6-dot braille cells

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 nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-56
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode10288U+2830
UTF-8226 160 176E2 A0 B0
Numeric character reference⠰⠰
Braille ASCII593B

Unified Braille

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

Table of unified braille values

French Brailleuncontracted value sign, or
English Braillefinal letter abbreviation
German Braille-ach
Bharati Braille/ ன
IPA Braillenational orthography (non-IPA) format sign
Slovak Braillelower case mark
Arabic Braille; (semicolon)
Persian Braillemathematical symbol sign
Thai Braillenot an independent sign

Other braille

Japanese Braille、 (comma)
Korean Braillech- / ㅊ
Mainland Chinese Braille; (semicolon)
Taiwanese Braille; (semicolon)
Two-Cell Chinese Brailleforeign script mark
Nemeth Braillesubscript, letter mark

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 nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-567BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-568BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-5678
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode10352U+287010416U+28B010480U+28F0
UTF-8226 161 176E2 A1 B0226 162 176E2 A2 B0226 163 176E2 A3 B0
Numeric character reference⡰⡰⢰⢰⣰⣰
dots 567dots 568dots 5678
Gardner Salinas Brailleclose 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 nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-68BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-168BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-468BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1468
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode10400U+28A010401U+28A110408U+28A810409U+28A9
UTF-8226 162 160E2 A2 A0226 162 161E2 A2 A1226 162 168E2 A2 A8226 162 169E2 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

Notes