Braille pattern dots-2

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

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The Braille pattern dots-2 ( ⠂ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle-left dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with its mid-high left dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2802, and in Braille ASCII with the number "1".

Character information
Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10242	U+2802
UTF-8	226 160 130	E2 A0 82
Numeric character reference	⠂	⠂
Braille ASCII

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2 is used to represent a comma or other non-letter symbol or semi-letter.^[1]

Table of unified braille values

Italian Braille	, (comma)
French Braille	, (comma), an
English Braille	, (comma) / -ea-
German Braille	, (comma)
Bharati Braille	Avagraha ऽ / ઽ / ঽ / ଽ / ఽ ^[2]
IPA Braille	, (comma)
Russian Braille	, (comma)
Slovak Braille	, (comma)
Arabic Braille	ـَ ‎ fatha
Irish Braille	, (comma) / -ea-
Thai Braille	ๆ (reduplication mark)

^[1]

Other braille

Japanese Braille	sokuon / っ / ッ ^[1]
Korean Braille	r- / ㄹ- ^[1]
Mainland Chinese Braille	tone 2 ^[1]
Taiwanese Braille	tone 2
Two-Cell Chinese Braille	们 men (suffix)
Nemeth Braille	not an independent sign ^[3]

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-2 are Braille patterns 27, 28, and 278, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview
Unicode name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-27		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-28		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-278
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10306	U+2842	10370	U+2882	10434	U+28C2
UTF-8	226 161 130	E2 A1 82	226 162 130	E2 A2 82	226 163 130	E2 A3 82
Numeric character reference	⡂	⡂	⢂	⢂	⣂	⣂

	dots 27	dots 28	dots 278
Gardner Salinas Braille^[4]	end array element	_ (underscore)	× (multiplication sign)

Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3, 13, 34, and 134 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02, 27, and 027 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-3		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10244	U+2804	10245	U+2805	10252	U+280C	10253	U+280D
UTF-8	226 160 132	E2 A0 84	226 160 133	E2 A0 85	226 160 140	E2 A0 8C	226 160 141	E2 A0 8D
Numeric character reference	⠄	⠄	⠅	⠅	⠌	⠌	⠍	⠍

Kantenji using braille patterns 3, 13, 34, or 134

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.

