Braille pattern dots-1356

6-dot braille cells

The Braille pattern dots-1356 ( ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left, middle right, and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left, upper-middle right, and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2835, and in Braille ASCII with Z.

Character ⠵ (braille pattern dots-1356)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1356
Encodings decimal hex
Unicode 10293 U+2835
UTF-8 226 160 181 E2 A0 B5
Numeric character reference ⠵ ⠵
Braille ASCII 90 5A

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1356 is used to represent a voiced alveolar sibilant, i.e. /z/, or otherwise as needed.[1]

Table of unified braille values

French Braille Z
English Braille Z
English Contraction as
German Braille Z
Bharati Braille ज़ / ਜ਼ / ණ / ز [2]
Icelandic Braille Z
IPA Braille /z/
Russian Braille З
Slovak Braille Z
Arabic Braille ز
Persian Braille ز
Irish Braille Z
Thai Braille am
Luxembourgish Braille z (minuscule)

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Other braille

Japanese Braille ma / ま / マ [1]
Korean Braille eun / 은 [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille z [1]
Taiwanese Braille eng / ㄥ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille qu- -ěng, 我
Algerian Braille ن [1]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1356 are Braille patterns 13567, 13568, and 135678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character ⡵ (braille pattern dots-13567) ⢵ (braille pattern dots-13568) ⣵ (braille pattern dots-135678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13567 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13568 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-135678
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10357 U+2875 10421 U+28B5 10485 U+28F5
UTF-8 226 161 181 E2 A1 B5 226 162 181 E2 A2 B5 226 163 181 E2 A3 B5
Numeric character reference ⡵ ⡵ ⢵ ⢵ ⣵ ⣵
dots 13567 dots 13568 dots 135678
Gardner Salinas Braille [3] Z (capital) ζ (zeta)
Luxembourgish Braille [4] Z (capital)

related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 2678, 12678, 24678, and 124678 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-1356, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 01356, 13567, and 013567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Character ⣢ (braille pattern dots-2678) ⣣ (braille pattern dots-12678) ⣪ (braille pattern dots-24678) ⣫ (braille pattern dots-124678)
Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-24678 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-124678
Encodings decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 10466 U+28E2 10467 U+28E3 10474 U+28EA 10475 U+28EB
UTF-8 226 163 162 E2 A3 A2 226 163 163 E2 A3 A3 226 163 170 E2 A3 AA 226 163 171 E2 A3 AB
Numeric character reference ⣢ ⣢ ⣣ ⣣ ⣪ ⣪ ⣫ ⣫

Kantenji using braille patterns 2678, 12678, 24678, or 124678

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-1356 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

Variants and thematic compounds

Compounds of 石

Compounds of 亟

Compounds of 了

Compounds of 曼

Compounds of 辟

Compounds of 立

Compounds of 寵

Compounds of 万

Other compounds

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
  2. "Introduction to Bharati Braille" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  4. 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.
  5. "ロービジョン相談と光学". Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  6. "盲人と文字 -漢点字の世界". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  7. "漢点字". Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. "漢点字入門" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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