# Braille pattern dots-23

6-dot braille cells :
The Braille pattern dots-23 ( ⠆ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the two middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2806, and in Braille ASCII with the number "2".
Character information :
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23 |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 10246 | U+2806 |
| UTF-8 | 226 160 134 | E2 A0 86 |
| Numeric character reference | &#10246; | &#x2806; |
| Braille ASCII | 50 | 32 |

## Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23 is used to represent a voiced bilabial consonant, such as /b/ or /ɓ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as punctuation or accent mark, as needed.

### Table of unified braille values

| French Braille | ; (semicolon), br, ui |
| English Braille | ; (semicolon), -bb- |
| English Contraction | be, be- |
| German Braille | be |
| Bharati Braille | ; (semicolon) |
| Russian Braille | ; (semicolon) |
| Slovak Braille | ; (semicolon) |
| Arabic Braille | ـً (fathatan) |
| Thai Braille | ี ī |

## Other braille

| Japanese Braille | wi / ゐ / ヰ |
| Korean Braille | -ch / ㅊ |
| Mainland Chinese Braille | tone 4 |
| Taiwanese Braille | , (comma) |
| Nemeth Braille | 2 |

## Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-23 are Braille patterns 237, 238, and 2378, 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-237 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378 |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10310 | U+2846 | 10374 | U+2886 | 10438 | U+28C6 |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 134 | E2 A1 86 | 226 162 134 | E2 A2 86 | 226 163 134 | E2 A3 86 |
| Numeric character reference | &#10310; | &#x2846; | &#10374; | &#x2886; | &#10438; | &#x28C6; |
| | dots 237 | dots 238 | dots 2378 |
| Gardner Salinas Braille | end array line | ( (open parenthesis) | open complex radicand |

## Related 8-dot kantenji patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 37, 137, 347, and 1347 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023, 237, and 0237 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.
Character information :
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| Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-37 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-37 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347 |
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 10308 | U+2844 | 10309 | U+2845 | 10316 | U+284C | 10317 | U+284D |
| UTF-8 | 226 161 132 | E2 A1 84 | 226 161 133 | E2 A1 85 | 226 161 140 | E2 A1 8C | 226 161 141 | E2 A1 8D |
| Numeric character reference | &#10308; | &#x2844; | &#10309; | &#x2845; | &#10316; | &#x284C; | &#10317; | &#x284D; |

### Kantenji using braille patterns 37, 137, 347, or 1347

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-23 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
* - 系

#### Variants and thematic compounds

* - selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 乃
* - selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 及
* - selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 亥
* - ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 幼
* - ゐ/幺 + selector 3 = 幺
* - ゐ/幺 + selector 4 = 幻
* - 比 + ゐ/幺 = 左

#### Compounds of 系

* - な/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 係
* - こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 孫
** - ひ/辶 + こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 遜
* - 氷/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 潔
* - へ/⺩ + ゐ/幺 = 素
* - ろ/十 + ゐ/幺 = 索
* - た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 累
** - や/疒 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 瘰
** - い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 縲
** - む/車 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 螺
** - そ/馬 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 騾
* - は/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 繁
* - む/車 + ゐ/幺 = 繋
* - ち/竹 + ゐ/幺 = 纂
* - ゐ/幺 + こ/子 = 紅
* - ゐ/幺 + 龸 = 紋
* - ゐ/幺 + 仁/亻 = 納
* - ゐ/幺 + ひ/辶 = 紐
* - ゐ/幺 + る/忄 = 紺
* - ゐ/幺 + れ/口 = 結
* - ゐ/幺 + し/巿 = 絶
* - ゐ/幺 + ゆ/彳 = 網
* - ゐ/幺 + ゑ/訁 = 綴
* - ゐ/幺 + め/目 = 綿
* - ゐ/幺 + す/発 = 緊
* - ゐ/幺 + 火 = 緋
* - ゐ/幺 + 日 = 緒
* - ゐ/幺 + い/糹/#2 = 緯
* - ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 縁
** - 心 + ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 櫞
* - ゐ/幺 + ら/月 = 縋
* - ゐ/幺 + え/訁 = 縞
* - ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 = 縫
* - ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ = 繹
* - ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纏
** - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纒
* - め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 県
** - め/目 + め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 縣
* - ゆ/彳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 徽
* - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + め/目 = 緜
* - ゐ/幺 + へ/⺩ + は/辶 = 纛
* - せ/食 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鯀
* - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + こ/子 = 絳
* - ゐ/幺 + 龸 + ゑ/訁 = 綬
* - ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 + そ/馬 = 緲
* - ら/月 + け/犬 + ゐ/幺 = 縢
* - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ろ/十 = 繚
* - む/車 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 辮

#### Compounds of 乃

* - の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 秀
** - い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 綉
** - え/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 誘
** - ひ/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 透
** - 心 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 莠
** - か/金 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 銹
* - ゐ/幺 + て/扌 = 携
* - な/亻 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 仍
* - こ/子 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 孕
* - き/木 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 朶
** - み/耳 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 躱
* - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ⺼ = 盈

#### Compounds of 及

* - て/扌 + ゐ/幺 = 扱
* - れ/口 + ゐ/幺 = 吸
* - い/糹/#2 + ゐ/幺 = 級
* - や/疒 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 岌
* - に/氵 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 汲
* - ち/竹 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 笈

#### Compounds of 亥

* - き/木 + ゐ/幺 = 核
* - ゑ/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 該
* - か/金 + ゐ/幺 = 骸
* - ゐ/幺 + ね/示 = 刻
* - ゐ/幺 + ぬ/力 = 劾
* - つ/土 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 垓
* - こ/子 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 孩
* - そ/馬 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 駭
* - れ/口 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 咳

#### Compounds of 幼

* - て/扌 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 拗
* - う/宀/#3 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 窈
* - し/巿 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 黝

#### Compounds of 幺

* - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 幽
* - ゆ/彳 + ゐ/幺 = 後
* - に/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 滋
* - 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 玄
** - や/疒 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 痃
** - め/目 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 眩
** - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 絃
** - ふ/女 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 舷
** - ゆ/彳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 衒
** - か/金 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鉉
* - 囗 + ゐ/幺 = 畿
* - ま/石 + ゐ/幺 = 磁
* - 日 + ゐ/幺 = 楽
** - く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 薬
*** - く/艹 + く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 藥
** - 日 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 樂
*** - て/扌 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 擽
*** - 火 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 爍
*** - ま/石 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 礫
*** - む/車 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 轢
*** - か/金 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 鑠
** - 心 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 檪
* - み/耳 + ゐ/幺 = 蹊
* - ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 幾
** - え/訁 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 譏
** - せ/食 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 饑
* - ゐ/幺 + 心 = 慈
* - ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 郷
** - ゐ/幺 + ま/石 = 響
** - せ/食 + ゐ/幺 = 饗
** - 囗 + ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 嚮
* - ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 渓
** - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 溪
* - ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鶏
** - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鷄
* - お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顕
** - お/頁 + お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顯
* - く/艹 + ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 茲
* - こ/子 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 孳
* - み/耳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 聨
* - み/耳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 聯
* - ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ + selector 1 = 谿
* - せ/食 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 酳
* - ゐ/幺 + 心 + ま/石 = 麼

#### Compounds of 左

* - 仁/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 佐

#### Other compounds

* - つ/土 + ゐ/幺 = 報
* - ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 服
** - ち/竹 + ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 箙
* - そ/馬 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 羲