Braille pattern dots-56

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The Braille pattern dots-56 ( ⠰ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2830, and in Braille ASCII with a semicolon: ;.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-56
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10288	U+2830
UTF-8	226 160 176	E2 A0 B0
Numeric character reference	⠰	⠰
Braille ASCII	59	3B

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-56 is used as a punctuation or formatting sign, or otherwise as needed.

Table of unified braille values

French Braille	uncontracted value sign, or
English Braille	final letter abbreviation
German Braille	-ach
Bharati Braille	/ ன
IPA Braille	national orthography (non-IPA) format sign
Slovak Braille	lower case mark
Arabic Braille	; (semicolon)
Persian Braille	mathematical symbol sign
Thai Braille	not an independent sign

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-56 are Braille patterns 567, 568, and 5678, 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-567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-5678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10352	U+2870	10416	U+28B0	10480	U+28F0
UTF-8	226 161 176	E2 A1 B0	226 162 176	E2 A2 B0	226 163 176	E2 A3 B0
Numeric character reference	⡰	⡰	⢰	⢰	⣰	⣰

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 68, 168, 468, and 1468 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-56, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 056, 567, and 0567 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-68		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-168		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1468
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10400	U+28A0	10401	U+28A1	10408	U+28A8	10409	U+28A9
UTF-8	226 162 160	E2 A2 A0	226 162 161	E2 A2 A1	226 162 168	E2 A2 A8	226 162 169	E2 A2 A9
Numeric character reference	⢠	⢠	⢡	⢡	⢨	⢨	⢩	⢩

Notes

Look up ⠰ , ⡰ , ⢰ , or ⣰ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.