Braille pattern dots-126
braille pattern
The Braille pattern dots-126 ( ⠣ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and middle left, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and upper-middle left, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2823, and in Braille ASCII with the less than sign: <.
Unified Braille
In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-126 is used to represent a voiced dorsal fricative or aspirate, such as /ɣ/, /ʁ/, or /gʱ/, or otherwise as needed.
Table of unified Braille values
Other Braille
Plus dots 7 and 8
Related to Braille pattern dots-126 are Braille patterns 1267, 1268, and 12678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 238, 1238, 2348, and 12348 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-126, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 0126, 1267, and 01267 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.
Kantenji using braille patterns 238, 1238, 2348, or 12348
This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-126 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
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