Braille pattern dots-56

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

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The Braille pattern dots-56 ( ⠰ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2830, and in Braille ASCII with a semicolon: ;.

Character information
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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-56
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10288	U+2830
UTF-8	226 160 176	E2 A0 B0
Numeric character reference	⠰	⠰
Braille ASCII	59	3B

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-56 is used as a punctuation or formatting sign, or otherwise as needed.^[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille	uncontracted value sign, or
English Braille	final letter abbreviation
German Braille	-ach
Bharati Braille	/ ன ^[2]
IPA Braille	national orthography (non-IPA) format sign
Slovak Braille	lower case mark
Arabic Braille	; (semicolon)
Persian Braille	mathematical symbol sign
Thai Braille	not an independent sign

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Other braille

Japanese Braille	、 (comma) ^[1]
Korean Braille	ch- / ㅊ ^[1]
Mainland Chinese Braille	; (semicolon) ^[1]
Taiwanese Braille	; (semicolon)
Two-Cell Chinese Braille	foreign script mark
Nemeth Braille	subscript, letter mark ^[3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-56 are Braille patterns 567, 568, and 5678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-5678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10352	U+2870	10416	U+28B0	10480	U+28F0
UTF-8	226 161 176	E2 A1 B0	226 162 176	E2 A2 B0	226 163 176	E2 A3 B0
Numeric character reference	⡰	⡰	⢰	⢰	⣰	⣰

	dots 567	dots 568	dots 5678
Gardner Salinas Braille^[4]			close complex radicand

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 68, 168, 468, and 1468 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-56, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 056, 567, and 0567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-68		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-168		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1468
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10400	U+28A0	10401	U+28A1	10408	U+28A8	10409	U+28A9
UTF-8	226 162 160	E2 A2 A0	226 162 161	E2 A2 A1	226 162 168	E2 A2 A8	226 162 169	E2 A2 A9
Numeric character reference	⢠	⢠	⢡	⢡	⢨	⢨	⢩	⢩

Kantenji using braille patterns 68, 168, 468, or 1468

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-56 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

The kantenji is used in indicating most of the common (non-banking) number kanji, as well as the classical heavenly stem ordinals.

- 数

Variants and thematic compounds

- selector 4 + 数 = 勿
- 比 + 数 = 右

Compounds of 勿

- れ/口 + 数 = 吻
- 数 + 心 = 忽
- 日 + 数 = 易
- - 仁/亻 + 数 = 傷
- - つ/土 + 数 = 場
  - - つ/土 + つ/土 + 数 = 塲
- - て/扌 + 数 = 揚
- - し/巿 + 数 = 暢
- - に/氵 + 数 = 湯
  - - ⺼ + に/氵 + 数 = 盪
  - - く/艹 + に/氵 + 数 = 蕩
- - や/疒 + 数 = 瘍
- - ⺼ + 数 = 腸
  - - ⺼ + ⺼ + 数 = 膓
- - 囗 + 数 = 觴
- - を/貝 + 数 = 賜
- - か/金 + 数 = 錫
- - さ/阝 + 数 = 陽
- - ぬ/力 + 日 + 数 = 剔
- - む/車 + 日 + 数 = 蜴
- - ね/示 + 日 + 数 = 裼
- - せ/食 + 日 + 数 = 鯣
- - る/忄 + 宿 + 数 = 慯
- - 日 + 宿 + 数 = 暘
- - 心 + 宿 + 数 = 楊
- - ほ/方 + 宿 + 数 = 殤
- - 火 + 宿 + 数 = 煬
- - む/車 + 宿 + 数 = 蝪
- そ/馬 + 数 = 物
- の/禾 + 数 = 黎
- ぬ/力 + selector 4 + 数 = 刎
- 日 + selector 4 + 数 = 昜
- ち/竹 + selector 4 + 数 = 笏

Compounds of 右

- く/艹 + 数 = 若
- - も/門 + 数 = 匿
  - - る/忄 + も/門 + 数 = 慝
- - え/訁 + 数 = 諾
- - る/忄 + く/艹 + 数 = 惹
- ね/示 + 数 = 祐
- な/亻 + 比 + 数 = 佑
- せ/食 + 比 + 数 = 醢

