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The Braille pattern dots-56 ( ⠰ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2830, and in Braille ASCII with a semicolon: ;.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-56
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10288	U+2830
UTF-8	226 160 176	E2 A0 B0
Numeric character reference	⠰	⠰
Braille ASCII	59	3B

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-56 is used as a punctuation or formatting sign, or otherwise as needed. ^[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille	uncontracted value sign, or
English Braille	final letter abbreviation
German Braille	-ach
Bharati Braille	/ ன [2]
IPA Braille	national orthography (non-IPA) format sign
Slovak Braille	lower case mark
Arabic Braille	; (semicolon)
Persian Braille	mathematical symbol sign
Thai Braille	not an independent sign

^[1]

Other braille

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-56 are Braille patterns 567, 568, and 5678, 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-567		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-568		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-5678
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10352	U+2870	10416	U+28B0	10480	U+28F0
UTF-8	226 161 176	E2 A1 B0	226 162 176	E2 A2 B0	226 163 176	E2 A3 B0
Numeric character reference	⡰	⡰	⢰	⢰	⣰	⣰

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 68, 168, 468, and 1468 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-56, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 056, 567, and 0567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character information

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Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-68		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-168		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-468		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1468
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10400	U+28A0	10401	U+28A1	10408	U+28A8	10409	U+28A9
UTF-8	226 162 160	E2 A2 A0	226 162 161	E2 A2 A1	226 162 168	E2 A2 A8	226 162 169	E2 A2 A9
Numeric character reference	⢠	⢠	⢡	⢡	⢨	⢨	⢩	⢩

Kantenji using braille patterns 68, 168, 468, or 1468

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-56 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

The kantenji is used in indicating most of the common (non-banking) number kanji, as well as the classical heavenly stem ordinals.

• - 数

Variants and thematic compounds

• - selector 4 + 数 = 勿
• - 比 + 数 = 右

Compounds of 勿

• - れ/口 + 数 = 吻
• - 数 + 心 = 忽
• - 日 + 数 = 易
  • - 仁/亻 + 数 = 傷
  • - つ/土 + 数 = 場
    • - つ/土 + つ/土 + 数 = 塲
  • - て/扌 + 数 = 揚
  • - し/巿 + 数 = 暢
  • - に/氵 + 数 = 湯
    • - ⺼ + に/氵 + 数 = 盪
    • - く/艹 + に/氵 + 数 = 蕩
  • - や/疒 + 数 = 瘍
  • - ⺼ + 数 = 腸
    • - ⺼ + ⺼ + 数 = 膓
  • - 囗 + 数 = 觴
  • - を/貝 + 数 = 賜
  • - か/金 + 数 = 錫
  • - さ/阝 + 数 = 陽
  • - ぬ/力 + 日 + 数 = 剔
  • - む/車 + 日 + 数 = 蜴
  • - ね/示 + 日 + 数 = 裼
  • - せ/食 + 日 + 数 = 鯣
  • - る/忄 + 宿 + 数 = 慯
  • - 日 + 宿 + 数 = 暘
  • - 心 + 宿 + 数 = 楊
  • - ほ/方 + 宿 + 数 = 殤
  • - 火 + 宿 + 数 = 煬
  • - む/車 + 宿 + 数 = 蝪
• - そ/馬 + 数 = 物
• - の/禾 + 数 = 黎
• - ぬ/力 + selector 4 + 数 = 刎
• - 日 + selector 4 + 数 = 昜
• - ち/竹 + selector 4 + 数 = 笏

Compounds of 右

• - く/艹 + 数 = 若
  • - も/門 + 数 = 匿
    • - る/忄 + も/門 + 数 = 慝
  • - え/訁 + 数 = 諾
  • - る/忄 + く/艹 + 数 = 惹
• - ね/示 + 数 = 祐
• - な/亻 + 比 + 数 = 佑
• - せ/食 + 比 + 数 = 醢

