Braille pattern dots-1256

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The Braille pattern dots-1256 ( ⠳ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left, both middle, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left, both upper-middle, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2833, and in Braille ASCII with a backslash: \.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1256
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10291	U+2833
UTF-8	226 160 179	E2 A0 B3
Numeric character reference	⠳	⠳
Braille ASCII	92	5C

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1256 is used to represent a close back vowel, such as /u/ or /ɯ/ 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-1256 are Braille patterns 12567, 12568, and 125678, 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-12567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-125678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10355	U+2873	10419	U+28B3	10483	U+28F3
UTF-8	226 161 179	E2 A1 B3	226 162 179	E2 A2 B3	226 163 179	E2 A3 B3
Numeric character reference	⡳	⡳	⢳	⢳	⣳	⣳

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2368, 12368, 23468, and 123468 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1256, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01256, 12567, and 012567 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-2368		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12368		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123468
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10406	U+28A6	10407	U+28A7	10414	U+28AE	10415	U+28AF
UTF-8	226 162 166	E2 A2 A6	226 162 167	E2 A2 A7	226 162 174	E2 A2 AE	226 162 175	E2 A2 AF
Numeric character reference	⢦	⢦	⢧	⢧	⢮	⢮	⢯	⢯

Notes

Look up ⠳ , ⡳ , ⢳ , or ⣳ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.