Braille pattern dots-15
The Braille pattern dots-15 ( ⠑ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left and middle right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left and right upper-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2811, and in Braille ASCII with E.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-15 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10257 | U+2811 |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 145 | E2 A0 91 |
| Numeric character reference | ⠑ | ⠑ |
| Braille ASCII | 69 | 45 |
| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-15 is used to represent unrounded, near-mid, front vowels, such as /e/ or /ɛ/. It is also used for the number 5.[1]
Table of unified braille values
| French Braille | E |
|---|---|
| English Braille | E |
| English Contraction | every |
| German Braille | E |
| Bharati Braille | ए / ਏ / એ / এ / ଏ / ఏ / ಏ / ഏ / ஏ / එ / ے [2] |
| Icelandic Braille | E |
| IPA Braille | /e/ |
| Russian Braille | Е |
| Slovak Braille | E |
| Arabic Braille | ـِ (kasrah) |
| Irish Braille | E |
| Thai Braille | ัว ua |
| Luxembourgish Braille | e (minuscule) |
Other braille
| Japanese Braille | ra / ら / ラ [1] |
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | m- / ㅁ [1] |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | ye, -ie [1] |
| Taiwanese Braille | s,x / ㄙ,ㄒ |
| Two-Cell Chinese Braille | ji- -èng |
| Algerian Braille | ج [1] |
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-15 are Braille patterns 157, 158, and 1578, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-157 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-158 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1578 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10321 | U+2851 | 10385 | U+2891 | 10449 | U+28D1 |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 145 | E2 A1 91 | 226 162 145 | E2 A2 91 | 226 163 145 | E2 A3 91 |
| Numeric character reference | ⡑ | ⡑ | ⢑ | ⢑ | ⣑ | ⣑ |
| dots 157 | dots 158 | dots 1578 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Salinas Braille[3] | E (capital) | ε (epsilon) | ∈ (element symbol) |
| Luxembourgish Braille[4] | E (capital) | ||
Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 26, 126, 246, and 1246 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-15, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 015, 157, and 0157 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-26 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-126 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-246 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1246 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10274 | U+2822 | 10275 | U+2823 | 10282 | U+282A | 10283 | U+282B |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 162 | E2 A0 A2 | 226 160 163 | E2 A0 A3 | 226 160 170 | E2 A0 AA | 226 160 171 | E2 A0 AB |
| Numeric character reference | ⠢ | ⠢ | ⠣ | ⠣ | ⠪ | ⠪ | ⠫ | ⠫ |
Kantenji using braille patterns 26, 126, 246, or 1246
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-15 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
- 月
Variants and thematic compounds

- selector 6 + ら/月 = 胡
- 数 + ら/月/#5 = 五
- 比 + ら/月 = 亙
Compounds of 月

- ろ/十 + ら/月 = 有

- つ/土 + ら/月 = 堕
- を/貝 + ら/月 = 賄

- さ/阝 + ら/月 = 随
- ⺼ + ら/月 = 髄


- な/亻 + ろ/十 + ら/月 = 侑

- 囗 + ろ/十 + ら/月 = 囿

- う/宀/#3 + ろ/十 + ら/月 = 宥

- さ/阝 + ろ/十 + ら/月 = 陏

- せ/食 + ろ/十 + ら/月 = 鮪

- 龸 + ら/月 = 育

- む/車 + ら/月 = 轍
- ゆ/彳 + ら/月 = 徹
- て/扌 + ら/月 = 撤

- ら/月 + ら/月 = 朋

- や/疒 + ら/月 = 崩
- ら/月 + せ/食 = 鵬

- ま/石 + ら/月 + ら/月 = 硼

- く/艹 + ら/月 + ら/月 = 萠

- つ/土 + ら/月 + ら/月 = 堋

- ゆ/彳 + ら/月 + ら/月 = 弸

- ら/月 + ぬ/力 = 前

- 火 + ら/月 = 煎

- ぬ/力 + ら/月 + ぬ/力 = 剪

- ち/竹 + ら/月 + ぬ/力 = 箭

- む/車 + ら/月 + ぬ/力 = 翦

- か/金 + ら/月 = 骨

- 氷/氵 + ら/月 = 滑

- 心 + か/金 + ら/月 = 榾

- け/犬 + か/金 + ら/月 = 猾

- ま/石 + か/金 + ら/月 = 磆

- か/金 + か/金 + ら/月 = 骭

- の/禾 + か/金 + ら/月 = 骰

- 数 + か/金 + ら/月 = 髏

- む/車 + か/金 + ら/月 = 髑

- 日 + ら/月 = 明


- く/艹 + 日 + ら/月 = 萌

- ら/月 + の/禾 = 能

- ら/月 + 心 = 態
- ら/月 + 火 = 熊


- す/発 + ら/月 + 火 = 羆

- す/発 + ら/月 = 罷


- て/扌 + す/発 + ら/月 = 擺

- よ/广 + ら/月 = 厭
- る/忄 + ら/月 = 惰

- つ/土 + つ/土 + ら/月 = 墮

- き/木 + さ/阝 + ら/月 = 橢

- き/木 + 宿 + ら/月 = 楕

- ⺼ + ⺼ + ら/月 = 膸

- さ/阝 + 宿 + ら/月 = 隋

- さ/阝 + さ/阝 + ら/月 = 隨

- ⺼ + 宿 + ら/月 = 髓
- ほ/方 + ら/月 = 望
- い/糹/#2 + ら/月 = 絹


- す/発 + い/糹/#2 + ら/月 = 羂


- ふ/女 + 宿 + ら/月 = 娟

- る/忄 + 宿 + ら/月 = 悁

- て/扌 + 宿 + ら/月 = 捐

- け/犬 + 宿 + ら/月 = 狷

- に/氵 + 龸 + ら/月 = 涓

- ら/月 + 宿 + せ/食 = 鵑
- ん/止 + ら/月 = 肯
- た/⽥ + ら/月 = 胄
- ぬ/力 + ら/月 = 脅
- と/戸 + ら/月 = 覇

