What ⡊ means
⡊ specifies three dot positions, not one fixed letter.
Braille is writing read by touch, with raised dots arranged in small units called cells. In an eight-dot cell, the left column is numbered 1, 2, 3, 7 from top to bottom; the right is 4, 5, 6, 8. So ⡊ has a dot at the second position on the left, the top right and the bottom left.
Dot 7 sits beneath the usual six-dot cell. Eight-dot Braille offers more combinations for representing computer text. Unicode records the dot pattern itself; to translate it into a letter or sign, you need the Braille code used by the text. The name “dots 2-4-7” is not a pronunciation.
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Worth knowing
- Louis Braille published his six-dot method for words and music in 1829. Eight-dot Braille extends that cell with two positions beneath it.
Questions people ask
1Can you feel this character on a screen?
No. On an ordinary screen it is a flat image of dots. A refreshable Braille display uses moving pins to make tactile cells; displaying this character visually does not create raised dots.
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How to type or find ⡊
- Search it as
- braille 247 · Braille dots 2 4 7 · eight-dot Braille
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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