| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
The Braille pattern dots-1256 ( ⠳ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left, both middle, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left, both upper-middle, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2833, and in Braille ASCII with a backslash: \.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1256 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10291 | U+2833 |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 179 | E2 A0 B3 |
| Numeric character reference | ⠳ |
⠳ |
| Braille ASCII | 92 | 5C |
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1256 is used to represent a close back vowel, such as /u/ or /ɯ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as needed.[1]
Table of unified braille values
| French Braille | Ü, mathematical 8, ou |
|---|---|
| English Braille | Ou |
| English Contraction | out |
| German Braille | Ü |
| Bharati Braille | ऊ / ਊ / ઊ / ঊ / ଊ / ఊ / ಊ / ഊ / ஊ / ඌ / و [2] |
| IPA Braille | /ø/ |
| Russian Braille | Ю |
| Slovak Braille | Ť |
| Arabic Braille | ؤ |
| Thai Braille | ต t |
| Luxembourgish Braille | 8 (eight) |
| Romanian Braille | ț |
[1]
Other braille
| Japanese Braille | shi / し / シ [1] |
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | yeol / 열 [1] |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | you, -iu [1] |
| Taiwanese Braille | yu, -ü / ㄩ |
| Two-Cell Chinese Braille | xu- -áo |
| Nemeth Braille | (pipe) [3] |
| Gardner Salinas Braille | 8 [4] |
| Algerian Braille | ـٌ (tanwīn)[1] |
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-1256 are Braille patterns 12567, 12568, and 125678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12567 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12568 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-125678 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10355 | U+2873 | 10419 | U+28B3 | 10483 | U+28F3 |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 179 | E2 A1 B3 | 226 162 179 | E2 A2 B3 | 226 163 179 | E2 A3 B3 |
| Numeric character reference | ⡳ |
⡳ |
⢳ |
⢳ |
⣳ |
⣳ |
| dots 12567 | dots 12568 | dots 125678 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Salinas Braille[4] | absolute value |
Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2368, 12368, 23468, and 123468 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1256, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01256, 12567, and 012567 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-2368 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12368 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23468 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123468 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10406 | U+28A6 | 10407 | U+28A7 | 10414 | U+28AE | 10415 | U+28AF |
| UTF-8 | 226 162 166 | E2 A2 A6 | 226 162 167 | E2 A2 A7 | 226 162 174 | E2 A2 AE | 226 162 175 | E2 A2 AF |
| Numeric character reference | ⢦ |
⢦ |
⢧ |
⢧ |
⢮ |
⢮ |
⢯ |
⢯ |
Kantenji using braille patterns 2368, 12368, 23468, or 123468
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1256 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
Variants and thematic compounds

- selector 5 + し/巿 = 申
- selector 6 + し/巿 = 曳

- し/巿 + selector 1 = 色
- し/巿 + selector 3 = 巾

- 数 + し/巿 = 寸
- し/巿 + く/艹 = 黒
- し/巿 + か/金 = 赤
- し/巿 + こ/子 = 黄
- し/巿 + せ/食 = 青
- し/巿 + み/耳 = 緑
- し/巿 + む/車 = 紫
Compounds of 巿

- ふ/女 + し/巿 = 姉
- ほ/方 + し/巿 = 旆
- 心 + し/巿 = 柿
- ⺼ + し/巿 = 肺
- し/巿 + ら/月 = 師


- に/氵 + 宿 + し/巿 = 沛


- も/門 + 龸 + し/巿 = 閙
Compounds of 申

- し/巿 + 数 = 暢
- 仁/亻 + し/巿 = 伸
- ね/示 + し/巿 = 神

- い/糹/#2 + し/巿 = 紳
- し/巿 + れ/口 = 呻

- つ/土 + selector 5 + し/巿 = 坤

- て/扌 + selector 5 + し/巿 = 抻
Compounds of 曳
Compounds of 色
Compounds of 巾

- む/車 + し/巿 = 凧

- ろ/十 + し/巿 = 布

- ま/石 + し/巿 = 帝

- し/巿 + 囗 = 吊

- く/艹 + し/巿 = 幕

- 氷/氵 + し/巿 = 幣

- し/巿 + ぬ/力 = 刷
- し/巿 + 龸 = 帆
- し/巿 + ⺼ = 帥
- し/巿 + よ/广 = 帯

- し/巿 + と/戸 = 帳
- し/巿 + い/糹/#2 = 帷
- し/巿 + め/目 = 帽
- し/巿 + ふ/女 = 幅
- し/巿 + り/分 = 幌
- し/巿 + ま/石 = 幔
- し/巿 + 日 = 幟

- も/門 + 宿 + し/巿 = 匝

- し/巿 + selector 1 + ん/止 = 帋

- し/巿 + ふ/女 + ゑ/訁 = 帑

- し/巿 + 宿 + と/戸 = 帖

- し/巿 + selector 6 + け/犬 = 帙

- し/巿 + 日 + selector 1 = 帛

- し/巿 + を/貝 + と/戸 = 幀

- し/巿 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 幃

- し/巿 + と/戸 + ゆ/彳 = 幄

- し/巿 + 龸 + 日 = 幎

- し/巿 + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 幗

- し/巿 + の/禾 + た/⽥ = 幡

- し/巿 + ま/石 + り/分 = 幢

- し/巿 + ろ/十 + ゑ/訁 = 黻

- し/巿 + 宿 + ほ/方 = 黼
Compounds of 寸

- な/亻 + し/巿 = 付

- 宿 + し/巿 = 冠

- 囗 + し/巿 = 噂
- う/宀/#3 + し/巿 = 守

- つ/土 + し/巿 = 寺

- へ/⺩ + し/巿 = 寿

- み/耳 + し/巿 = 射

- せ/食 + し/巿 = 尊

- れ/口 + し/巿 = 尋

- ひ/辶 + し/巿 = 導
- き/木 + し/巿 = 村
- す/発 + し/巿 = 欝

- の/禾 + し/巿 = 耐
- え/訁 + し/巿 = 討

- も/門 + し/巿 = 闘

- し/巿 + ろ/十 = 辱


- れ/口 + 比 + し/巿 = 吋

- ろ/十 + 比 + し/巿 = 尅

- し/巿 + つ/土 + つ/土 = 幇

- る/忄 + 比 + し/巿 = 忖

- い/糹/#2 + 比 + し/巿 = 紂

- せ/食 + 比 + し/巿 = 酎
Compounds of 黒

- し/巿 + つ/土 = 墨
- し/巿 + け/犬 = 黙


- よ/广 + し/巿 + く/艹 = 廛

- ゆ/彳 + し/巿 + く/艹 = 黴

- ⺼ + し/巿 + く/艹 = 黶

- し/巿 + り/分 + selector 1 = 黔

- し/巿 + 仁/亻 + 囗 = 黛

- し/巿 + 比 + へ/⺩ = 黜

- し/巿 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 黝

- し/巿 + つ/土 + れ/口 = 黠

- し/巿 + 龸 + れ/口 = 黥

- し/巿 + ま/石 + 日 = 黯

- し/巿 + つ/土 + を/貝 = 黷
Compounds of 赤
Compounds of 黄
Compounds of 青


- な/亻 + し/巿 + せ/食 = 倩

- け/犬 + し/巿 + せ/食 = 猜

- め/目 + し/巿 + せ/食 = 睛

- 心 + し/巿 + せ/食 = 菁

- む/車 + し/巿 + せ/食 = 蜻

- せ/食 + し/巿 + せ/食 = 鯖
Other compounds
[5] [6] [7] [8]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f "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.