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U+2836, ⠶
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2356

[U+2835]
Braille Patterns
[U+2837]

Translingual

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A character of the braille script, originally used as parentheses. Some alphabets use it for a variant of g because it is a lowered version of the braille letter g.

Etymology

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Punctuation mark

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  1. (German Braille) parenthesis, ( or ).

Letter

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Non-Latin transliteration
  1. (Tibetan Braille) (nga)
  2. (Thai Braille) tone ◌๊ (3)
  3. (Cantonese Braille) The rime eng

Symbol

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  1. (music) repeat sign, 𝄇

See also

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English

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Punctuation mark

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( )

  1. ( (opening parenthesis)
  2. ( (closing parenthesis)

Usage notes

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The two senses are distinguished by spacing: if there is space before, it is the opening parenthesis; if a space after, the closing one.

Abolished in Unified English Braille.

Synonyms

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⠐⠣, ⠐⠜ (opening and closing parentheses)
,

Derived terms

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⠠⠶, ⠶⠄ (opening and closing brackets)
⠰⠶, ⠶⠆ (opening and closing braces)

Letter

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(gg)

  1. Renders the print sequence -gg-.

Usage notes

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Can only appear within a word where it does not contact an apostrophe or hyphen, as it would in egg-plant; at the beginning or end of a word it would be confused with parentheses. Cannot span the elements of a compound word.

Contraction

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  1. were

Usage notes

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  • This is used for the independent word were and where the word were is set off with an apostrophe or hyphen. It is not used otherwise for the letter sequence w-e-r-e.
  • Because this cell does not have dots in the top row, its use for were could be confused with punctuation and therefore it is not used where it would contact a punctuation mark, such as at the end of a sentence but also in hyphenated words.

French

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Punctuation mark

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(« »)

  1. The quotation marks, either « or ».

Symbol

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  1. (in the context of the Antoine number sign or of the number sign ) The equal sign, =.

Contraction

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  1. The independent word été.
  2. The letter sequence -gn-.

Usage notes

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  • The sequence -gn- must appear between other letters.

Korean

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Letter

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(-ng)

  1. Syllable-final .

Coordinate terms

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  • Syllable-initial is reserved.

Mandarin

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Letter

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  1. (Mainland Braille) The rime wang/-uang
  2. (Taiwan Braille) The rime wai/-uai
  3. (Two-Cell Braille) The onset pi-