Braille pattern dots-34

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The Braille pattern dots-34 ( ⠌ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280c, and in Braille ASCII with the slash: /.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10252	U+280C
UTF-8	226 160 140	E2 A0 8C
Numeric character reference	⠌	⠌
Braille ASCII	47	2F

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-34 is used to represent a front, open to close diphthong, i.e. /ai/, or otherwise assigned as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-34 are Braille patterns 347, 348, and 3478, 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-347		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-348		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3478
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10316	U+284C	10380	U+288C	10444	U+28CC
UTF-8	226 161 140	E2 A1 8C	226 162 140	E2 A2 8C	226 163 140	E2 A3 8C
Numeric character reference	⡌	⡌	⢌	⢌	⣌	⣌

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 57, 157, 457, and 1457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-34, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 034, 347, and 0347 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-57		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-157		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-457		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1457
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10320	U+2850	10321	U+2851	10328	U+2858	10329	U+2859
UTF-8	226 161 144	E2 A1 90	226 161 145	E2 A1 91	226 161 152	E2 A1 98	226 161 153	E2 A1 99
Numeric character reference	⡐	⡐	⡑	⡑	⡘	⡘	⡙	⡙

Notes

Look up ⠌ , ⡌ , ⢌ , or ⣌ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.