Braille pattern dots-456

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The Braille pattern dots-456 (⠸) is a 6-dot braille cell with all three right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top, upper-middle, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2838, and in Braille ASCII with the underscore: _.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-456
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10296	U+2838
UTF-8	226 160 184	E2 A0 B8
Numeric character reference	⠸	⠸
Braille ASCII	95	5F

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-456 is used to represent lateral approximant, such as /l/, /ʟ/, or /ʎ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as needed.

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-456 are Braille patterns 4567, 4568, and 45678, 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-4567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-4568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-45678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10360	U+2878	10424	U+28B8	10488	U+28F8
UTF-8	226 161 184	E2 A1 B8	226 162 184	E2 A2 B8	226 163 184	E2 A3 B8
Numeric character reference	⡸	⡸	⢸	⢸	⣸	⣸

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 568, 1568, 4568, and 14568 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-456, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0456, 4567, and 04567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information

Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-4568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-14568
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10416	U+28B0	10417	U+28B1	10424	U+28B8	10425	U+28B9
UTF-8	226 162 176	E2 A2 B0	226 162 177	E2 A2 B1	226 162 184	E2 A2 B8	226 162 185	E2 A2 B9
Numeric character reference	⢰	⢰	⢱	⢱	⢸	⢸	⢹	⢹

Notes

Look up ⠸ , ⡸ , ⢸ , or ⣸ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.