Braille pattern dots-23

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The Braille pattern dots-23 ( ⠆ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the two middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2806, and in Braille ASCII with the number "2".

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10246	U+2806
UTF-8	226 160 134	E2 A0 86
Numeric character reference	⠆	⠆
Braille ASCII	50	32

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23 is used to represent a voiced bilabial consonant, such as /b/ or /ɓ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as punctuation or accent mark, as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-23 are Braille patterns 237, 238, and 2378, 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-237		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10310	U+2846	10374	U+2886	10438	U+28C6
UTF-8	226 161 134	E2 A1 86	226 162 134	E2 A2 86	226 163 134	E2 A3 86
Numeric character reference	⡆	⡆	⢆	⢆	⣆	⣆

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 37, 137, 347, and 1347 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023, 237, and 0237 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-37		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10308	U+2844	10309	U+2845	10316	U+284C	10317	U+284D
UTF-8	226 161 132	E2 A1 84	226 161 133	E2 A1 85	226 161 140	E2 A1 8C	226 161 141	E2 A1 8D
Numeric character reference	⡄	⡄	⡅	⡅	⡌	⡌	⡍	⡍

Notes

Look up ⠆ , ⡆ , ⢆ , or ⣆ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.