Braille pattern dots-346

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The Braille pattern dots-346 ( ⠬ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282c, and in Braille ASCII with the plus sign: +.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-346
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10284	U+282C
UTF-8	226 160 172	E2 A0 AC
Numeric character reference	⠬	⠬
Braille ASCII	43	2B

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-346 is used to represent velar nasals, ie /ŋ/, and otherwise as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-346 are Braille patterns 3467, 3468, and 34678, 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-3467		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10348	U+286C	10412	U+28AC	10476	U+28EC
UTF-8	226 161 172	E2 A1 AC	226 162 172	E2 A2 AC	226 163 172	E2 A3 AC
Numeric character reference	⡬	⡬	⢬	⢬	⣬	⣬

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 578, 1578, 4578, and 14578 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-346, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0346, 3467, and 03467 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-578		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1578		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-4578		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-14578
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10448	U+28D0	10449	U+28D1	10456	U+28D8	10457	U+28D9
UTF-8	226 163 144	E2 A3 90	226 163 145	E2 A3 91	226 163 152	E2 A3 98	226 163 153	E2 A3 99
Numeric character reference	⣐	⣐	⣑	⣑	⣘	⣘	⣙	⣙

Notes

Look up ⠬ , ⡬ , ⢬ , or ⣬ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.