Braille pattern dots-3

6-dot braille cells
⠀	⠁	⠃	⠉	⠙	⠑	⠋	⠛	⠓	⠊	⠚	⠈	⠘
⠄	⠅	⠇	⠍	⠝	⠕	⠏	⠟	⠗	⠎	⠞	⠌	⠜
⠤	⠥	⠧	⠭	⠽	⠵	⠯	⠿	⠷	⠮	⠾	⠬	⠼
⠠	⠡	⠣	⠩	⠹	⠱	⠫	⠻	⠳	⠪	⠺	⠨	⠸
⠀	⠂	⠆	⠒	⠲	⠢	⠖	⠶	⠦	⠔	⠴	⠐	⠰

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The Braille pattern dots-3 ( ⠄ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom left dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the middle-bottom left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2804, and in Braille ASCII with an apostrophe.

Character information
Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10244	U+2804
UTF-8	226 160 132	E2 A0 84
Numeric character reference	⠄	⠄
Braille ASCII	39	27

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-3 is used to represent an apostrophe, accent mark, or other punctuation.^[1]

Table of unified braille values

Italian Braille	' (apostrophe)
French Braille	' (apostrophe), re-, "la"
English Braille	' (apostrophe)
German Braille	. (period)
Bharati Braille	Chandrabindu^[2]
Icelandic Braille	. (period)
IPA Braille	. (period)
Slovak Braille	' (apostrophe)
Arabic Braille	ء Hamza
Thai Braille	็ (mai taikhu)

^[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille	wa / わ / ワ ^[1]
Korean Braille	-s / ㅅ ^[1]
Mainland Chinese Braille	tone 3 ^[1]
Taiwanese Braille	tone 1
Nemeth Braille	' (apostrophe) ^[3]
Gardner Salinas Braille	' (close single quote) ^[4]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-3 are Braille patterns 37, 38, and 378, 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-37		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-38		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-378
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10308	U+2844	10372	U+2884	10436	U+28C4
UTF-8	226 161 132	E2 A1 84	226 162 132	E2 A2 84	226 163 132	E2 A3 84
Numeric character reference	⡄	⡄	⢄	⢄	⣄	⣄

	dots 37	dots 38	dots 378
Gardner Salinas Braille^[4]	begin misc. symbol	begin array	` (open single quote)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 7, 17, 47, and 147 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-3, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 03, 37, and 037 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-7		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-17		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-47		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-147
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10304	U+2840	10305	U+2841	10312	U+2848	10313	U+2849
UTF-8	226 161 128	E2 A1 80	226 161 129	E2 A1 81	226 161 136	E2 A1 88	226 161 137	E2 A1 89
Numeric character reference	⡀	⡀	⡁	⡁	⡈	⡈	⡉	⡉

Kantenji using braille patterns 7, 17, 47, or 147

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-3 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

- N/A - used only as a selector

Selector

- へ/⺩ + selector 3 = 主
- 宿 + selector 3 = 冖
- 氷/氵 + selector 3 = 冫
- も/門 + selector 3 = 区
- - み/耳 + も/門 + selector 3 = 躯
- - も/門 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 匚
- - も/門 + も/門 + selector 3 = 區
  - - 仁/亻 + も/門 + selector 3 = 傴
  - - け/犬 + も/門 + selector 3 = 奩
  - - ふ/女 + も/門 + selector 3 = 嫗
  - - や/疒 + も/門 + selector 3 = 嶇
- ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 咸
- - れ/口 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 喊
- - ち/竹 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 箴
- - い/糹/#2 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 緘
- - か/金 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 鍼
- - せ/食 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 鰔
- - ん/止 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 鹹
- し/巿 + selector 3 = 巾
- - し/巿 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 黹
- ゐ + selector 3 = 幺
- よ + selector 3 = 广
- ゆ + selector 3 = 彳
- 龸 + selector 3 = 文
- - れ/口 + 龸 + selector 3 = 吝
- - こ/子 + 龸 + selector 3 = 斈
- - 日 + 龸 + selector 3 = 旻
- - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + selector 3 = 紊
- - す/発 + 龸 + selector 3 = 虔
- - も/門 + 龸 + selector 3 = 閔
- - そ/馬 + 龸 + selector 3 = 馼
- に/氵 + selector 3 = 泡
- - く/艹 + に/氵 + selector 3 = 萢
- 囗 + selector 3 = 用
- - む/車 + 囗 + selector 3 = 蛹
- の + selector 3 = 禾
- 心 + selector 3 = 粟
- こ/子 + selector 3 = 耒
- す/発 + selector 3 = 虎
- - す/発 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 虍
- - う/宀/#3 + す/発 + selector 3 = 彪
- - へ/⺩ + す/発 + selector 3 = 琥
- - ね/示 + す/発 + selector 3 = 褫
- - せ/食 + す/発 + selector 3 = 鯱
- そ/馬 + selector 3 = 豚
- - ひ/辶 + そ/馬 + selector 3 = 遯
- - れ/口 + そ/馬 + selector 3 = 啄
- - へ/⺩ + そ/馬 + selector 3 = 琢
- は/辶 + selector 3 = 遊
- - に/氵 + は/辶 + selector 3 = 游
- - む/車 + は/辶 + selector 3 = 蝣
- せ/食 + selector 3 = 酉
- - ひ/辶 + せ/食 + selector 3 = 逎
- selector 3 + め/目 = 乂
- - め/目 + selector 3 + selector 3 = 睿
- selector 3 + え/訁 = 云
- selector 3 + む/車 = 冓
- - ひ/辶 + selector 3 + む/車 = 遘
- selector 3 + う/宀/#3 = 冢
- selector 3 + か/金 = 咼
- selector 3 + け/犬 = 夫
- - た/⽥ + selector 3 + け/犬 = 畉
- - 心 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 芙
- - み/耳 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 趺
- - む/車 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 輦
- - す/発 + selector 3 + け/犬 = 麸
- selector 3 + に/氵 = 奚
- selector 3 + 仁/亻 = 尢
- selector 3 + き/木 = 已
- selector 3 + こ/子 = 巽
- selector 3 + ね/示 = 幵
- - き/木 + selector 3 + ね/示 = 枅
- selector 3 + と/戸 = 并
- selector 3 + 囗 = 弋
- selector 3 + ひ/辶 = 戌
- selector 3 + ほ/方 = 敖
- - 火 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 熬
- - む/車 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 螯
- - ひ/辶 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 遨
- - せ/食 + selector 3 + ほ/方 = 鰲
- selector 3 + ふ/女 = 聿
- - や/疒 + selector 3 + ふ/女 = 肄
- selector 3 + ゆ/彳 = 臾
- - ⺼ + selector 3 + ゆ/彳 = 腴
- selector 3 + や/疒 = 艮
- - け/犬 + selector 3 + や/疒 = 狠
- - み/耳 + selector 3 + や/疒 = 跟
- selector 3 + そ/馬 = 曾
- selector 3 + く/艹 = 艸
- selector 3 + み/耳 = 襄
- る/忄 + selector 3 + そ/馬 = 忸
- 氷/氵 + selector 3 + は/辶 = 敝
- 日 + selector 3 + は/辶 = 暼
- も/門 + 宿 + selector 3 = 匸

^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
^ "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
^ "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
^ ^a ^b "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
^ "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
^ "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^ "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^ "漢点字入門" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[Unesco-1] "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..

[2] "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

[3] "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

[OSU-4] "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-29.

[technopolis-5] "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.

[kantenji-6] "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.

[n-braille-7] "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.

[taijukai-8] "漢点字入門" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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