Wiktionary

⠤


⠤ U 2824, ⠤
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-36
← ⠣
[U 2823] 		Braille Patterns ⠥ →
[U 2825]

Translingual

edit

A character of the braille script, originally used as a hyphen. The diacritic that creates the 3rd decade of the braille script.

Etymology

edit
More information

Invented by Louis Braille, braille cells were arranged in numerical order and assigned to the letters of the French alphabet. Most braille alphabets follow this assignment for the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet or, in non-Latin scripts, for the transliterations of those letters. In such alphabets, the first ten braille letters (the first decade: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚) are assigned to the Latin letters A to J and to the digits 1 to 9 and 0. (Apart from '2', the even digits all have three dots: ⠃⠙⠋⠓⠚.)

The letters of the first decade are those cells with at least one dot in the top row and at least one in the left column, but none in the bottom row. The next decade repeat the pattern with the addition of a dot at the lower left, the third decade with two dots in the bottom row, and the fourth with a dot on the bottom right. The fifth decade is like the first, but shifted downward one row. The first decade is supplemented by the two characters with dots in the right column and none in the bottom row, and that supplement is propagated to the other decades using the generation rules above. Finally, there are four characters with no dots in the top two rows. Many languages that use braille letters beyond the 26 of the basic Latin alphabet follow an approximation of the English or French values for additional letters.

Punctuation mark

edit

⠤

  1. (IPA Braille) - (hyphen)

Numeral

edit

⠤

  1. (Ethiopic Braille, in the context of the number signs ⠁...⠆) The Ethiopic digit ፬ 4, ⠁⠤⠆.

Symbol

edit

⠤

  1. (music) octave (eighth interval)

See also

edit
Braille script navigation
⠀   ⠁   ⠂   ⠄   ⠈   ⠐   ⠠
⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤   ⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔
⠇   ⠸   ⠪   ⠕   ⠣   ⠜   ⠎   ⠱   ⠋   ⠍   ⠖   ⠙   ⠩   ⠲   ⠓   ⠥   ⠦   ⠚   ⠬   ⠴
⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵   ⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶
⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿
  • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠤⟩:    ⡤   ⢤   ⣤

English

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

⠤ (‐)

  1. - (hyphen)

Usage notes

edit

When words or letters are replaced by ————— or ------ in print, in braille ⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤ is used, with one ⟨⠤⟩ for every letter.

Braille hyphens are used for print slashes in dates, so the date range ⟨10/2–10/7⟩ is written ⟨⠼⠁⠚⠤⠃⠤⠼⠁⠚⠤⠛⟩, with three hyphens.

Derived terms

edit

In the United States:

Symbol

edit

⠤

  1. Marks the beginning or end of capitalization or emphasis that does not span an entire word.
  2. (meter) Marks the end of a metrical foot.

Usage notes

edit

Compare the termination sign ⠠⠄, which ends formatting in already hyphenated words.

Metrical use has been abolished in Unified English Braille.

Derived terms

edit

Prefix

edit

⠤

  1. Renders the print sequence com.

Usage notes

edit

Must come at the beginning of a word, but does not need to be a full syllable, e.g. in come and comb.

Because this cell does not have dots in the top row, it cannot come in contact with punctuation marks, such as a hyphen or apostrophe, as it could be confused for a hyphen.

Abolished in Unified English Braille.

See also

edit

French

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

⠤ (‐)

  1. The hyphen, ⟨-⟩.

Symbol

edit

⠤ (–)

  1. (in the context of the Antoine number sign ⟨⠠⟩ or of the number sign ⠼) The minus sign, ⟨−⟩.

Contraction

edit

⠤

  1. The independent word celui.
  2. The letter sequence com- [ C].

Usage notes

edit
  • The sequence com- must appear at the beginning of its word, and must be followed by a consonant letter.

Korean

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

⠤

  1. the hyphen, ⟨-⟩
  2. the opening or closing parenthesis, ( ... )

Usage notes

edit

The senses are distinguished by spacing and punctuation: none (hyphen), before (opening parenthesis) and after (closing parenthesis).

Vietnamese

edit

Punctuation mark

edit

⠤ • (‐)

  1. - (hyphen)

Letter

edit

⠤

  1. tone ◌̃


Braille script navigation
⠀   ⠁   ⠂   ⠄   ⠈   ⠐   ⠠
⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤   ⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔
⠇   ⠸   ⠪   ⠕   ⠣   ⠜   ⠎   ⠱   ⠋   ⠍   ⠖   ⠙   ⠩   ⠲   ⠓   ⠥   ⠦   ⠚   ⠬   ⠴
⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵   ⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶
⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿
  • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠤⟩:    ⡤   ⢤   ⣤
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=⠤&oldid=82315265"