Braille pattern dots-56


The Braille pattern dots-56 is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2830, and in Braille ASCII with a semicolon: ;.

Unified Braille

In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-56 is used as a punctuation or formatting sign, or otherwise as needed.

Table of unified braille values

French Brailleuncontracted value sign, or
English Braillefinal letter abbreviation
German Braille-ach
Bharati Braille / ன
IPA Braillenational orthography format sign
Slovak Braillelower case mark
Arabic Braille;
Persian Braillemathematical symbol sign
Thai Braillenot an independent sign

Other braille

Japanese Braille、
Korean Braillech- / ㅊ
Mainland Chinese Braille;
Taiwanese Braille;
Two-Cell Chinese Brailleforeign script mark
Nemeth Braillesubscript, letter mark

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-56 are Braille patterns 567, 568, and 5678, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
dots 567dots 568dots 5678
Gardner Salinas Brailleclose complex radicand

Related 8-dot [kantenji] patterns

In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 68, 168, 468, and 1468 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-56, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 056, 567, and 0567 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.

Kantenji using braille patterns 68, 168, 468, or 1468

This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-56 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
The kantenji is used in indicating most of the common number kanji, as well as the classical heavenly stem ordinals.
  • - 数

Variants and thematic compounds

  • - selector 4 + 数 = 勿
  • - 比 + 数 = 右

Compounds of 勿

  • - れ/口 + 数 = 吻
  • - 数 + 心 = 忽
  • - 日 + 数 = 易
  • * - 仁/亻 + 数 = 傷
  • * - つ/土 + 数 = 場
  • ** - つ/土 + つ/土 + 数 = 塲
  • * - て/扌 + 数 = 揚
  • * - し/巿 + 数 = 暢
  • * - に/氵 + 数 = 湯
  • ** - ⺼ + に/氵 + 数 = 盪
  • ** - く/艹 + に/氵 + 数 = 蕩
  • * - や/疒 + 数 = 瘍
  • * - ⺼ + 数 = 腸
  • ** - ⺼ + ⺼ + 数 = 膓
  • * - 囗 + 数 = 觴
  • * - を/貝 + 数 = 賜
  • * - か/金 + 数 = 錫
  • * - さ/阝 + 数 = 陽
  • * - ぬ/力 + 日 + 数 = 剔
  • * - む/車 + 日 + 数 = 蜴
  • * - ね/示 + 日 + 数 = 裼
  • * - せ/食 + 日 + 数 = 鯣
  • * - る/忄 + 宿 + 数 = 慯
  • * - 日 + 宿 + 数 = 暘
  • * - 心 + 宿 + 数 = 楊
  • * - ほ/方 + 宿 + 数 = 殤
  • * - 火 + 宿 + 数 = 煬
  • * - む/車 + 宿 + 数 = 蝪
  • - そ/馬 + 数 = 物
  • - の/禾 + 数 = 黎
  • - ぬ/力 + selector 4 + 数 = 刎
  • - 日 + selector 4 + 数 = 昜
  • - ち/竹 + selector 4 + 数 = 笏

Compounds of 右

  • - く/艹 + 数 = 若
  • * - も/門 + 数 = 匿
  • ** - る/忄 + も/門 + 数 = 慝
  • * - え/訁 + 数 = 諾
  • * - る/忄 + く/艹 + 数 = 惹
  • - ね/示 + 数 = 祐
  • - な/亻 + 比 + 数 = 佑
  • - せ/食 + 比 + 数 = 醢

Compounds of numbers

  • - 数 + #1 = 一
  • * - ふ/女 + 数 + selector 1 = 丕
  • - 数 + #2 = 二
  • - 数 + #3 = 三
  • - 数 + #4 = 四
  • * - に/氵 + 数 + る/忄 = 泗
  • * - そ/馬 + 数 + る/忄 = 駟
  • - 数 + #5 = 五
  • * - な/亻 + 数 + ら/月 = 伍
  • - 数 + #6 = 六
  • * - う/宀/#3 + 数 + え/訁 = 宍
  • - 数 + #7 = 七
  • - 数 + #8 = 八
  • * - れ/口 + 数 + り/分 = 叭
  • * - か/金 + 数 + り/分 = 釟
  • - 数 + #9 = 九
  • * - と/戸 + 数 = 尻
  • * - 日 + 数 + お/頁 = 旭
  • * - ひ/辶 + 数 + お/頁 = 馗
  • - 数 + め/目 = 百
  • * - な/亻 + 数 + め/目 = 佰
  • * - ゆ/彳 + 数 + め/目 = 弼
  • * - 心 + 数 + め/目 = 栢
  • * - か/金 + 数 + め/目 = 瓸
  • * - ま/石 + 数 + め/目 = 竡
  • * - の/禾 + 数 + め/目 = 粨
  • * - そ/馬 + 数 + め/目 = 貊
  • * - さ/阝 + 数 + め/目 = 陌
  • - 数 + せ/食 = 千
  • * - な/亻 + 数 + せ/食 = 仟
  • * - ぬ/力 + 数 + せ/食 = 刋
  • * - ま/石 + 数 + せ/食 = 竏
  • * - さ/阝 + 数 + せ/食 = 阡
  • - 数 + ま/石 = 万
  • * - 数 + 数 + ま/石 = 萬
  • ** - の/禾 + 数 + ま/石 = 糲
  • ** - や/疒 + 数 + ま/石 = 癘
  • * - む/車 + 数 + ま/石 = 蛎
  • * - 心 + 数 + ま/石 = 栃
  • * - ま/石 + 数 + ま/石 = 砺
  • * - き/木 + 数 + る/忄 = 楞
  • * - 心 + 龸 + 数 = 杤
  • - 数 + 宿 = 兆
  • * - な/亻 + 数 + 宿 = 佻
  • * - て/扌 + 数 + 宿 = 挑
  • * - 日 + 数 + 宿 = 晁
  • * - う/宀/#3 + 数 + 宿 = 窕
  • * - か/金 + 数 + 宿 = 銚
  • - 数 + な/亻 = 億
  • - 数 + と/戸 = 廿
  • - 数 + よ/广 = 丗
  • * - 数 + 数 + よ/广 = 卅

