Braille pattern dots-2356

6-dot braille cells
⠀	⠁	⠃	⠉	⠙	⠑	⠋	⠛	⠓	⠊	⠚	⠈	⠘
⠄	⠅	⠇	⠍	⠝	⠕	⠏	⠟	⠗	⠎	⠞	⠌	⠜
⠤	⠥	⠧	⠭	⠽	⠵	⠯	⠿	⠷	⠮	⠾	⠬	⠼
⠠	⠡	⠣	⠩	⠹	⠱	⠫	⠻	⠳	⠪	⠺	⠨	⠸
⠀	⠂	⠆	⠒	⠲	⠢	⠖	⠶	⠦	⠔	⠴	⠐	⠰

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The Braille pattern dots-2356 ( ⠶ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U 2836, and in Braille ASCII with the number 7.

Character information
Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2356
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10294	U 2836
UTF-8	226 160 182	E2 A0 B6
Numeric character reference	⠶	⠶
Braille ASCII	55	37

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2356 is used for punctuation, or otherwise as needed.^[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille	" (quote mark), math) = (equal sign), -gn-, "été"
English Braille	(, ) (parentheses), -gg-
English Contraction	were
German Braille	eh
Bharati Braille	} (brackets) ^[2]
IPA Braille	square diacritic sign
Russian Braille	(, ) (parentheses)
Slovak Braille	" (quote mark)
Arabic Braille	} (brackets)
Thai Braille	๊ (tone 3)

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Other braille

Japanese Braille	(, ) (parentheses) ^[1]
Korean Braille	-ng / ㅇ ^[1]
Mainland Chinese Braille	wang, -uang ^[1]
Taiwanese Braille	wai, -uai / ㄨㄞ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille	pi-
Nemeth Braille	7 ^[3]
Gardner Salinas Braille	? (question mark) ^[4]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-2356 are Braille patterns 23567, 23568, and 235678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-235678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10358	U 2876	10422	U 28B6	10486	U 28F6
UTF-8	226 161 182	E2 A1 B6	226 162 182	E2 A2 B6	226 163 182	E2 A3 B6
Numeric character reference	⡶	⡶	⢶	⢶	⣶	⣶

	dots 23567	dots 23568	dots 235678
Gardner Salinas Braille^[4]	~	≈ (approximately equal)	= (equal sign)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3678, 13678, 34678, and 134678 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2356, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02356, 23567, and 023567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3678		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13678		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34678		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10468	U 28E4	10469	U 28E5	10476	U 28EC	10477	U 28ED
UTF-8	226 163 164	E2 A3 A4	226 163 165	E2 A3 A5	226 163 172	E2 A3 AC	226 163 173	E2 A3 AD
Numeric character reference	⣤	⣤	⣥	⣥	⣬	⣬	⣭	⣭

Kantenji using braille patterns 3678, 13678, 34678, or 134678

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2356 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

- 囲

Variants and thematic compounds

- selector 1 囗 = 伐
- selector 2 囗 = 戎
- selector 3 囗 = 弋
- selector 4 囗 = 戈
- selector 5 囗 = 冂
- selector 6 囗 = 亶
- 囗 selector 1 = 我
- 囗 selector 2 = 式
- 囗 selector 3 = 用
- 囗 selector 4 = 或
- 囗 selector 5 = 戔
- 囗 selector 6 = 角
- 比囗 = 凹

