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The Braille pattern dots-234 ( ⠎ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right, and middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and both middle left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280e, and in Braille ASCII with S.
Character information
Preview
Unicode name
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234
Encodings
decimal
hex
Unicode
10254
U+280E
UTF-8
226 160 142
E2 A0 8E
Numeric character reference
⠎
⠎
Braille ASCII
83
53
Contents
1 Unified Braille
1.1 Table of unified braille values
2 Other braille
3 Plus dots 7 and 8
4 related 8-dot kantenji patterns
4.1 Kantenji using braille patterns 357, 1357, 3457, or 13457
4.1.1 Variants and thematic compounds
4.1.2 Compounds of 私
4.1.3 Compounds of 米
4.1.4 Compounds of 禾
4.1.5 Compounds of 稲
4.1.6 Compounds of 秘
4.1.7 Compounds of 喬
4.1.8 Compounds of 乏
4.1.9 Compounds of 段 and 殳
4.1.10 Compounds of 之
4.1.11 Compounds of 而
4.1.12 Other compounds
5 Notes
Unified Braille[edit]
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-234 is used to represent a voiceless alveolar fricative, ie /s/.[1]
Table of unified braille values[edit]
French Braille
S
English Braille
S
English Contraction
so
German Braille
S
Bharati Braille
स / ਸ / સ / স / ସ / స / ಸ / സ / ஸ / ස / س [2]
Icelandic Braille
S
IPA Braille
/s/
Russian Braille
С
Slovak Braille
S
Arabic Braille
س
Persian Braille
س
Irish Braille
S
Thai Braille
ส s
Luxembourgish Braille
s (minuscule)
[1]
Other braille[edit]
Japanese Braille
no / の / ノ [1]
Korean Braille
eo / ㅓ [1]
Mainland Chinese Braille
s [1]
Taiwanese Braille
you, -iu / ㄧㄡ
Two-Cell Chinese Braille
t- -ē/-ō
Algerian Braille
غ [1]
Plus dots 7 and 8[edit]
Related to Braille pattern dots-234 are Braille patterns 2347, 2348, and 23478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
Character information
Preview
Unicode name
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2347
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2348
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23478
Encodings
decimal
hex
decimal
hex
decimal
hex
Unicode
10318
U+284E
10382
U+288E
10446
U+28CE
UTF-8
226 161 142
E2 A1 8E
226 162 142
E2 A2 8E
226 163 142
E2 A3 8E
Numeric character reference
⡎
⡎
⢎
⢎
⣎
⣎
dots 2347
dots 2348
dots 23478
Gardner Salinas Braille [3]
S (capital)
σ (sigma)
Σ (Sigma)
Luxembourgish Braille [4]
S (capital)
related 8-dot kantenji patterns[edit]
See also: Braille pattern dots-357, Braille pattern dots-1357, Braille pattern dots-3457, and Braille pattern dots-13457
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 357, 1357, 3457, and 13457 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-234, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0234, 2347, and 02347 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.
Character information
Preview
Unicode name
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-357
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1357
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3457
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13457
Encodings
decimal
hex
decimal
hex
decimal
hex
decimal
hex
Unicode
10324
U+2854
10325
U+2855
10332
U+285C
10333
U+285D
UTF-8
226 161 148
E2 A1 94
226 161 149
E2 A1 95
226 161 156
E2 A1 9C
226 161 157
E2 A1 9D
Numeric character reference
⡔
⡔
⡕
⡕
⡜
⡜
⡝
⡝
Kantenji using braille patterns 357, 1357, 3457, or 13457[edit]
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-234 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
