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U+2830, ⠰
BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-56

[U+282F]
Braille Patterns
[U+2831]

Translingual

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Etymology

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Symbol

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  1. (Czech Braille) The marker for ALL CAPS
  2. (Persian Braille) A prefix for mathematical symbols
  3. (IPA Braille) Marks national orthography (once for one letter, doubled for a passage, until ended with ⟨⠰⠆⟩.)
  4. (music) 6th octave.

Punctuation mark

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  1. (Arabic Braille) semicolon

Letter

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  1. (Vietnamese Braille) tone ◌̀
Non-Latin transliteration
  1. (Bharati Braille) the anusvara, ◌ं ()
  2. (Tamil, Malayalam Braille) / (ṉa)
  3. (Cantonese Braille) The rime ong

See also

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English

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Prefix

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  1. marks a cell as having its letter value.
    Used when a cell would otherwise be read as a digit or word. For example, ⠼⠙⠁ is 4a rather than 41, and ⠃ is the letter b itself rather than the word be.
  2. (Unified English Braille) marks a cell as having its Grade-1 (uncontracted) value.
    Used when a cell would otherwise be read as a sequence or contraction. For example, ⠃ is the letter b itself rather than the word be (as above); ⠳ clarifies that the ⠳ is an arrow icon rather than the sequence ou.
  3. marks a cell as being a non-Latin word or a foreign punctuation mark.

Usage notes

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  • The letter sign is mostly only used for the letters 'a' to 'j', which double as digits. However, when a unit of measure follows a number without an intervening space, the letter sign is used regardless. E.g. '5ml' is ⠼⠑⠍⠇.
  • The foreign-word use may be doubled to ⠰⠰ for extended text.

Prefix

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  1. Marks various letter sequences that are common at the ends of words:
    ⠰⠛ -ong, ⠰⠇ -ful, ⠰⠞ -ment, ⠰⠑ -ence, ⠰⠎ -ness, ⠰⠝ -tion, ⠰⠽ -ity

Usage notes

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  • These sequences can occur in the middle or end of a word, but not at the beginning (e.g. not for mental). It need not be a morpheme, and may cross syllables.
  • -ness is used for the suffix -ess after n, though not after en or in, which are contracted instead: e.g. it is used in baroness and lioness but not in chieftainess.
  • The suffix -full is not spelled with ⠰⠇ ful in order to preserve the parallel with the independent word full. However, the suffixes -ful and -fully are spelled with ⠰⠇ ful.
  • In the United States, -ation is spelled ⠠⠝.

French

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Prefix

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  1. marks a cell as having its basic/uncontracted value.

Contraction

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(or)

  1. The letter sequence or.

Usage notes

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  • The sequence or may appear anywhere in its word, as long as it is preceded by at least one letter.

Korean

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Letter

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(ch-)

  1. Syllable-intial (ch)

Coordinate terms

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  • Syllable-final .

Mandarin

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Symbol

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  1. (Two-Cell Braille) Marks foreign script

Punctuation mark

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  1. (Mainland Braille) semicolon