Compounds of numbers

- 数 + #1 = 一
- - ふ/女 + 数 + selector 1 = 丕
- 数 + #2 = 二
- 数 + #3 = 三
- 数 + #4 = 四
- - に/氵 + 数 + る/忄 = 泗
- - そ/馬 + 数 + る/忄 = 駟
- 数 + #5 = 五
- - な/亻 + 数 + ら/月 = 伍
- 数 + #6 = 六
- - う/宀/#3 + 数 + え/訁 = 宍
- 数 + #7 = 七
- 数 + #8 = 八
- - れ/口 + 数 + り/分 = 叭
- - か/金 + 数 + り/分 = 釟
- 数 + #9 = 九
- - と/戸 + 数 = 尻
- - 日 + 数 + お/頁 = 旭
- - ひ/辶 + 数 + お/頁 = 馗
- 数 + め/目 = 百
- - な/亻 + 数 + め/目 = 佰
- - ゆ/彳 + 数 + め/目 = 弼
- - 心 + 数 + め/目 = 栢
- - か/金 + 数 + め/目 = 瓸
- - ま/石 + 数 + め/目 = 竡
- - の/禾 + 数 + め/目 = 粨
- - そ/馬 + 数 + め/目 = 貊
- - さ/阝 + 数 + め/目 = 陌
- 数 + せ/食 = 千
- - な/亻 + 数 + せ/食 = 仟
- - ぬ/力 + 数 + せ/食 = 刋
- - ま/石 + 数 + せ/食 = 竏
- - さ/阝 + 数 + せ/食 = 阡
- 数 + ま/石 = 万
- - 数 + 数 + ま/石 = 萬
  - - の/禾 + 数 + ま/石 = 糲
  - - や/疒 + 数 + ま/石 = 癘
- - む/車 + 数 + ま/石 = 蛎
- - 心 + 数 + ま/石 = 栃
- - ま/石 + 数 + ま/石 = 砺
- - き/木 + 数 + る/忄 = 楞
- - 心 + 龸 + 数 = 杤
- 数 + 宿 = 兆
- - な/亻 + 数 + 宿 = 佻
- - て/扌 + 数 + 宿 = 挑
- - 日 + 数 + 宿 = 晁
- - う/宀/#3 + 数 + 宿 = 窕
- - か/金 + 数 + 宿 = 銚
- 数 + な/亻 = 億
- 数 + と/戸 = 廿
- 数 + よ/广 = 丗
- - 数 + 数 + よ/广 = 卅

Compounds of heavenly stems

- 数 + こ/子 = 甲
- - も/門 + 数 + こ/子 = 匣
- - れ/口 + 数 + こ/子 = 呷
- - け/犬 + 数 + こ/子 = 狎
- - ⺼ + 数 + こ/子 = 胛
- 数 + を/貝 = 乙
- - や/疒 + 数 + を/貝 = 乢
- - て/扌 + 数 + を/貝 = 扎
- 数 + へ/⺩ = 丙
- - 火 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 炳
- - さ/阝 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 陋
- - と/戸 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 鞆
- 数 + て/扌 = 丁
- - れ/口 + 数 + て/扌 = 叮
- - に/氵 + 数 + て/扌 = 汀
- - た/⽥ + 数 + て/扌 = 甼
- - や/疒 + 数 + て/扌 = 疔
- - ま/石 + 数 + て/扌 = 竚
- - い/糹/#2 + 数 + て/扌 = 紵
- - 心 + 数 + て/扌 = 苧
- - せ/食 + 数 + て/扌 = 酊
- 数 + ひ/辶 = 戊
- 数 + き/木 = 己
- - 心 + 数 + き/木 = 杞
- 数 + の/禾 = 庚
- 数 + に/氵 = 壬
- - ふ/女 + 数 + に/氵 = 婬
- - ね/示 + 数 + に/氵 = 衽
- 数 + す/発 = 癸
- - て/扌 + 数 + す/発 = 揆

Other compounds

- 数 + ち/竹 = 父
- 数 + し/巿 = 寸
- き/木 + 数 = 束
- - ぬ/力 + 数 = 勅
  - - ぬ/力 + ぬ/力 + 数 = 敕
- - ん/止 + 数 = 整
- - 氷/氵 + 数 = 瀬
- - よ/广 + 数 = 疎
- - ま/石 + 数 = 辣
- - ひ/辶 + 数 = 速
- - お/頁 + 数 = 頼
- - る/忄 + き/木 + 数 = 悚
- - selector 1 + き/木 + 数 = 朿
  - - ち/竹 + 数 = 策
  - - き/木 + き/木 + 数 = 棗
  - - 心 + き/木 + 数 = 棘
- - ま/石 + き/木 + 数 = 竦
- - み/耳 + き/木 + 数 = 踈
- - 心 + 数 + 数 = 蕀
- - ふ/女 + お/頁 + 数 = 嬾
- - る/忄 + お/頁 + 数 = 懶
- - け/犬 + お/頁 + 数 = 獺
- - や/疒 + お/頁 + 数 = 癩
- - ち/竹 + お/頁 + 数 = 籟
- - 心 + お/頁 + 数 = 藾
- ゑ/訁 + 数 = 讐
- そ/馬 + 数 + り/分 = 尓
- 数 + う/宀/#3 + 龸 = 卍
- く/艹 + 宿 + 数 = 薮
- ゑ/訁 + 宿 + 数 = 讎
- 数 + 数 + 数 = 數
- う/宀/#3 + 宿 + 数 = 窶
- ち/竹 + 宿 + 数 = 籔
- く/艹 + 龸 + 数 = 藪
- 数 + か/金 + ら/月 = 髏

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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.
^ "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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