Braille pattern dots-146

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The Braille pattern dots-146 ( ⠩ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both top, and the bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top, and the lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2829, and in Braille ASCII with the percent sign: %.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-146
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10281	U+2829
UTF-8	226 160 169	E2 A0 A9
Numeric character reference	⠩	⠩
Braille ASCII	37	25

Unified braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-146 is used to represent a voiceless palato-alveolar fricative, i.e. /ʃ/ and otherwise as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-146 are Braille patterns 1467, 1468, and 14678, 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-1467		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-14678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10345	U+2869	10409	U+28A9	10473	U+28E9
UTF-8	226 161 169	E2 A1 A9	226 162 169	E2 A2 A9	226 163 169	E2 A3 A9
Numeric character reference	⡩	⡩	⢩	⢩	⣩	⣩

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 258, 1258, 2458, and 12458 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-146, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0146, 1467, and 01467 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-258		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1258		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2458		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12458
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10386	U+2892	10387	U+2893	10394	U+289A	10395	U+289B
UTF-8	226 162 146	E2 A2 92	226 162 147	E2 A2 93	226 162 154	E2 A2 9A	226 162 155	E2 A2 9B
Numeric character reference	⢒	⢒	⢓	⢓	⢚	⢚	⢛	⢛

Notes

Look up ⠩ , ⡩ , ⢩ , or ⣩ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.