What ⠜ means
In contracted English Braille, it stands for “ar”. A contraction lets one cell represent several letters. Braille is a system of raised dots read by touch, with different conventions for different languages; it is not a language itself.
A six-dot cell has two columns of three positions. On the reading side, positions are numbered down the left column 1–3, then down the right 4–6. This character uses positions 3, 4 and 5, leaving the other three empty. Unicode records that arrangement, rather than assigning it one universal letter or meaning.
A writing character; its reading comes from the Braille system being used.
Do not automatically read ⠜ as “ar” in another language's Braille.
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Worth knowing
- Louis Braille developed the six-dot system from earlier raised-dot work by Charles Barbier and published his code in 1829.
Questions people ask
1Does displaying ⠜ on a screen make it readable by touch?
No. An ordinary screen displays a flat picture of the dots. Tactile Braille needs raised dots, such as those on embossed paper or a refreshable Braille display with moving pins.
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How to type or find ⠜
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- braille dots 345 · braille ar · ar contraction · braille cell · UEB
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⠜\281CCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.