6-dot braille cells

The Braille pattern dots-23 ( ⠆ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the two middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2806, and in Braille ASCII with the number "2".

Character information
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Unicode nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode10246U+2806
UTF-8226 160 134E2 A0 86
Numeric character reference⠆⠆
Braille ASCII5032

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23 is used to represent a voiced bilabial consonant, such as /b/ or /ɓ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as punctuation or accent mark, as needed.

Table of unified braille values

French Braille; (semicolon), br, ui
English Braille; (semicolon), -bb-
English Contractionbe, be-
German Braillebe
Bharati Braille; (semicolon)
Russian Braille; (semicolon)
Slovak Braille; (semicolon)
Arabic Brailleـً (fathatan)
Thai Brailleī

Other braille

Japanese Braillewi / ゐ / ヰ
Korean Braille-ch / ㅊ
Mainland Chinese Brailletone 4
Taiwanese Braille, (comma)
Nemeth Braille2

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-23 are Braille patterns 237, 238, and 2378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
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Unicode nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode10310U+284610374U+288610438U+28C6
UTF-8226 161 134E2 A1 86226 162 134E2 A2 86226 163 134E2 A3 86
Numeric character reference⡆⡆⢆⢆⣆⣆
dots 237dots 238dots 2378
Gardner Salinas Brailleend array line( (open parenthesis)open complex radicand

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 37, 137, 347, and 1347 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023, 237, and 0237 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information
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Unicode nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-37BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode10308U+284410309U+284510316U+284C10317U+284D
UTF-8226 161 132E2 A1 84226 161 133E2 A1 85226 161 140E2 A1 8C226 161 141E2 A1 8D
Numeric character reference⡄⡄⡅⡅⡌⡌⡍⡍

Kantenji using braille patterns 37, 137, 347, or 1347

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-23 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

  • - 系

Variants and thematic compounds

  • - selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 乃
  • - selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 及
  • - selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 亥
  • - ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 幼
  • - ゐ/幺 + selector 3 = 幺
  • - ゐ/幺 + selector 4 = 幻
  • - 比 + ゐ/幺 = 左

Compounds of 系

  • - な/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 係
  • - こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 孫 - ひ/辶 + こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 遜
  • - 氷/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 潔
  • - へ/⺩ + ゐ/幺 = 素
  • - ろ/十 + ゐ/幺 = 索
  • - た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 累 - や/疒 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 瘰 - い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 縲 - む/車 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 螺 - そ/馬 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 騾
  • - は/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 繁
  • - む/車 + ゐ/幺 = 繋
  • - ち/竹 + ゐ/幺 = 纂
  • - ゐ/幺 + こ/子 = 紅
  • - ゐ/幺 + 龸 = 紋
  • - ゐ/幺 + 仁/亻 = 納
  • - ゐ/幺 + ひ/辶 = 紐
  • - ゐ/幺 + る/忄 = 紺
  • - ゐ/幺 + れ/口 = 結
  • - ゐ/幺 + し/巿 = 絶
  • - ゐ/幺 + ゆ/彳 = 網
  • - ゐ/幺 + ゑ/訁 = 綴
  • - ゐ/幺 + め/目 = 綿
  • - ゐ/幺 + す/発 = 緊
  • - ゐ/幺 + 火 = 緋
  • - ゐ/幺 + 日 = 緒
  • - ゐ/幺 + い/糹/#2 = 緯
  • - ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 縁 - 心 + ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 櫞
  • - ゐ/幺 + ら/月 = 縋
  • - ゐ/幺 + え/訁 = 縞
  • - ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 = 縫
  • - ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ = 繹
  • - ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纏 - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纒
  • - め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 県 - め/目 + め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 縣
  • - ゆ/彳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 徽
  • - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + め/目 = 緜
  • - ゐ/幺 + へ/⺩ + は/辶 = 纛
  • - せ/食 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鯀
  • - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + こ/子 = 絳
  • - ゐ/幺 + 龸 + ゑ/訁 = 綬
  • - ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 + そ/馬 = 緲
  • - ら/月 + け/犬 + ゐ/幺 = 縢
  • - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ろ/十 = 繚
  • - む/車 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 辮

Compounds of 乃

  • - の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 秀 - い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 綉 - え/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 誘 - ひ/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 透 - 心 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 莠 - か/金 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 銹
  • - ゐ/幺 + て/扌 = 携
  • - な/亻 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 仍
  • - こ/子 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 孕
  • - き/木 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 朶 - み/耳 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 躱
  • - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ⺼ = 盈

Compounds of 及

  • - て/扌 + ゐ/幺 = 扱
  • - れ/口 + ゐ/幺 = 吸
  • - い/糹/#2 + ゐ/幺 = 級
  • - や/疒 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 岌
  • - に/氵 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 汲
  • - ち/竹 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 笈

Compounds of 亥

  • - き/木 + ゐ/幺 = 核
  • - ゑ/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 該
  • - か/金 + ゐ/幺 = 骸
  • - ゐ/幺 + ね/示 = 刻
  • - ゐ/幺 + ぬ/力 = 劾
  • - つ/土 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 垓
  • - こ/子 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 孩
  • - そ/馬 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 駭
  • - れ/口 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 咳

Compounds of 幼

  • - て/扌 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 拗
  • - う/宀/#3 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 窈
  • - し/巿 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 黝

Compounds of 幺

  • - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 幽
  • - ゆ/彳 + ゐ/幺 = 後
  • - に/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 滋
  • - 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 玄 - や/疒 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 痃 - め/目 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 眩 - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 絃 - ふ/女 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 舷 - ゆ/彳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 衒 - か/金 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鉉
  • - 囗 + ゐ/幺 = 畿
  • - ま/石 + ゐ/幺 = 磁
  • - 日 + ゐ/幺 = 楽 - く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 薬 - く/艹 + く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 藥 - 日 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 樂 - て/扌 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 擽 - 火 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 爍 - ま/石 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 礫 - む/車 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 轢 - か/金 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 鑠 - 心 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 檪
  • - み/耳 + ゐ/幺 = 蹊
  • - ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 幾 - え/訁 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 譏 - せ/食 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 饑
  • - ゐ/幺 + 心 = 慈
  • - ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 郷 - ゐ/幺 + ま/石 = 響 - せ/食 + ゐ/幺 = 饗 - 囗 + ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 嚮
  • - ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 渓 - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 溪
  • - ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鶏 - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鷄
  • - お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顕 - お/頁 + お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顯
  • - く/艹 + ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 茲
  • - こ/子 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 孳
  • - み/耳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 聨
  • - み/耳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 聯
  • - ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ + selector 1 = 谿
  • - せ/食 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 酳
  • - ゐ/幺 + 心 + ま/石 = 麼

Compounds of 左

  • - 仁/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 佐

Other compounds

  • - つ/土 + ゐ/幺 = 報
  • - ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 服 - ち/竹 + ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 箙
  • - そ/馬 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 羲

Notes