⠒

⠒ U+2812, ⠒ BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-25 ← ⠑ [U+2811] Braille Patterns ⠓ → [U+2813]

Translingual

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

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. (IPA Braille) ː (gemination or vowel length)

Non-Latin transliteration

1. (Arabic Braille) the sukun, ـْ (no vowel)
2. (Bharati Braille) ञ (ña)
3. (Thai Braille) The vowel ◌ู (long u)
4. (Cantonese Braille) The rime oeng

Numeral

⠒

1. (Ethiopic Braille, in the context of the number signs ⠁...⠆) The Ethiopic digit ፴ 3, ⠁⠒⠆.

   (Ethiopic also retains the international use as the colon, ፦.)

Symbol

⠒

1. (music) minor seventh.

See also

Braille script navigation

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠒⟩:    ⡒   ⢒   ⣒

English

Punctuation mark

⠒ (:)

1. : (colon)

Letter

⠒ (cc)

1. Renders the print sequence -cc-.

Usage notes

• Can only appear within a word where it does not contact an apostrophe or hyphen; at the end of a word it would be confused with a colon. Cannot span the elements of a compound word or an obvious affix, but acceptable in words like accept where the affix is obscure.

Prefix

⠒

1. con-

Usage notes

Does not need to be an etymological prefix, but does need to be a full syllable at the beginning of a word, including in a compound word after a hyphen, or after a prefixed preposition by, to or into.

Symbol

⠒

1. Starts or stops formatting within a word

See also

• ⠤, ⠠⠄, ⠒⠒⠒

French

Punctuation mark

⠒ (:)

1. The colon, ⟨:⟩.

Symbol

⠒

1. (in the context of the Antoine number sign ⟨⠠⟩) The division sign, ⟨÷⟩.

Contraction

⠒

1. The letter sequence cr [+V].
2. The letter sequence con [+C].

Usage notes

• The sequences cr and con may appear anywhere in their word, as long as they are followed by at least one vowel or consonant letter, respectively.

Korean

Letter

⠒ • (-n)

1. Syllable-final ㄴ (n).

Coordinate terms

• Syllable-initial ⠉.

Luxembourgish

Punctuation mark

⠒ (:)

1. The colon.

Mandarin

Letter

⠒

1. (Mainland Braille) The rime wen/-un
2. (Taiwan Braille) The rime wo/-uo
3. (Two-Cell Braille) The onset y-

Braille script navigation

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠒⟩:    ⡒   ⢒   ⣒