⠸

⠸ U+2838, ⠸ BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-456 ← ⠷ [U+2837] Braille Patterns ⠹ → [U+2839]

Translingual

A character of the braille script, originally used to mark italic text. Some alphabets use it for a variant of l because it is a reflection of the braille letter ⠇ l.

Etymology

More information

Invented by Louis Braille, braille cells were arranged in numerical order and assigned to the letters of the French alphabet. Most braille alphabets follow this assignment for the 26 letters of the basic Latin alphabet or, in non-Latin scripts, for the transliterations of those letters. In such alphabets, the first ten braille letters (the first decade: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚) are assigned to the Latin letters A to J and to the digits 1 to 9 and 0. (Apart from '2', the even digits all have three dots: ⠃⠙⠋⠓⠚.)

The letters of the first decade are those cells with at least one dot in the top row and at least one in the left column, but none in the bottom row. The next decade repeat the pattern with the addition of a dot at the lower left, the third decade with two dots in the bottom row, and the fourth with a dot on the bottom right. The fifth decade is like the first, but shifted downward one row. The first decade is supplemented by the two characters with dots in the right column and none in the bottom row, and that supplement is propagated to the other decades using the generation rules above. Finally, there are four characters with no dots in the top two rows. Many languages that use braille letters beyond the 26 of the basic Latin alphabet follow an approximation of the English or French values for additional letters.

Letter

⠸

1. (Slovak Braille) ľ
2. (Hungarian Braille) A letter rendering the print digraph ly

Non-Latin transliteration

1. (Bharati Braille) ळ (ḷa)
2. (Burmese Braille) ဠ (ḷa)
3. (Cantonese Braille) The rime am

Punctuation mark

⠸

1. (Czech Braille) |
2. (IPA Braille) Marks non-combining modifiers, such as prosody marks and tone letters

   ⠸⠃ ˈ◌, ⠸⠆ ˌ◌, ⠸⠳|, ⠸⠿ ‖, ⠸⠇ ◌‿◌, ⠸⠮ ꜜ, ⠸⠫ ꜛ, ⠸⠙ ↗, ⠸⠴ ↘

   ⠸⠈⠉ ˥, ⠸⠉ ˦, ⠸⠒ ˧, ⠸⠤ ˨, ⠸⠠⠤ ˩, ⠸⠌ ˩˥, ⠸⠡ ˥˩, ⠸⠊ ˧˥, ⠸⠔ ˩˧, ⠸⠑ ˥˧ (?), ⠸⠢ ˧˩ (?), ⠸⠲ ˨˦˨, ⠸⠚ ˦˨˦ (?)

   ⠸⠕ →

Symbol

⠸

1. (music) 3rd octave.

See also

Braille script navigation

⠀   ⠁   ⠂   ⠄   ⠈   ⠐   ⠠

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤   ⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔

⠇   ⠸   ⠪   ⠕   ⠣   ⠜   ⠎   ⠱   ⠋   ⠍   ⠖   ⠙   ⠩   ⠲   ⠓   ⠥   ⠦   ⠚   ⠬   ⠴

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵   ⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠸⟩:    ⡸   ⢸   ⣸

English

Symbol

⠸

1. A logogram prefix found in the words:

   ⠸⠉ cannot, ⠸⠍ many, ⠸⠓ had, ⠸⠮ their, ⠸⠎ spirit, ⠸⠺ world

2. (meter) Marks a long or stressed syllable
3. (Unified English Braille) Line divider (as in poetry)
4. A punctuation prefix found in:

   ⠸⠹ #, ⠸⠌ /, ⠸⠌⠌ //, ⠸⠲ •, ⠸⠔ ◦

Usage notes

• Metrical use is abolished in Unified English Braille.

French

Symbol

⠸

1. Marks emphatic text, whether italic, bold or underlined in print.

Derivations

⠒⠸ (begin emphatic text)

Contraction

⠸

1. The letter sequence -ll-.
2. The letter sequence -elle.

Usage notes

The sequence -ll- must occur between vowel letters.

The sequence -elle must occur at the end of its word.

Mandarin

Letter

⠸

1. (Mainland Braille) The rime yun/-ün
2. (Taiwan Braille) The rime wang/-uang

Symbol

⠸

1. (Two-Cell Braille) (parenthetical; used to supply a disambiguating synonym)

Braille script navigation

⠀   ⠁   ⠂   ⠄   ⠈   ⠐   ⠠

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤   ⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔

⠇   ⠸   ⠪   ⠕   ⠣   ⠜   ⠎   ⠱   ⠋   ⠍   ⠖   ⠙   ⠩   ⠲   ⠓   ⠥   ⠦   ⠚   ⠬   ⠴

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵   ⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠸⟩:    ⡸   ⢸   ⣸