Braille pattern dots-16

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The Braille pattern dots-16 ( ⠡ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2821, and in Braille ASCII with the asterisk: *.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-16
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10273	U+2821
UTF-8	226 160 161	E2 A0 A1
Numeric character reference	⠡	⠡
Braille ASCII	42	2A

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-16 is used to represent the unvoiced alveolar or palatal affricate, such as /tʃ/ or /tɕ/, or otherwise as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-16 are Braille patterns 167, 168, and 1678, 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-167		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-168		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10337	U+2861	10401	U+28A1	10465	U+28E1
UTF-8	226 161 161	E2 A1 A1	226 162 161	E2 A2 A1	226 163 161	E2 A3 A1
Numeric character reference	⡡	⡡	⢡	⢡	⣡	⣡

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 28, 128, 248, and 1248 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-16, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 016, 167, and 0167 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-28		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-128		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-248		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1248
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10370	U+2882	10371	U+2883	10378	U+288A	10379	U+288B
UTF-8	226 162 130	E2 A2 82	226 162 131	E2 A2 83	226 162 138	E2 A2 8A	226 162 139	E2 A2 8B
Numeric character reference	⢂	⢂	⢃	⢃	⢊	⢊	⢋	⢋

Notes

Look up ⠡ , ⡡ , ⢡ , or ⣡ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.