Compounds of 囲 and 囗

- 囗な/亻 = 囚
- - に/氵囗な/亻 = 泅
- 囗れ/口 = 回
- - 囗囗れ/口 = 囘
- - な/亻囗れ/口 = 嗇
  - - へ/⺩囗 = 牆
  - - つ/土囗れ/口 = 墻
  - - き/木囗れ/口 = 檣
  - - ふ/女囗れ/口 = 艢
  - - 心囗れ/口 = 薔
- - ゆ/彳囗れ/口 = 徊
- - て/扌囗れ/口 = 擅
- - ね/示囗れ/口 = 禀
- - の/禾囗れ/口 = 稟
  - - る/忄囗れ/口 = 懍
  - - よ/广囗れ/口 = 廩
- - く/艹囗れ/口 = 茴
- - む/車囗れ/口 = 蛔
- - ひ/辶囗れ/口 = 迴
- - お/頁囗れ/口 = 顫
- 囗け/犬 = 因
- - れ/口囗け/犬 = 咽
- - も/門囗け/犬 = 氤
- - 火囗け/犬 = 烟
- - く/艹囗け/犬 = 茵
- 囗て/扌 = 団
- - 囗囗て/扌 = 團
- 囗ほ/方 = 囮
- 囗き/木 = 困
- - る/忄囗き/木 = 悃
- - き/木囗き/木 = 梱
- 囗龸 = 図
- - 囗囗龸 = 圖
- 囗ろ/十 = 固
- - な/亻囗 = 個
- - 氷/氵囗ろ/十 = 凅
- - に/氵囗ろ/十 = 涸
- - や/疒囗ろ/十 = 痼
- - か/金囗ろ/十 = 錮
- 囗へ/⺩ = 国
- - 囗囗へ/⺩ = 國
  - - し/巿囗へ/⺩ = 幗
  - - ⺼囗へ/⺩ = 膕
- - て/扌囗へ/⺩ = 掴
- - き/木囗へ/⺩ = 椢
- 囗さ/阝 = 圏
- - 囗囗さ/阝 = 圈
- 囗え/訁 = 園
- - く/艹囗え/訁 = 薗
- く/艹囗 = 菌
- selector 1 囗へ/⺩ = 囗
- 囗仁/亻ろ/十 = 囹
- 囗ろ/十ら/月 = 囿
- 囗龸ほ/方 = 圀
- 囗宿ほ/方 = 圃
- 囗ら/月れ/口 = 圄
- 囗つ/土か/金 = 圉
- 囗宿い/糹/#2 = 圍
- 囗宿る/忄 = 圜
- に/氵宿囗 = 溷
- の/禾宿囗 = 穡
- ち/竹龸囗 = 箘
- さ/阝宿囗 = 鄙
- 囗そ/馬比 = 麕

Compounds of 伐

- ね/示囗 = 袋
- を/貝囗 = 貸
- も/門囗 = 閥
- 仁/亻囗 = 代
- - つ/土仁/亻囗 = 垈
- - や/疒仁/亻囗 = 岱
- - へ/⺩仁/亻囗 = 玳
- - し/巿仁/亻囗 = 黛
- ち/竹宿囗 = 筏

Compounds of 戎

- い/糹/#2 宿囗 = 絨

Compounds of 弋

- 囗い/糹/#2 = 弐
- - selector 1 囗い/糹/#2 = 弍
  - - 囗囗い/糹/#2 = 貳
    - - ⺼囗い/糹/#2 = 膩
- 囗ん/止 = 武
- - 龸囗ん/止 = 斌
  - - を/貝囗ん/止 = 贇
- - か/金囗ん/止 = 錻
- ゐ/幺囗 = 幾
- - き/木囗 = 機
- - ま/石囗 = 磯
- - え/訁ゐ/幺囗 = 譏
- - せ/食ゐ/幺囗 = 饑
- 囗ゐ/幺 = 畿
- き/木龸囗 = 杙
- 囗龸せ/食 = 鵡

Compounds of 戈

- と/戸囗 = 戒
- - え/訁と/戸囗 = 誡
- れ/口囗 = 戦
- - れ/口れ/口囗 = 戰
- す/発囗 = 戯
- - す/発す/発囗 = 戲
- selector 4 囗い/糹/#2 = 貮
- を/貝 selector 4 囗 = 戝
- ろ/十 selector 4 囗 = 戟
- む/車 selector 4 囗 = 戮
- や/疒 selector 4 囗 = 戳
- て/扌 selector 4 囗 = 找
- お/頁宿囗 = 戛
- お/頁龸囗 = 戞
- も/門宿囗 = 戡

