Braille pattern dots-26

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The Braille pattern dots-26 ( ⠢ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle left and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle left and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2822, and in Braille ASCII with the number 5.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-26
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10274	U+2822
UTF-8	226 160 162	E2 A0 A2
Numeric character reference	⠢	⠢
Braille ASCII	53	35

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-26 is used to represent an unrounded open-mid to close-mid front vowel, such as /e/, /e̞/, or /ɛ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, a question mark, or is otherwise assigned as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-26 are Braille patterns 267, 268, and 2678, 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-267		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-268		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10338	U+2862	10402	U+28A2	10466	U+28E2
UTF-8	226 161 162	E2 A1 A2	226 162 162	E2 A2 A2	226 163 162	E2 A3 A2
Numeric character reference	⡢	⡢	⢢	⢢	⣢	⣢

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 38, 138, 348, and 1348 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-26, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 026, 267, and 0267 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-38		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-138		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-348		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1348
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10372	U+2884	10373	U+2885	10380	U+288C	10381	U+288D
UTF-8	226 162 132	E2 A2 84	226 162 133	E2 A2 85	226 162 140	E2 A2 8C	226 162 141	E2 A2 8D
Numeric character reference	⢄	⢄	⢅	⢅	⢌	⢌	⢍	⢍

Notes

Look up ⠢ , ⡢ , ⢢ , or ⣢ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.