Braille pattern dots-23
The Braille pattern dots-23 ( ⠆ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the two middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2806, and in Braille ASCII with the number "2".
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | 
| Unicode | 10246 | U+2806 | 
| UTF-8 | 226 160 134 | E2 A0 86 | 
| Numeric character reference | ⠆ | ⠆ | 
| Braille ASCII | 50 | 32 | 
| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ | 
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ | 
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ | 
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ | 
Unified Braille
    
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23 is used to represent a voiced bilabial consonant, such as /b/ or /ɓ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as punctuation or accent mark, as needed.[1]
Table of unified braille values
    
| French Braille | ; (semicolon) | 
|---|---|
| English Braille | ; (semicolon), -bb- | 
| English Contraction | be, be- | 
| German Braille | be | 
| Bharati Braille | ; (semicolon) [2] | 
| Russian Braille | ; (semicolon) | 
| Slovak Braille | ; (semicolon) | 
| Arabic Braille | ـً (fathatan) | 
| Thai Braille | ี ī | 
Other braille
    
| Japanese Braille | wi / ゐ / ヰ [1] | 
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | -ch / ㅊ [1] | 
| Mainland Chinese Braille | tone 4 [1] | 
| Taiwanese Braille | , (comma) | 
| Nemeth Braille | 2 [3] | 
Plus dots 7 and 8
    
Related to Braille pattern dots-23 are Braille patterns 237, 238, and 2378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | 
| Unicode | 10310 | U+2846 | 10374 | U+2886 | 10438 | U+28C6 | 
| UTF-8 | 226 161 134 | E2 A1 86 | 226 162 134 | E2 A2 86 | 226 163 134 | E2 A3 86 | 
| Numeric character reference | ⡆ | ⡆ | ⢆ | ⢆ | ⣆ | ⣆ | 
| dots 237 | dots 238 | dots 2378 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Salinas Braille[4] | end array line | ( (open parenthesis) | open complex radicand | 
related 8-dot kantenji patterns
    
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 37, 137, 347, and 1347 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023, 237, and 0237 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-37 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | 
| Unicode | 10308 | U+2844 | 10309 | U+2845 | 10316 | U+284C | 10317 | U+284D | 
| UTF-8 | 226 161 132 | E2 A1 84 | 226 161 133 | E2 A1 85 | 226 161 140 | E2 A1 8C | 226 161 141 | E2 A1 8D | 
| Numeric character reference | ⡄ | ⡄ | ⡅ | ⡅ | ⡌ | ⡌ | ⡍ | ⡍ | 
Kantenji using braille patterns 37, 137, 347, or 1347
    
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-23 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
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Variants and thematic compounds
    
  -  selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  乃 -  selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  乃
  -  selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  及 -  selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  及
  -  selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  亥 -  selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  亥
  -  ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  幼 -  ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  幼
  -  ゐ/幺 + selector 3  =  幺 -  ゐ/幺 + selector 3  =  幺
  -  ゐ/幺 + selector 4  =  幻 -  ゐ/幺 + selector 4  =  幻
  -  比 + ゐ/幺  =  左 -  比 + ゐ/幺  =  左
Compounds of 系
    
  -  な/亻 + ゐ/幺  =  係 -  な/亻 + ゐ/幺  =  係
  -  こ/子 + ゐ/幺  =  孫 -  こ/子 + ゐ/幺  =  孫   -  ひ/辶 + こ/子 + ゐ/幺  =  遜 -  ひ/辶 + こ/子 + ゐ/幺  =  遜
 
  -  氷/氵 + ゐ/幺  =  潔 -  氷/氵 + ゐ/幺  =  潔
  -  へ/⺩ + ゐ/幺  =  素 -  へ/⺩ + ゐ/幺  =  素
  -  ろ/十 + ゐ/幺  =  索 -  ろ/十 + ゐ/幺  =  索
  -  た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  累 -  た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  累   -  や/疒 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  瘰 -  や/疒 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  瘰
   -  い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  縲 -  い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  縲
   -  む/車 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  螺 -  む/車 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  螺
   -  そ/馬 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  騾 -  そ/馬 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺  =  騾
 
