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⠢ U+2822, ⠢ BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-26 ← ⠡ [U+2821] Braille Patterns ⠣ → [U+2823]

Translingual

A character of the braille script, originally used as a question mark. Some alphabets use it for a variant of e because it is a lowered version of the braille letter ⠑ e.

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. (Igbo, Yoruba Braille) ẹ
2. (Vietnamese Braille) tone ◌̉
3. (IPA Braille) ə

Non-Latin transliteration

1. (Arabic Braille) ـِ (i)
2. (Ethiopic Braille) -ä
3. (Bharati Braille) ऎ and ◌ॆ (e) [apart from Bengali and Odia Braille]
4. (Bengali, Odia Braille) য়/ୟ ẏ
5. (Thai Braille) The vowel ◌ื (long eu)
6. (Cantonese Braille) The rime ap

Numeral

⠢

1. (Ethiopic Braille, in the context of the number signs ⠁...⠆) The Ethiopic digit ፮ 6, ⠁⠢⠆.

Punctuation mark

⠢

1. (German Braille) ? (question mark) [as in French Braille]
2. (Greek Braille) ; (question mark)

See also

Braille script navigation

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠢⟩:    ⡢   ⢢   ⣢

English

Letter

⠢ (en)

1. Renders the print sequence en.
   • 2007, High School Musical 2, 00:50:38:

     [Both the Latin script and the Braille text are written on a plaque.]
     MEN'S LOCKER ROOM
     Members's Only
     ⠍⠢⠄⠎⠀⠇⠕⠉⠅⠻⠀⠗⠕⠕⠍ (men's locker room)

Contraction

⠢

1. enough

Usage notes

• This is used for the independent word enough. It is not used otherwise for the letter sequence.
• Because this cell does not have dots in the top row, it is not used for enough where it would contact a punctuation mark, such as at the end of a sentence or in hyphenated words.

French

Punctuation mark

⠢ (?)

1. The question mark, ⟨?⟩.

Symbol

⠢

1. Marks the beginning of emphasis—whether italics, bold or underlining in print—within a word.
2. (in the context of the Antoine number sign ⟨⠠⟩) Marks a subscript glyph.

Contraction

⠢ (en)

1. The letter sequence en, including the independent word en.

Usage notes

• The sequence en may appear anywhere in its word.

Korean

Letter

⠢ • (-m)

1. Syllable-final ㅁ (m)

Coordinate terms

• Syllable-initial ⠑.

Symbol

⠢ • (+)

1. The plus sign +.

Luxembourgish

Punctuation mark

⠢ (?)

1. The question mark.

Mandarin

Letter

⠢

1. (Mainland Braille) The rime e/o
2. (Taiwan Braille) The rime ê
3. (Two-Cell Braille) The onset w-

Braille script navigation

• Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠢⟩:    ⡢   ⢢   ⣢