Braille pattern dots-46

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The Braille pattern dots-46 ( ⠨ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2828, and in Braille ASCII with a period: "." .

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-46
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10280	U+2828
UTF-8	226 160 168	E2 A0 A8
Numeric character reference	⠨	⠨
Braille ASCII	46	2E

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-46 is used to represent an unvoiced dorsal plosive, such as /k/ or /q/ 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-46 are Braille patterns 467, 468, and 4678, 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-467		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-4678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10344	U+2868	10408	U+28A8	10472	U+28E8
UTF-8	226 161 168	E2 A1 A8	226 162 168	E2 A2 A8	226 163 168	E2 A3 A8
Numeric character reference	⡨	⡨	⢨	⢨	⣨	⣨

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 58, 158, 458, and 1458 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-46, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 046, 467, and 0467 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-58		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-158		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-458		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1458
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10384	U+2890	10385	U+2891	10392	U+2898	10393	U+2899
UTF-8	226 162 144	E2 A2 90	226 162 145	E2 A2 91	226 162 152	E2 A2 98	226 162 153	E2 A2 99
Numeric character reference	⢐	⢐	⢑	⢑	⢘	⢘	⢙	⢙

Notes

Look up ⠨ , ⡨ , ⢨ , or ⣨ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.