Braille pattern dots-2346
The Braille pattern dots-2346 ( ⠮ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, middle left, and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right, upper-middle left, and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282e, and in Braille ASCII with an exclamation mark: !.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2346 | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | 
| Unicode | 10286 | U+282E | 
| UTF-8 | 226 160 174 | E2 A0 AE | 
| Numeric character reference | ⠮ | ⠮ | 
| Braille ASCII | 33 | 21 | 
| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ | 
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ | 
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ | 
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ | 
Unified Braille
    
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2346 is used to represent a voiced alveolar fricative or aspirate, such as /ð/ or /dʱ/, and is otherwise assigned as needed.[1]
Table of unified braille values
    
| French Braille | È, ss, "sans" | 
|---|---|
| English Braille | the | 
| German Braille | ß / ss | 
| Bharati Braille | ध / ਧ / ધ / ধ / ଧ / ధ / ಧ / ധ / ධ / دھ [2] | 
| IPA Braille | /ʒ/ | 
| Russian Braille | Ы | 
| Slovak Braille | Ž | 
| Arabic Braille | ذ | 
| Persian Braille | ذ | 
| Thai Braille | ซ s | 
Other braille
    
| Japanese Braille | ho / ほ / ホ [1] | 
|---|---|
| Korean Braille | eul / 을 [1] | 
| Mainland Chinese Braille | ei [1] | 
| Taiwanese Braille | e / ㄜ | 
| Two-Cell Chinese Braille | tu- -ě/-ǒ, 也 yě | 
| Nemeth Braille | ∫ (integral) [3] | 
| Algerian Braille | ى [1] | 
Plus dots 7 and 8
    
Related to Braille pattern dots-2346 are Braille patterns 23467, 23468, and 234678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23467 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23468 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234678 | |||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | 
| Unicode | 10350 | U+286E | 10414 | U+28AE | 10478 | U+28EE | 
| UTF-8 | 226 161 174 | E2 A1 AE | 226 162 174 | E2 A2 AE | 226 163 174 | E2 A3 AE | 
| Numeric character reference | ⡮ | ⡮ | ⢮ | ⢮ | ⣮ | ⣮ | 
| dots 23467 | dots 23468 | dots 234678 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner Salinas Braille[4] | line ∫ | close ∫ | ∫ | 
Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
    
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3578, 13578, 34578, and 134578 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2346, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02346, 23467, and 023467 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-3578 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13578 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34578 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134578 | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | 
| Unicode | 10452 | U+28D4 | 10453 | U+28D5 | 10460 | U+28DC | 10461 | U+28DD | 
| UTF-8 | 226 163 148 | E2 A3 94 | 226 163 149 | E2 A3 95 | 226 163 156 | E2 A3 9C | 226 163 157 | E2 A3 9D | 
| Numeric character reference | ⣔ | ⣔ | ⣕ | ⣕ | ⣜ | ⣜ | ⣝ | ⣝ | 
Kantenji using braille patterns 3578, 13578, 34578, or 134578
    
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2346 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
 - 方
Variants and thematic compounds
    

 -  selector 3 + ほ/方  =  敖
 -  selector 4 + ほ/方  =  旁
 -  selector 5 + ほ/方  =  亡
 -  selector 6 + ほ/方  =  甫
 -  ほ/方 + selector 1  =  夕
 -  ほ/方 + selector 2  =  死


 -  ほ/方 + selector 2 + selector 2  =  歹

 -  ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  少
Compounds of 方
    

 -  つ/土 + ほ/方  =  坊
 -  ふ/女 + ほ/方  =  妨
 -  と/戸 + ほ/方  =  房
 -  い/糹/#2 + ほ/方  =  紡
 -  ⺼ + ほ/方  =  肪
 -  く/艹 + ほ/方  =  芳