Compounds of 冂

- ろ/十囗 = 再
- - selector 1 ろ/十囗 = 冉
  - - く/艹ろ/十囗 = 苒
- た/⽥囗 = 冑
- 囗仁/亻 = 内
- - れ/口囗仁/亻 = 吶
- - ⺼囗仁/亻 = 肭
- - む/車囗仁/亻 = 蚋
- - ね/示囗仁/亻 = 衲
- - え/訁囗仁/亻 = 訥
- - と/戸囗仁/亻 = 靹
- 囗ね/示 = 剛
- 囗と/戸 = 同
- - 囗り/分 = 興
  - - 火囗り/分 = 爨
  - - せ/食囗り/分 = 釁
- - る/忄囗と/戸 = 恫
- - に/氵囗と/戸 = 洞
- - の/禾囗と/戸 = 粡
- 囗こ/子 = 向
- - せ/食囗こ/子 = 餉
- 囗つ/土 = 周
- - 囗う/宀/#3 = 彫
  - - ち/竹囗う/宀/#3 = 簓
- - 氷/氵囗つ/土 = 凋
- - る/忄囗つ/土 = 惆
- - の/禾囗つ/土 = 稠
- - い/糹/#2 囗つ/土 = 綢
- - む/車囗つ/土 = 蜩
- 囗の/禾 = 奥
- - る/忄囗 = 懊
- - つ/土囗の/禾 = 墺
- - 囗囗の/禾 = 奧
- - に/氵囗の/禾 = 澳
- - 火囗の/禾 = 燠
- - ま/石囗の/禾 = 礇
- - も/門囗の/禾 = 粤
- - ね/示囗の/禾 = 襖
- 囗ゆ/彳 = 岡
- - や/疒囗ゆ/彳 = 崗
- - き/木囗ゆ/彳 = 棡
- - 囗囗ゆ/彳 = 堽
- 囗め/目 = 爾
- - ゆ/彳囗め/目 = 彌
  - - 氷/氵囗め/目 = 瀰
- - に/氵囗め/目 = 濔
- - ね/示囗め/目 = 禰
- 囗宿え/訁 = 冏
- - 火囗れ/口 = 烱
- い/糹/#2 囗れ/口 = 絅
- ひ/辶囗こ/子 = 迥
- 火宿囗 = 炯
- ひ/辶宿囗 = 邇
- 囗 selector 4 い/糹/#2 = 雕

Compounds of 亶

- 龸囗 = 壇
- 心龸囗 = 檀
- 囗 selector 4 せ/食 = 氈
- そ/馬龸囗 = 羶

Compounds of 我

- そ/馬囗 = 義
- - や/疒そ/馬囗 = 嶬
- - 日そ/馬囗 = 曦
- - ま/石そ/馬囗 = 礒
- - ふ/女そ/馬囗 = 艤
- む/車囗 = 蛾
- え/訁囗 = 議
- せ/食囗 = 餓
- な/亻囗 selector 1 = 俄
- れ/口囗 selector 1 = 哦
- ふ/女囗 selector 1 = 娥
- や/疒囗 selector 1 = 峨
- 心囗 selector 1 = 莪
- 囗 selector 1 せ/食 = 鵝
- や/疒宿囗 = 峩
- 囗宿せ/食 = 鵞

Compounds of 式

- ゑ/訁囗 = 試
- む/車囗 selector 2 = 軾
- 囗め/目の/禾 = 弑
- て/扌宿囗 = 拭

Compounds of 用

- よ/广囗 = 庸
- - な/亻よ/广囗 = 傭
- - る/忄よ/广囗 = 慵
- む/車囗 selector 3 = 蛹

Compounds of 或

- 囗心 = 惑
- も/門囗 selector 4 = 閾
- 囗お/頁 selector 4 = 馘

Compounds of 戔

- ほ/方囗 = 残
- - ほ/方ほ/方囗 = 殘
- に/氵囗 = 浅
- - に/氵に/氵囗 = 淺
- お/頁囗 = 賎
- - に/氵お/頁囗 = 濺
- み/耳囗 = 践
- - み/耳み/耳囗 = 踐
- か/金囗 = 銭
- - か/金か/金囗 = 錢
- き/木宿囗 = 桟
- き/木 selector 4 囗 = 棧
- へ/⺩宿囗 = 牋
- 囗宿⺼ = 盞
- ち/竹 selector 4 囗 = 箋
- い/糹/#2 龸囗 = 綫
- を/貝宿囗 = 賤
- せ/食宿囗 = 餞

