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Braille pattern dots-1234

Braille pattern

The Braille pattern dots-1234 ( ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both top and all left-side dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top and both middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280f, and in Braille ASCII with P.

Character information
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Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1234
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode10255U+280F
UTF-8226 160 143E2 A0 8F
Numeric character reference⠏⠏
Braille ASCII8050

01Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-1234 is used to represent a voiceless bilabial plosive, i.e. /p/.

Table of unified braille values

French Braille P, "par"
English Braille P
English contraction people
German Braille P
Bharati Braille प / ਪ / પ / প / ପ / ప / ಪ / പ / ப / ප / پ
Icelandic Braille P
IPA Braille /p/
Russian Braille П
Slovak Braille P
Persian Braille پ
Irish Braille P
Thai Braille ph
Luxembourgish Braille p (minuscule)

02Other braille

03Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-1234 are Braille patterns 12347, 12348, and 123478, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
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Unicode name BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12347 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12348 BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123478
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode10319U+284F10383U+288F10447U+28CF
UTF-8226 161 143E2 A1 8F226 162 143E2 A2 8F226 163 143E2 A3 8F
Numeric character reference⡏⡏⢏⢏⣏⣏
dots 12347dots 12348dots 123478
Gardner Salinas Braille P (capital) π (pi) Π (Pi)
Luxembourgish Braille P (capital)
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