What ⠴ means
In English braille, it can mark a quotation’s end. French and Slovak braille use it as a closing parenthesis. In Japanese braille it represents ん, the kana for a nasal sound.
Braille is a system for reading and writing by touch, with different conventions for different languages. This digital character records the dots, not their interpretation. To read a cell in a message, identify the language and braille code of the surrounding text.
Why is it called dots 356?
The numbers identify positions, not the number of dots. A six-dot braille cell has two columns of three positions. Viewed from the reading side, the left column is numbered 1, 2, 3 from top to bottom; the right is 4, 5, 6.
⠴ occupies positions 3, 5 and 6. Its top row is empty, its middle row has the right dot, and its bottom row has both dots. Six-dot braille describes the available positions; this particular cell uses only three.
A writing character, with no emotional tone of its own. In a decorative pattern, its dots may serve as a picture rather than readable braille.
Do not read an isolated ⠴ as an English quotation mark without checking the surrounding text.
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Worth knowing
- Louis Braille developed his six-dot system by 1824, adapting Charles Barbier’s larger raised-dot system. The compact cell fits beneath a fingertip. Braille published his system in 1829 and revised it in 1837.
Questions people ask
1Can you read this by touch on a screen?
No. On an ordinary screen, ⠴ is a flat image of dots. Raised dots on paper or a refreshable braille display make braille readable by touch.
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How to type or find ⠴
- Search it as
- braille dots 356 · braille closing quotation mark · braille closing parenthesis · Japanese braille ん
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⠴\2834Codes and encoding1 code points
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