- N/A - used only as a selector

Selector 2

- い/糹/#2 + selector 2 = 丼どんぶり
- 龸 + selector 2 = 光ひかり
- - る/忄 + 龸 + selector 2 = 恍とぼけ
- - 日にち + 龸 + selector 2 = 晃あきら
- - に/氵 + 龸 + selector 2 = 洸こう
- - 氷こおり/氵 + 龸 + selector 2 = 滉ひろし
- - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + selector 2 = 絖ぬめ
- - ⺼ + 龸 + selector 2 = 胱
- も/門もん + selector 2 = 包つつみ
- - も/門もん + selector 2 + selector 2 = 勹
- - け/犬いぬ + も/門もん + selector 2 = 匏ふくべ
- - れ/口くち + も/門もん + selector 2 = 咆
- - つ/土ど + も/門もん + selector 2 = 垉
- - よ/广 + も/門もん + selector 2 = 庖
- - き/木き + も/門もん + selector 2 = 枹なら
- - 火ひ + も/門もん + selector 2 = 炮
- - や/疒 + も/門もん + selector 2 = 疱
- - ひ/辶 + も/門もん + selector 2 = 皰
- - く/艹 + も/門もん + selector 2 = 苞つと
- - む/車くるま + も/門もん + selector 2 = 蚫あわび
- - ね/示しめせ + も/門もん + selector 2 = 袍ほう
- - か/金きむ + も/門もん + selector 2 = 鉋かんな
- - め/目め + も/門もん + selector 2 = 靤
- - と/戸と + も/門もん + selector 2 = 鞄かばん
- - せ/食しょく + も/門もん + selector 2 = 鮑あわび
- - す/発はつ + も/門もん + selector 2 = 麭
- へ/⺩ + selector 2 = 将しょう
- - へ/⺩ + selector 2 + selector 2 = 爿
  - - へ/⺩ + へ/⺩ + selector 2 = 將しょう
- - に/氵 + へ/⺩ + selector 2 = 漿
- - 心しん + へ/⺩ + selector 2 = 蒋
- - せ/食しょく + へ/⺩ + selector 2 = 醤ひしお
- - か/金きむ + へ/⺩ + selector 2 = 鏘
- 囗 + selector 2 = 式しき
- - む/車くるま + 囗 + selector 2 = 軾
- - selector 2 + 囗 = 戎えびす
- は/辶 + selector 2 = 支ささえ
- - み/耳みみ + は/辶 + selector 2 = 跂
- - は/辶 + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翅
- ほ/方かた + selector 2 = 死し
- - ほ/方かた + selector 2 + selector 2 = 歹
- - 氷こおり/氵 + ほ/方かた + selector 2 = 斃
- - く/艹 + ほ/方かた + selector 2 = 薨
- 氷こおり/氵 + selector 2 = 汰
- や/疒 + selector 2 = 矢や
- - ち/竹たけ + や/疒 + selector 2 = 笶
- - く/艹 + や/疒 + selector 2 = 薙なぎ
- す/発はつ + selector 2 = 罪つみ
- - す/発はつ + selector 2 + selector 2 = 网
- そ/馬うま + selector 2 = 羊ひつじ
- - な/亻 + そ/馬うま + selector 2 = 佯
- - む/車くるま + そ/馬うま + selector 2 = 恙
- 囗 + そ/馬うま + selector 2 = 觧
- - そ/馬うま + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翔しょう
- む/車くるま + selector 2 = 羽はね
- - ぬ/力ちから + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 勠
- - よ/广 + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 廖
- - て/扌 + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 挧
- - き/木き + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 榻
- - い/糹/#2 + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 繆
- - ま/石いし + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翊
- - り/分ぶん + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翕
- - 火ひ + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翡
- - へ/⺩ + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翩
- - も/門もん + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翳かげ
- - つ/土ど + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 翹
- - 心しん + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 蓼たで
- - え/訁 + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 謬
- - せ/食しょく + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 醪もろみ
- - か/金きむ + む/車くるま + selector 2 = 鏐
- と/戸と + selector 2 = 老ろう
- - れ/口くち + と/戸と + selector 2 = 咾
- - 心しん + と/戸と + selector 2 = 蓍めどぎ
- - む/車くるま + と/戸と + selector 2 = 蛯えび
- selector 2 + と/戸と = 卜ぼく
- ⺼ + selector 2 = 臍ほぞ
- 心しん + selector 2 = 菊きく
- - て/扌 + 心しん + selector 2 = 掬きく
- - 心しん + 心しん + selector 2 = 椈ぶな
- - と/戸と + 心しん + selector 2 = 鞠きく
- み/耳みみ + selector 2 = 足あし
- - て/扌 + み/耳みみ + selector 2 = 捉
- - う/宀/#3 + み/耳みみ + selector 2 = 蹇あしなえ
- - ん/止とめ + み/耳みみ + selector 2 = 齪
- せ/食しょく + selector 2 = 魚さかな
- ろ/十じゅう + selector 2 = 鹵
- selector 2 + の/禾 = 乏とぼし
- - に/氵 + selector 2 + の/禾 = 泛
- を/貝かい + selector 2 + の/禾 = 貶
- selector 2 + ひ/辶 = 匕
- selector 2 + さ/阝 = 卵たまご
- - う/宀/#3 + selector 2 + さ/阝 = 孵かえ
- selector 2 + む/車くるま = 厶
- selector 2 + け/犬いぬ = 太ふとし
- selector 2 + う/宀/#3 = 孚まこと
- - き/木き + selector 2 + う/宀/#3 = 桴
- selector 2 + き/木き = 巳み
- - 火ひ + selector 2 + き/木き = 煕ひろし
- selector 2 + ゆ/彳 = 罔
- selector 2 + そ/馬うま = 遂とげ
- - 火ひ + selector 2 + そ/馬うま = 燧ひうち
- - さ/阝 + selector 2 + そ/馬うま = 隧
- ち/竹たけ + selector 2 + む/車くるま = 簒
- selector 2 + 宿やど + 宿やど = 丿
- に/氵 + ん/止とめ + selector 2 = 滷
- selector 2 + い/糹/#2 = 韋