 -  く/艹 + ほ/方 + や/疒  =  蔟

 -  か/金 + く/艹 + ほ/方  =  錺

 -  せ/食 + く/艹 + ほ/方  =  餝

 -  え/訁 + ほ/方  =  訪
 -  さ/阝 + ほ/方  =  防
 -  ほ/方 + 氷/氵  =  放

 -  仁/亻 + ほ/方  =  倣

 -  ほ/方 + 龸  =  於


 -  れ/口 + ほ/方 + 龸  =  唹

 -  に/氵 + ほ/方 + 龸  =  淤

 -  も/門 + ほ/方 + 龸  =  閼

 -  せ/食 + ほ/方 + 龸  =  鯲

 -  ほ/方 + ち/竹  =  施


 -  心 + ほ/方 + ち/竹  =  葹

 -  ほ/方 + ゆ/彳  =  旅


 -  ⺼ + ほ/方 + ゆ/彳  =  膂

 -  ほ/方 + し/巿  =  旆
 -  ほ/方 + よ/广  =  旋
 -  ほ/方 + や/疒  =  族


 -  れ/口 + ほ/方 + や/疒  =  嗾

 -  ち/竹 + ほ/方 + や/疒  =  簇

 -  か/金 + ほ/方 + や/疒  =  鏃

 -  ほ/方 + き/木  =  旗


 -  ち/竹 + ほ/方 + き/木  =  籏


 -  囗 + 龸 + ほ/方  =  圀

 -  ゆ/彳 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  彷

 -  ほ/方 + ふ/女 + selector 4  =  旃

 -  ほ/方 + selector 4 + せ/食  =  旄

 -  ほ/方 + せ/食 + い/糹/#2  =  旌

 -  ほ/方 + 宿 + く/艹  =  旒

 -  ほ/方 + 宿 + の/禾  =  旙

 -  ほ/方 + の/禾 + た/⽥  =  旛

 -  心 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  枋

 -  ふ/女 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  舫

 -  と/戸 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  髣

 -  せ/食 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  魴
Compounds of 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

 -  な/亻 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  傲

 -  れ/口 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  嗷

 -  ほ/方 + 比 + め/目  =  鼇
Compounds of 旁
    

 -  な/亻 + ほ/方  =  傍
 -  ゑ/訁 + ほ/方  =  謗

 -  心 + selector 4 + ほ/方  =  蒡

 -  き/木 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  榜

 -  に/氵 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  滂

 -  ま/石 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  磅

 -  ⺼ + 宿 + ほ/方  =  膀
Compounds of 亡
    

 -  る/忄 + ほ/方  =  忙
 -  め/目 + ほ/方  =  盲
 -  ほ/方 + 心  =  忘
 -  ほ/方 + ら/月  =  望
 -  ほ/方 + ふ/女  =  妄


