Braille pattern dots-234

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The Braille pattern dots-234 ( ⠎ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, and middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and both middle left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280e, and in Braille ASCII with S.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10254	U+280E
UTF-8	226 160 142	E2 A0 8E
Numeric character reference	⠎	⠎
Braille ASCII	83	53

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-234 is used to represent a voiceless alveolar fricative, i.e. /s/.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-234 are Braille patterns 2347, 2348, and 23478, 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-2347		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2348		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23478
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10318	U+284E	10382	U+288E	10446	U+28CE
UTF-8	226 161 142	E2 A1 8E	226 162 142	E2 A2 8E	226 163 142	E2 A3 8E
Numeric character reference	⡎	⡎	⢎	⢎	⣎	⣎

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 357, 1357, 3457, and 13457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-234, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0234, 2347, and 02347 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-357		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1357		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3457		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13457
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10324	U+2854	10325	U+2855	10332	U+285C	10333	U+285D
UTF-8	226 161 148	E2 A1 94	226 161 149	E2 A1 95	226 161 156	E2 A1 9C	226 161 157	E2 A1 9D
Numeric character reference	⡔	⡔	⡕	⡕	⡜	⡜	⡝	⡝

Notes

Look up ⠎ , ⡎ , ⢎ , or ⣎ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.