Braille pattern dots-1234

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The Braille pattern dots-1234 ( ⠏ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both top and all left-side dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top and both middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280f, and in Braille ASCII with P.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1234
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10255	U+280F
UTF-8	226 160 143	E2 A0 8F
Numeric character reference	⠏	⠏
Braille ASCII	80	50

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1234 is used to represent a voiceless bilabial plosive, i.e. /p/.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1234 are Braille patterns 12347, 12348, and 123478, 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-12347		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12348		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123478
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10319	U+284F	10383	U+288F	10447	U+28CF
UTF-8	226 161 143	E2 A1 8F	226 162 143	E2 A2 8F	226 163 143	E2 A3 8F
Numeric character reference	⡏	⡏	⢏	⢏	⣏	⣏

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2357, 12357, 23457, and 123457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1234, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01234, 12347, and 012347 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information

Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2357		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12357		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23457		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123457
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10326	U+2856	10327	U+2857	10334	U+285E	10335	U+285F
UTF-8	226 161 150	E2 A1 96	226 161 151	E2 A1 97	226 161 158	E2 A1 9E	226 161 159	E2 A1 9F
Numeric character reference	⡖	⡖	⡗	⡗	⡞	⡞	⡟	⡟

Notes

Look up ⠏ , ⡏ , ⢏ , or ⣏ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.