Braille pattern dots-23456

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The Braille pattern dots-23456 ( ⠾ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, both middle, and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right, both upper-middle, and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+283e, and in Braille ASCII with a close parenthesis: ).

Character information

Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23456
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10302	U+283E
UTF-8	226 160 190	E2 A0 BE
Numeric character reference	⠾	⠾
Braille ASCII	41	29

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23456 is used to represent an unvoiced dental or alveolar plosive, such as /t/ or /t̪/ 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-23456 are Braille patterns 234567, 234568, and 2345678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information

Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2345678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10366	U+287E	10430	U+28BE	10494	U+28FE
UTF-8	226 161 190	E2 A1 BE	226 162 190	E2 A2 BE	226 163 190	E2 A3 BE
Numeric character reference	⡾	⡾	⢾	⢾	⣾	⣾

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 35678, 135678, 345678, and 1345678 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23456, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023456, 234567, and 0234567 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-35678		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-135678		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-345678		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1345678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10484	U+28F4	10485	U+28F5	10492	U+28FC	10493	U+28FD
UTF-8	226 163 180	E2 A3 B4	226 163 181	E2 A3 B5	226 163 188	E2 A3 BC	226 163 189	E2 A3 BD
Numeric character reference	⣴	⣴	⣵	⣵	⣼	⣼	⣽	⣽

Notes

Look up ⠾ , ⡾ , ⢾ , or ⣾ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.