Braille pattern dots-2456

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

The Braille pattern dots-2456 ( ⠺ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, both middle, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right, both upper-middle, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+283a, and in Braille ASCII with W.

Character information
Preview ⠺ (braille pattern dots-2456)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2456
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10298 U+283A
UTF-8 226 160 186 E2 A0 BA
Numeric character reference ⠺ ⠺
Braille ASCII 88 58

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2456 is used to represent the labio-velar approximant, /w/, or otherwise as needed.

Table of unified braille values

French Braille W, om, -tt-, "tous"
English Braille W
English contraction will
German Braille W
Bharati Braille ठ / ਠ / ઠ / ঠ / ଠ / ఠ / ಠ / ഠ / ඨ / ٹھ ‎
Icelandic Braille W
IPA Braille /w/
Russian Braille В (v)
Slovak Braille W
Arabic Braille و
Persian Braille و
Irish Braille W
Thai Braille ว w
Luxembourgish Braille w (minuscule)

Other braille

Japanese Braille so / そ / ソ
Korean Braille ui / ㅢ
Mainland Chinese Braille wei, -ui
Taiwanese Braille ai / ㄞ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille mi- -á
Algerian Braille ـٍ ‎ (tanwīn)

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-2456 are Braille patterns 24567, 24568, and 245678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview ⡺ (braille pattern dots-24567) ⢺ (braille pattern dots-24568) ⣺ (braille pattern dots-245678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24567 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-245678
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10362 U+287A 10426 U+28BA 10490 U+28FA
UTF-8 226 161 186 E2 A1 BA 226 162 186 E2 A2 BA 226 163 186 E2 A3 BA
Numeric character reference ⡺ ⡺ ⢺ ⢺ ⣺ ⣺
dots 24567 dots 24568 dots 245678
Gardner Salinas Braille W (capital) ω (omega) Ω (Omega)
Luxembourgish Braille W (capital)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3568, 13568, 34568, and 134568 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2456, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02456, 24567, and 024567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
Preview ⢴ (braille pattern dots-3568) ⢵ (braille pattern dots-13568) ⢼ (braille pattern dots-34568) ⢽ (braille pattern dots-134568)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134568
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 10420 U+28B4 10421 U+28B5 10428 U+28BC 10429 U+28BD
UTF-8 226 162 180 E2 A2 B4 226 162 181 E2 A2 B5 226 162 188 E2 A2 BC 226 162 189 E2 A2 BD
Numeric character reference ⢴ ⢴ ⢵ ⢵ ⢼ ⢼ ⢽ ⢽

Kantenji using braille patterns 3568, 13568, 34568, or 134568

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2456 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds Compounds of 馬 Compounds of 曹 Compounds of 遂 Compounds of 曾 Compounds of 曽 and 彖 Compounds of 且 Compounds of 丑 and 豕 Compounds of 牛 Compounds of 羊 Compounds of 豚 Compounds of 午 Compounds of 象 and 豸 Compounds of 小 Compounds of 兎 Compounds of 鹿 Other compounds

Notes

Look up ⠺ , ⡺ , ⢺ , or ⣺ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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