Braille pattern dots-2346

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The Braille pattern dots-2346 ( ⠮ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, middle left, and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right, upper-middle left, and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282e, and in Braille ASCII with an exclamation mark: !.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2346
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10286	U+282E
UTF-8	226 160 174	E2 A0 AE
Numeric character reference	⠮	⠮
Braille ASCII	33	21

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2346 is used to represent a voiced alveolar fricative or aspirate, such as /ð/ or /dʱ/, and is otherwise assigned as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-2346 are Braille patterns 23467, 23468, and 234678, 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-23467		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10350	U+286E	10414	U+28AE	10478	U+28EE
UTF-8	226 161 174	E2 A1 AE	226 162 174	E2 A2 AE	226 163 174	E2 A3 AE
Numeric character reference	⡮	⡮	⢮	⢮	⣮	⣮

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3578, 13578, 34578, and 134578 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2346, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02346, 23467, and 023467 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-3578		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13578		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34578		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134578
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10452	U+28D4	10453	U+28D5	10460	U+28DC	10461	U+28DD
UTF-8	226 163 148	E2 A3 94	226 163 149	E2 A3 95	226 163 156	E2 A3 9C	226 163 157	E2 A3 9D
Numeric character reference	⣔	⣔	⣕	⣕	⣜	⣜	⣝	⣝

Notes

Look up ⠮ , ⡮ , ⢮ , or ⣮ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.