  -  は/辶 + ゐ/幺  =  繁 -  は/辶 + ゐ/幺  =  繁
  -  む/車 + ゐ/幺  =  繋 -  む/車 + ゐ/幺  =  繋
  -  ち/竹 + ゐ/幺  =  纂 -  ち/竹 + ゐ/幺  =  纂
  -  ゐ/幺 + こ/子  =  紅 -  ゐ/幺 + こ/子  =  紅
  -  ゐ/幺 + 龸  =  紋 -  ゐ/幺 + 龸  =  紋
  -  ゐ/幺 + 仁/亻  =  納 -  ゐ/幺 + 仁/亻  =  納
  -  ゐ/幺 + ひ/辶  =  紐 -  ゐ/幺 + ひ/辶  =  紐
  -  ゐ/幺 + る/忄  =  紺 -  ゐ/幺 + る/忄  =  紺
  -  ゐ/幺 + れ/口  =  結 -  ゐ/幺 + れ/口  =  結
  -  ゐ/幺 + し/巿  =  絶 -  ゐ/幺 + し/巿  =  絶
  -  ゐ/幺 + ゆ/彳  =  網 -  ゐ/幺 + ゆ/彳  =  網
  -  ゐ/幺 + ゑ/訁  =  綴 -  ゐ/幺 + ゑ/訁  =  綴
  -  ゐ/幺 + め/目  =  綿 -  ゐ/幺 + め/目  =  綿
  -  ゐ/幺 + す/発  =  緊 -  ゐ/幺 + す/発  =  緊
  -  ゐ/幺 + 火  =  緋 -  ゐ/幺 + 火  =  緋
  -  ゐ/幺 + 日  =  緒 -  ゐ/幺 + 日  =  緒
  -  ゐ/幺 + い/糹/#2  =  緯 -  ゐ/幺 + い/糹/#2  =  緯
  -  ゐ/幺 + そ/馬  =  縁 -  ゐ/幺 + そ/馬  =  縁   -  心 + ゐ/幺 + そ/馬  =  櫞 -  心 + ゐ/幺 + そ/馬  =  櫞
 
  -  ゐ/幺 + ら/月  =  縋 -  ゐ/幺 + ら/月  =  縋
  -  ゐ/幺 + え/訁  =  縞 -  ゐ/幺 + え/訁  =  縞
  -  ゐ/幺 + ほ/方  =  縫 -  ゐ/幺 + ほ/方  =  縫
  -  ゐ/幺 + た/⽥  =  繹 -  ゐ/幺 + た/⽥  =  繹
  -  ゐ/幺 + よ/广  =  纏 -  ゐ/幺 + よ/广  =  纏   -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + よ/广  =  纒 -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + よ/广  =  纒
 
  -  め/目 + ゐ/幺  =  県 -  め/目 + ゐ/幺  =  県   -  め/目 + め/目 + ゐ/幺  =  縣 -  め/目 + め/目 + ゐ/幺  =  縣
 
   -  ゆ/彳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  徽 -  ゆ/彳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  徽
   -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + め/目  =  緜 -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + め/目  =  緜
   -  ゐ/幺 + へ/⺩ + は/辶  =  纛 -  ゐ/幺 + へ/⺩ + は/辶  =  纛
   -  せ/食 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  鯀 -  せ/食 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  鯀
   -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + こ/子  =  絳 -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + こ/子  =  絳
   -  ゐ/幺 + 龸 + ゑ/訁  =  綬 -  ゐ/幺 + 龸 + ゑ/訁  =  綬
   -  ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  緲 -  ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  緲
   -  ら/月 + け/犬 + ゐ/幺  =  縢 -  ら/月 + け/犬 + ゐ/幺  =  縢
   -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ろ/十  =  繚 -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ろ/十  =  繚
   -  む/車 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  辮 -  む/車 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  辮
Compounds of 乃
    
  -  の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  秀 -  の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  秀   -  い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  綉 -  い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  綉
  -  え/訁 + ゐ/幺  =  誘 -  え/訁 + ゐ/幺  =  誘
  -  ひ/辶 + ゐ/幺  =  透 -  ひ/辶 + ゐ/幺  =  透
   -  心 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  莠 -  心 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  莠
   -  か/金 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  銹 -  か/金 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺  =  銹
 
  -  ゐ/幺 + て/扌  =  携 -  ゐ/幺 + て/扌  =  携
   -  な/亻 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  仍 -  な/亻 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  仍
   -  こ/子 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  孕 -  こ/子 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  孕
   -  き/木 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  朶 -  き/木 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  朶   -  み/耳 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  躱 -  み/耳 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺  =  躱
 
   -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ⺼  =  盈 -  ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ⺼  =  盈
Compounds of 及
    
  -  て/扌 + ゐ/幺  =  扱 -  て/扌 + ゐ/幺  =  扱
  -  れ/口 + ゐ/幺  =  吸 -  れ/口 + ゐ/幺  =  吸
  -  い/糹/#2 + ゐ/幺  =  級 -  い/糹/#2 + ゐ/幺  =  級
   -  や/疒 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  岌 -  や/疒 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  岌
   -  に/氵 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  汲 -  に/氵 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  汲
   -  ち/竹 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  笈 -  ち/竹 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺  =  笈
Compounds of 亥
    