Compounds of 角

- 囗そ/馬 = 解
- - よ/广囗そ/馬 = 廨
- - る/忄囗そ/馬 = 懈
- - む/車囗そ/馬 = 蟹
- - ひ/辶囗そ/馬 = 邂
- - 囗そ/馬 selector 2 = 觧
- 囗む/車 = 触
- - 囗囗む/車 = 觸
- 囗数 = 觴
- れ/口囗 selector 6 = 嘴
- つ/土囗 selector 6 = 埆
- き/木囗 selector 6 = 桷
- 心囗 selector 6 = 槲
- 囗比と/戸 = 斛
- む/車龸囗 = 蠏
- 囗宿こ/子 = 觚
- 囗比 selector 4 = 觜
- 囗 selector 1 ん/止 = 觝
- 囗う/宀/#3 せ/食 = 鵤

Compounds of 凹

- い/糹/#2 比囗 = 雋

Compounds of 口

- う/宀/#3 囗 = 亮
- - れ/口う/宀/#3 囗 = 喨
- さ/阝囗 = 叩
- ぬ/力囗 = 召
- - ぬ/力ぬ/力囗 = 劭
- - そ/馬ぬ/力囗 = 貂
- - ひ/辶ぬ/力囗 = 迢
- - さ/阝ぬ/力囗 = 邵
- - ま/石ぬ/力囗 = 韶
- り/分囗 = 合
- - て/扌囗 = 拾
- - ち/竹囗 = 答
- - れ/口り/分囗 = 哈
- - ふ/女り/分囗 = 姶
- - や/疒り/分囗 = 峇
- - る/忄り/分囗 = 恰
- - て/扌り/分囗 = 拿
- - ん/止り/分囗 = 歙
- - に/氵り/分囗 = 洽
- - ⺼り/分囗 = 盒
- - ち/竹り/分囗 = 箚
- - の/禾り/分囗 = 粭
- - 心り/分囗 = 荅
  - - と/戸り/分囗 = 鞳
- - む/車り/分囗 = 蛤
- - ね/示り/分囗 = 袷
- - も/門り/分囗 = 閤
- - ま/石り/分囗 = 龕
- し/巿囗 = 吊
- ふ/女囗 = 否
- - や/疒ふ/女囗 = 痞
- け/犬囗 = 呑
- つ/土囗 = 喜
- - な/亻つ/土囗 = 僖
- - る/忄つ/土囗 = 憙
- - き/木つ/土囗 = 橲
- - 火つ/土囗 = 熹
- - ね/示つ/土囗 = 禧
- - せ/食つ/土囗 = 鱚
- 氷/氵囗 = 淳
- や/疒囗 = 癌
- の/禾囗 = 粘
- い/糹/#2 囗 = 給
- ⺼囗 = 膈
- 囗囗 = 呟
- 囗宿 = 呪
- 囗か/金 = 呵
- 囗ぬ/力 = 喫
- 囗⺼ = 嘲
- 囗し/巿 = 噂
- 囗み/耳 = 囁
- 囗ひ/辶 = 邑
- - よ/广囗ひ/辶 = 廱
  - - や/疒囗ひ/辶 = 癰
- - る/忄囗ひ/辶 = 悒
- - と/戸囗ひ/辶 = 扈
  - - に/氵囗ひ/辶 = 滬
- 囗お/頁 = 頷
- 囗せ/食 = 鳴
- ⺼囗け/犬 = 臙
- れ/口宿囗 = 串
- 囗ま/石し/巿 = 啻
- 囗宿ん/止 = 嗽
- 囗ゐ/幺や/疒 = 嚮
- 囗ん/止の/禾 = 齠

Other compounds

- 囗ま/石 = 函
- - 囗囗ま/石 = 凾
- - に/氵囗ま/石 = 涵
- 囗比 = 麗
- - な/亻囗比 = 儷
- - に/氵囗比 = 灑
- - そ/馬囗比 = 驪
- ひ/辶囗め/目 = 迩
- む/車宿囗 = 輿
- と/戸ぬ/力囗 = 髫

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Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.

[Unesco-1] "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..

[2] "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

[3] "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

[OSU-4] "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.

[technopolis-5] "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.

[kantenji-6] "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.

[n-braille-7] "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.

[taijukai-8] "漢点字入門" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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