Braille pattern dots-12456

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The Braille pattern dots-12456 ( ⠻ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both top, both middle, and the bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top, both upper-middle, and the lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+283b, and in Braille ASCII with a closing bracket: ].

Character information

Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12456
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10299	U+283B
UTF-8	226 160 187	E2 A0 BB
Numeric character reference	⠻	⠻
Braille ASCII	93	5D

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-12456 is used to represent coronal or dorsal flaps, trills, or approximant consonants such as /r/, /ɹ/, /ɽ/, or /ʀ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-12456 are Braille patterns 124567, 124568, and 1245678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information

Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-124567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-124568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1245678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10363	U+287B	10427	U+28BB	10491	U+28FB
UTF-8	226 161 187	E2 A1 BB	226 162 187	E2 A2 BB	226 163 187	E2 A3 BB
Numeric character reference	⡻	⡻	⢻	⢻	⣻	⣻

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 23568, 123568, 234568, and 1234568 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-12456, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 012456, 124567, and 0124567 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-23568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1234568
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10422	U+28B6	10423	U+28B7	10430	U+28BE	10431	U+28BF
UTF-8	226 162 182	E2 A2 B6	226 162 183	E2 A2 B7	226 162 190	E2 A2 BE	226 162 191	E2 A2 BF
Numeric character reference	⢶	⢶	⢷	⢷	⢾	⢾	⢿	⢿

Notes

Look up ⠻ , ⡻ , ⢻ , or ⣻ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.