 -  仁/亻 + ほ/方 + ふ/女  =  侫


 -  る/忄 + selector 5 + ほ/方  =  惘

 -  に/氵 + selector 5 + ほ/方  =  瀛

 -  ⺼ + selector 5 + ほ/方  =  肓

 -  心 + selector 5 + ほ/方  =  芒


 -  か/金 + selector 5 + ほ/方  =  鋩


 -  く/艹 + selector 5 + ほ/方  =  茫

 -  む/車 + selector 5 + ほ/方  =  虻

 -  ほ/方 + み/耳 + ん/止  =  氓
Compounds of 甫
    

 -  も/門 + ほ/方  =  匍
 -  れ/口 + ほ/方  =  哺
 -  て/扌 + ほ/方  =  捕
 -  に/氵 + ほ/方  =  浦


 -  心 + に/氵 + ほ/方  =  蒲

 -  り/分 + ほ/方  =  舗


 -  り/分 + り/分 + ほ/方  =  舖

 -  ね/示 + ほ/方  =  補

 -  ⺼ + selector 6 + ほ/方  =  脯

 -  ひ/辶 + selector 6 + ほ/方  =  逋

 -  せ/食 + selector 6 + ほ/方  =  鯆

 -  囗 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  圃

 -  つ/土 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  埔

 -  心 + 龸 + ほ/方  =  葡

 -  む/車 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  輔

 -  か/金 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  鋪

 -  せ/食 + 龸 + ほ/方  =  餔

 -  し/巿 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  黼
Compounds of 夕
    

 -  ほ/方 + ほ/方  =  多

 -  た/⽥ + ほ/方  =  夥

 -  selector 1 + ほ/方 + ほ/方  =  夛

 -  な/亻 + ほ/方 + ほ/方  =  侈

 -  龸 + ほ/方  =  夢


 -  な/亻 + 龸 + ほ/方  =  儚

 -  火 + ほ/方  =  炙
 -  の/禾 + ほ/方  =  移
 -  ほ/方 + れ/口  =  名


 -  心 + ほ/方 + れ/口  =  茗

 -  せ/食 + ほ/方 + れ/口  =  酩

 -  ほ/方 + と/戸  =  外


 -  ひ/辶 + ほ/方 + と/戸  =  迯

 -  む/車 + ほ/方  =  舞

 -  さ/阝 + ほ/方 + selector 1  =  夘

 -  に/氵 + ほ/方 + selector 1  =  汐

 -  ほ/方 + き/木 + き/木  =  梦

 -  ほ/方 + selector 5 + い/糹/#2  =  舛
Compounds of 死 and 歹
    

 -  宿 + ほ/方  =  夙
 -  ほ/方 + ぬ/力  =  列

 -  ほ/方 + 火  =  烈
 -  ほ/方 + ね/示  =  裂

 -  氷/氵 + ほ/方 + ぬ/力  =  冽

 -  に/氵 + ほ/方 + ぬ/力  =  洌

 -  ほ/方 + な/亻  =  殆
 -  ほ/方 + か/金  =  殊
 -  ほ/方 + 囗  =  残


 -  ほ/方 + ほ/方 + 囗  =  殘

 -  ほ/方 + め/目  =  殖
 -  ほ/方 + み/耳  =  殱


 -  ほ/方 + ほ/方 + み/耳  =  殲

 -  ほ/方 + す/発  =  殉

 -  氷/氵 + ほ/方 + selector 2  =  斃

 -  く/艹 + ほ/方 + selector 2  =  薨

 -  ほ/方 + に/氵 + の/禾  =  歿

 -  ほ/方 + 宿 + け/犬  =  殀

 -  ほ/方 + け/犬 + お/頁  =  殃

 -  ほ/方 + 宿 + う/宀/#3  =  殄

 -  ほ/方 + 龸 + う/宀/#3  =  殍

 -  ほ/方 + 宿 + ま/石  =  殕

 -  ほ/方 + を/貝 + れ/口  =  殞

 -  ほ/方 + 宿 + 数  =  殤

 -  ほ/方 + る/忄 + selector 1  =  殪

 -  ほ/方 + れ/口 + れ/口  =  殫

 -  ほ/方 + う/宀/#3 + を/貝  =  殯
Compounds of 少
    

 -  氷/氵 + ほ/方  =  沙


 -  ふ/女 + 氷/氵 + ほ/方  =  娑

 -  心 + 氷/氵 + ほ/方  =  莎

 -  ね/示 + 氷/氵 + ほ/方  =  裟

 -  せ/食 + 氷/氵 + ほ/方  =  鯊

 -  ほ/方 + せ/食  =  毟
 -  ほ/方 + い/糹/#2  =  雀

 -  も/門 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  尠

 -  き/木 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  杪

 -  め/目 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  眇


 -  に/氵 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  渺

 -  ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  緲

 -  か/金 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  鈔


 -  の/禾 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  穆

 -  い/糹/#2 + ほ/方 + そ/馬  =  紗
Other compounds
    

 -  囗 + ほ/方  =  囮
 -  け/犬 + ほ/方  =  奉

 -  き/木 + ほ/方  =  棒

 -  な/亻 + け/犬 + ほ/方  =  俸

 -  て/扌 + け/犬 + ほ/方  =  捧

 -  日 + ほ/方  =  曙
 -  や/疒 + ほ/方  =  峰
 -  か/金 + ほ/方  =  鋒
 -  ほ/方 + む/車  =  蜂
 -  ひ/辶 + ほ/方  =  逢

 -  心 + ほ/方  =  蓬
 -  ゐ/幺 + ほ/方  =  縫

 -  ち/竹 + ひ/辶 + ほ/方  =  篷

 -  み/耳 + ほ/方  =  聾
 -  を/貝 + ほ/方  =  贅
 -  ほ/方 + 日  =  屠

 -  や/疒 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  峯

 -  火 + 宿 + ほ/方  =  烽

 -  む/車 + け/犬 + ほ/方  =  蚌
Notes
    
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 - "Nemeth Braille (Mathematics Braille)". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
 - "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.