- ち/竹 + 宿 + ら/月 = 霸
- ら/月 + か/金 = 勝
- ら/月 + 氷/氵 = 散


- て/扌 + ら/月 + 氷/氵 = 撒

- い/糹/#2 + ら/月 + 氷/氵 = 繖

- ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 服


- ち/竹 + ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 箙

- ら/月 + は/辶 = 朔


- ひ/辶 + ら/月 + は/辶 = 遡

- る/忄 + ら/月 + は/辶 = 愬

- き/木 + ら/月 + は/辶 = 槊

- に/氵 + ら/月 + は/辶 = 溯

- ら/月 + け/犬 = 朕


- ら/月 + け/犬 + に/氵 = 滕

- ら/月 + け/犬 + ゐ/幺 = 縢


- ふ/女 + も/門 + ら/月 = 嫺

- や/疒 + も/門 + ら/月 = 癇

- い/糹/#2 + も/門 + ら/月 = 繝
- ら/月 + や/疒 = 朗
- ら/月 + き/木 = 期
- ら/月 + ま/石 = 朧
- ら/月 + も/門 = 胞
- ら/月 + と/戸 = 脹
- ら/月 + し/巿 = 腑
- ら/月 + う/宀/#3 = 膨
- ら/月 + な/亻 = 臆
- ら/月 + す/発 = 臓


- ら/月 + ら/月 + す/発 = 臟

- ら/月 + ろ/十 = 臘
- ら/月 + え/訁 = 謄
- ら/月 + そ/馬 = 騰

- に/氵 + ら/月 + 氷/氵 = 潸

- ら/月 + 比 + へ/⺩ = 朏

- ら/月 + 比 + や/疒 = 朖

- ら/月 + 宿 + き/木 = 朞

- ら/月 + 宿 + そ/馬 = 朦

- く/艹 + 宿 + ら/月 = 臈
Compounds of 胡

- に/氵 + ら/月 = 湖

- 心 + selector 6 + ら/月 = 楜

- へ/⺩ + 宿 + ら/月 = 瑚

- の/禾 + 宿 + ら/月 = 糊

- む/車 + selector 6 + ら/月 = 蝴

- せ/食 + selector 6 + ら/月 = 餬
Compounds of 五 and 亙

- ら/月/#5 + れ/口 = 吾


- れ/口 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 唔

- 囗 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 圄

- う/宀/#3 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 寤

- 日 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 晤

- 心 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 梧

- そ/馬 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 牾

- へ/⺩ + ら/月 + れ/口 = 珸

- ゆ/彳 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 衙

- ん/止 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 齬


- な/亻 + 数 + ら/月 = 伍
Other compounds

- う/宀/#3 + ら/月 = 官

- き/木 + ら/月 = 棺
- せ/食 + ら/月 = 館
- ち/竹 + ら/月 = 管
- 心 + ら/月 = 菅

- い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 + ら/月 = 綰

- せ/食 + 宿 + ら/月 = 舘

- し/巿 + ら/月 = 師

- け/犬 + ら/月 = 獅

- ち/竹 + し/巿 + ら/月 = 篩

- せ/食 + し/巿 + ら/月 = 鰤

- は/辶 + ら/月 = 遣


- え/訁 + は/辶 + ら/月 = 譴

- か/金 + は/辶 + ら/月 = 鑓
- ゐ/幺 + ら/月 = 縋

- ひ/辶 + ら/月 = 追


- か/金 + ひ/辶 + ら/月 = 鎚


- こ/子 + 宿 + ら/月 = 耜
- ふ/女 + ら/月 = 媼
- そ/馬 + ら/月 = 蓋

- そ/馬 + 宿 + ら/月 = 盖

- そ/馬 + 龸 + ら/月 = 葢
- ら/月 + た/⽥ = 留


- 心 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 榴

- に/氵 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 溜

- へ/⺩ + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 瑠

- や/疒 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 瘤

- ち/竹 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 霤

- せ/食 + う/宀/#3 + ら/月 = 鰡

- せ/食 + 龸 + ら/月 = 餾

- ち/竹 + 龸 + ら/月 = 籀

- ら/月 + を/貝 = 貿

- ら/月 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 畄


- い/糹/#2 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 緇

- む/車 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 輜

- か/金 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 錙

- せ/食 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 鯔


- て/扌 + ら/月 + か/金 = 捷

- 氷/氵 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 澑

- に/氵 + 宿 + ら/月 = 澗
Notes
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- "Introduction to Bharati Braille". Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- "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.
- UNESCO (2013). World Braille Usage. Washington, DC: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8444-9564-4. Archived from the original on 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- "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.