Compounds of [heavenly stem]s

  • - 数 + こ/子 = 甲
  • * - も/門 + 数 + こ/子 = 匣
  • * - れ/口 + 数 + こ/子 = 呷
  • * - け/犬 + 数 + こ/子 = 狎
  • * - ⺼ + 数 + こ/子 = 胛
  • - 数 + を/貝 = 乙
  • * - や/疒 + 数 + を/貝 = 乢
  • * - て/扌 + 数 + を/貝 = 扎
  • - 数 + へ/⺩ = 丙
  • * - 火 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 炳
  • * - さ/阝 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 陋
  • * - と/戸 + 数 + へ/⺩ = 鞆
  • - 数 + て/扌 = 丁
  • * - れ/口 + 数 + て/扌 = 叮
  • * - に/氵 + 数 + て/扌 = 汀
  • * - た/⽥ + 数 + て/扌 = 甼
  • * - や/疒 + 数 + て/扌 = 疔
  • * - ま/石 + 数 + て/扌 = 竚
  • * - い/糹/#2 + 数 + て/扌 = 紵
  • * - 心 + 数 + て/扌 = 苧
  • * - せ/食 + 数 + て/扌 = 酊
  • - 数 + ひ/辶 = 戊
  • - 数 + き/木 = 己
  • * - 心 + 数 + き/木 = 杞
  • - 数 + の/禾 = 庚
  • - 数 + に/氵 = 壬
  • * - ふ/女 + 数 + に/氵 = 婬
  • * - ね/示 + 数 + に/氵 = 衽
  • - 数 + す/発 = 癸
  • * - て/扌 + 数 + す/発 = 揆

Other compounds

  • - 数 + ち/竹 = 父
  • - 数 + し/巿 = 寸
  • - き/木 + 数 = 束
  • * - ぬ/力 + 数 = 勅
  • ** - ぬ/力 + ぬ/力 + 数 = 敕
  • * - ん/止 + 数 = 整
  • * - 氷/氵 + 数 = 瀬
  • * - よ/广 + 数 = 疎
  • * - ま/石 + 数 = 辣
  • * - ひ/辶 + 数 = 速
  • * - お/頁 + 数 = 頼
  • * - る/忄 + き/木 + 数 = 悚
  • * - selector 1 + き/木 + 数 = 朿
  • ** - ち/竹 + 数 = 策
  • ** - き/木 + き/木 + 数 = 棗
  • ** - 心 + き/木 + 数 = 棘
  • * - ま/石 + き/木 + 数 = 竦
  • * - み/耳 + き/木 + 数 = 踈
  • * - 心 + 数 + 数 = 蕀
  • * - ふ/女 + お/頁 + 数 = 嬾
  • * - る/忄 + お/頁 + 数 = 懶
  • * - け/犬 + お/頁 + 数 = 獺
  • * - や/疒 + お/頁 + 数 = 癩
  • * - ち/竹 + お/頁 + 数 = 籟
  • * - 心 + お/頁 + 数 = 藾
  • - ゑ/訁 + 数 = 讐
  • - そ/馬 + 数 + り/分 = 尓
  • - 数 + う/宀/#3 + 龸 = 卍
  • - く/艹 + 宿 + 数 = 薮
  • - ゑ/訁 + 宿 + 数 = 讎
  • - 数 + 数 + 数 = 數
  • - う/宀/#3 + 宿 + 数 = 窶
  • - ち/竹 + 宿 + 数 = 籔
  • - く/艹 + 龸 + 数 = 藪
  • - 数 + か/金 + ら/月 = 髏