Compounds of numbers

• - 数 + #1 = 一
  • - ふ/女 + 数 + selector 1 = 丕
• - 数 + #2 = 二
• - 数 + #3 = 三
• - 数 + #4 = 四
  • - に/氵 + 数 + る/忄 = 泗
  • - そ/馬 + 数 + る/忄 = 駟
• - 数 + #5 = 五
  • - な/亻 + 数 + ら/月 = 伍
• - 数 + #6 = 六
  • - う/宀/#3 + 数 + え/訁 = 宍
• - 数 + #7 = 七
• - 数 + #8 = 八
  • - れ/口 + 数 + り/分 = 叭
  • - か/金 + 数 + り/分 = 釟
• - 数 + #9 = 九
  • - と/戸 + 数 = 尻
  • - 日 + 数 + お/頁 = 旭
  • - ひ/辶 + 数 + お/頁 = 馗
• - 数 + め/目 = 百
  • - な/亻 + 数 + め/目 = 佰
  • - ゆ/彳 + 数 + め/目 = 弼
  • - 心 + 数 + め/目 = 栢
  • - か/金 + 数 + め/目 = 瓸
  • - ま/石 + 数 + め/目 = 竡
  • - の/禾 + 数 + め/目 = 粨
  • - そ/馬 + 数 + め/目 = 貊
  • - さ/阝 + 数 + め/目 = 陌
• - 数 + せ/食 = 千
  • - な/亻 + 数 + せ/食 = 仟
  • - ぬ/力 + 数 + せ/食 = 刋
  • - ま/石 + 数 + せ/食 = 竏
  • - さ/阝 + 数 + せ/食 = 阡
• - 数 + ま/石 = 万
  • - 数 + 数 + ま/石 = 萬
    • - の/禾 + 数 + ま/石 = 糲
    • - や/疒 + 数 + ま/石 = 癘
  • - む/車 + 数 + ま/石 = 蛎
  • - 心 + 数 + ま/石 = 栃
  • - ま/石 + 数 + ま/石 = 砺
  • - き/木 + 数 + る/忄 = 楞
  • - 心 + 龸 + 数 = 杤
• - 数 + 宿 = 兆
  • - な/亻 + 数 + 宿 = 佻
  • - て/扌 + 数 + 宿 = 挑
  • - 日 + 数 + 宿 = 晁
  • - う/宀/#3 + 数 + 宿 = 窕
  • - か/金 + 数 + 宿 = 銚
• - 数 + な/亻 = 億
• - 数 + と/戸 = 廿
• - 数 + よ/广 = 丗
  • - 数 + 数 + よ/广 = 卅

Compounds of heavenly stems

• - 数 + こ/子 = 甲
  • - も/門 + 数 + こ/子 = 匣
  • - れ/口 + 数 + こ/子 = 呷
  • - け/犬 + 数 + こ/子 = 狎
  • - ⺼ + 数 + こ/子 = 胛
• - 数 + を/貝 = 乙
  • - や/疒 + 数 + を/貝 = 乢
  • - て/扌 + 数 + を/貝 = 扎
• - 数 + へ/⺩ = 丙
  • - 火 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 炳
  • - さ/阝 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 陋
  • - と/戸 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 鞆
• - 数 + て/扌 = 丁
  • - れ/口 + 数 + て/扌 = 叮
  • - に/氵 + 数 + て/扌 = 汀
  • - た/⽥ + 数 + て/扌 = 甼
  • - や/疒 + 数 + て/扌 = 疔
  • - ま/石 + 数 + て/扌 = 竚
  • - い/糹/#2 + 数 + て/扌 = 紵
  • - 心 + 数 + て/扌 = 苧
  • - せ/食 + 数 + て/扌 = 酊
• - 数 + ひ/辶 = 戊
• - 数 + き/木 = 己
  • - 心 + 数 + き/木 = 杞
• - 数 + の/禾 = 庚
• - 数 + に/氵 = 壬
  • - ふ/女 + 数 + に/氵 = 婬
  • - ね/示 + 数 + に/氵 = 衽
• - 数 + す/発 = 癸
  • - て/扌 + 数 + す/発 = 揆

Other compounds

• - 数 + ち/竹 = 父
• - 数 + し/巿 = 寸
• - き/木 + 数 = 束
  • - ぬ/力 + 数 = 勅
    • - ぬ/力 + ぬ/力 + 数 = 敕
  • - ん/止 + 数 = 整
  • - 氷/氵 + 数 = 瀬
  • - よ/广 + 数 = 疎
  • - ま/石 + 数 = 辣
  • - ひ/辶 + 数 = 速
  • - お/頁 + 数 = 頼
  • - る/忄 + き/木 + 数 = 悚
  • - selector 1 + き/木 + 数 = 朿
    • - ち/竹 + 数 = 策
    • - き/木 + き/木 + 数 = 棗
    • - 心 + き/木 + 数 = 棘
  • - ま/石 + き/木 + 数 = 竦
  • - み/耳 + き/木 + 数 = 踈
  • - 心 + 数 + 数 = 蕀
  • - ふ/女 + お/頁 + 数 = 嬾
  • - る/忄 + お/頁 + 数 = 懶
  • - け/犬 + お/頁 + 数 = 獺
  • - や/疒 + お/頁 + 数 = 癩
  • - ち/竹 + お/頁 + 数 = 籟
  • - 心 + お/頁 + 数 = 藾
• - ゑ/訁 + 数 = 讐
• - そ/馬 + 数 + り/分 = 尓
• - 数 + う/宀/#3 + 龸 = 卍
• - く/艹 + 宿 + 数 = 薮
• - ゑ/訁 + 宿 + 数 = 讎
• - 数 + 数 + 数 = 數
• - う/宀/#3 + 宿 + 数 = 窶
• - ち/竹 + 宿 + 数 = 籔
• - く/艹 + 龸 + 数 = 藪
• - 数 + か/金 + ら/月 = 髏

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Notes

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