  -  き/木 + ゐ/幺  =  核 -  き/木 + ゐ/幺  =  核
  -  ゑ/訁 + ゐ/幺  =  該 -  ゑ/訁 + ゐ/幺  =  該
  -  か/金 + ゐ/幺  =  骸 -  か/金 + ゐ/幺  =  骸
  -  ゐ/幺 + ね/示  =  刻 -  ゐ/幺 + ね/示  =  刻
  -  ゐ/幺 + ぬ/力  =  劾 -  ゐ/幺 + ぬ/力  =  劾
   -  つ/土 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  垓 -  つ/土 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  垓
   -  こ/子 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  孩 -  こ/子 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  孩
   -  そ/馬 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  駭 -  そ/馬 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺  =  駭
   -  れ/口 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  咳 -  れ/口 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  咳
Compounds of 幼
    
   -  て/扌 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  拗 -  て/扌 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  拗
   -  う/宀/#3 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  窈 -  う/宀/#3 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  窈
   -  し/巿 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  黝 -  し/巿 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1  =  黝
Compounds of 幺
    
  -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺  =  幽 -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺  =  幽
  -  ゆ/彳 + ゐ/幺  =  後 -  ゆ/彳 + ゐ/幺  =  後
  -  に/氵 + ゐ/幺  =  滋 -  に/氵 + ゐ/幺  =  滋
  -  龸 + ゐ/幺  =  玄 -  龸 + ゐ/幺  =  玄   -  や/疒 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  痃 -  や/疒 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  痃
   -  め/目 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  眩 -  め/目 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  眩
   -  い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  絃 -  い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  絃
   -  ふ/女 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  舷 -  ふ/女 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  舷
   -  ゆ/彳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  衒 -  ゆ/彳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  衒
   -  か/金 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  鉉 -  か/金 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  鉉
 
  -  囗 + ゐ/幺  =  畿 -  囗 + ゐ/幺  =  畿
  -  ま/石 + ゐ/幺  =  磁 -  ま/石 + ゐ/幺  =  磁
  -  日 + ゐ/幺  =  楽 -  日 + ゐ/幺  =  楽  -  く/艹 + ゐ/幺  =  薬 -  く/艹 + ゐ/幺  =  薬   -  く/艹 + く/艹 + ゐ/幺  =  藥 -  く/艹 + く/艹 + ゐ/幺  =  藥
 
   -  日 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  樂 -  日 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  樂   -  て/扌 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  擽 -  て/扌 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  擽
   -  火 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  爍 -  火 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  爍
   -  ま/石 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  礫 -  ま/石 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  礫
   -  む/車 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  轢 -  む/車 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  轢
   -  か/金 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  鑠 -  か/金 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  鑠
 
   -  心 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  檪 -  心 + 日 + ゐ/幺  =  檪
 
  -  み/耳 + ゐ/幺  =  蹊 -  み/耳 + ゐ/幺  =  蹊
  -  ゐ/幺 + 囗  =  幾 -  ゐ/幺 + 囗  =  幾   -  え/訁 + ゐ/幺 + 囗  =  譏 -  え/訁 + ゐ/幺 + 囗  =  譏
   -  せ/食 + ゐ/幺 + 囗  =  饑 -  せ/食 + ゐ/幺 + 囗  =  饑
 
  -  ゐ/幺 + 心  =  慈 -  ゐ/幺 + 心  =  慈
  -  ゐ/幺 + や/疒  =  郷 -  ゐ/幺 + や/疒  =  郷  -  ゐ/幺 + ま/石  =  響 -  ゐ/幺 + ま/石  =  響
  -  せ/食 + ゐ/幺  =  饗 -  せ/食 + ゐ/幺  =  饗
   -  囗 + ゐ/幺 + や/疒  =  嚮 -  囗 + ゐ/幺 + や/疒  =  嚮
 
  -  ゐ/幺 + に/氵  =  渓 -  ゐ/幺 + に/氵  =  渓   -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + に/氵  =  溪 -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + に/氵  =  溪
 
  -  ゐ/幺 + せ/食  =  鶏 -  ゐ/幺 + せ/食  =  鶏   -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + せ/食  =  鷄 -  ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + せ/食  =  鷄
 
  -  お/頁 + ゐ/幺  =  顕 -  お/頁 + ゐ/幺  =  顕   -  お/頁 + お/頁 + ゐ/幺  =  顯 -  お/頁 + お/頁 + ゐ/幺  =  顯
 
   -  く/艹 + ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺  =  茲 -  く/艹 + ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺  =  茲
   -  こ/子 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  孳 -  こ/子 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  孳
   -  み/耳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  聨 -  み/耳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺  =  聨
   -  み/耳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  聯 -  み/耳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  聯
   -  ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ + selector 1  =  谿 -  ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ + selector 1  =  谿
   -  せ/食 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  酳 -  せ/食 + 宿 + ゐ/幺  =  酳
   -  ゐ/幺 + 心 + ま/石  =  麼 -  ゐ/幺 + 心 + ま/石  =  麼
Compounds of 左
    
  -  仁/亻 + ゐ/幺  =  佐 -  仁/亻 + ゐ/幺  =  佐
Notes
    
|  | Look up ⠆ , ⡆ , ⢆ , or ⣆ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. | 
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