 宿 + こ/子 = 窗

- ゐ/幺 + 宿 + こ/子 = 絳

- そ/馬 + 宿 + こ/子 = 羔

- 囗 + 宿 + こ/子 = 觚
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.
- ↑ "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.