Braille pattern dots-3
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.
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| 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 |
| ⠀ | ⠁ | ⠃ | ⠉ | ⠙ | ⠑ | ⠋ | ⠛ | ⠓ | ⠊ | ⠚ | ⠈ | ⠘ |
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| ⠄ | ⠅ | ⠇ | ⠍ | ⠝ | ⠕ | ⠏ | ⠟ | ⠗ | ⠎ | ⠞ | ⠌ | ⠜ |
| ⠤ | ⠥ | ⠧ | ⠭ | ⠽ | ⠵ | ⠯ | ⠿ | ⠷ | ⠮ | ⠾ | ⠬ | ⠼ |
| ⠠ | ⠡ | ⠣ | ⠩ | ⠹ | ⠱ | ⠫ | ⠻ | ⠳ | ⠪ | ⠺ | ⠨ | ⠸ |
| ⠀ | ⠂ | ⠆ | ⠒ | ⠲ | ⠢ | ⠖ | ⠶ | ⠦ | ⠔ | ⠴ | ⠐ | ⠰ |
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) |
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.
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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 | |
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| 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.
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| 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
Notes
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- "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.
- "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.