title: Braille pattern dots-23
text: # Braille pattern dots-23
  
  6-dot braille cells :
  
  The Braille pattern dots-23 ( ⠆ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the two middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2806, and in Braille ASCII with the number "2".
  
  Character information :
  
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  | Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex |
  | Unicode | 10246 | U+2806 |
  | UTF-8 | 226 160 134 | E2 A0 86 |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10246; | &#x2806; |
  | Braille ASCII | 50 | 32 |
  
  ## Unified Braille
  
  In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-23 is used to represent a voiced bilabial consonant, such as /b/ or /ɓ/ when multiple letters correspond to these values, and is otherwise assigned as punctuation or accent mark, as needed.
  
  ### Table of unified braille values
  
  | French Braille | ; (semicolon), br, ui |
  | - | - |
  | English Braille | ; (semicolon), -bb- |
  | English Contraction | be, be- |
  | German Braille | be |
  | Bharati Braille | ; (semicolon) |
  | Russian Braille | ; (semicolon) |
  | Slovak Braille | ; (semicolon) |
  | Arabic Braille | ـً (fathatan) |
  | Thai Braille | ี ī |
  
  ## Other braille
  
  | Japanese Braille | wi / ゐ / ヰ |
  | - | - |
  | Korean Braille | -ch / ㅊ |
  | Mainland Chinese Braille | tone 4 |
  | Taiwanese Braille | , (comma) |
  | Nemeth Braille | 2 |
  
  ## Plus dots 7 and 8
  
  Related to Braille pattern dots-23 are Braille patterns 237, 238, and 2378, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.
  
  Character information :
  
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  | Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-237 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-238 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2378 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
  | Unicode | 10310 | U+2846 | 10374 | U+2886 | 10438 | U+28C6 |
  | UTF-8 | 226 161 134 | E2 A1 86 | 226 162 134 | E2 A2 86 | 226 163 134 | E2 A3 86 |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10310; | &#x2846; | &#10374; | &#x2886; | &#10438; | &#x28C6; |
  | | dots 237 | dots 238 | dots 2378 |
  | Gardner Salinas Braille | end array line | ( (open parenthesis) | open complex radicand |
  
  ## Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
  
  In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 37, 137, 347, and 1347 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-23, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 023, 237, and 0237 are placed above the base 6-dot cell, instead of below, as in standard 8-dot braille.
  
  Character information :
  
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  | Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-37 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-37 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-137 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1347 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
  | Unicode | 10308 | U+2844 | 10309 | U+2845 | 10316 | U+284C | 10317 | U+284D |
  | UTF-8 | 226 161 132 | E2 A1 84 | 226 161 133 | E2 A1 85 | 226 161 140 | E2 A1 8C | 226 161 141 | E2 A1 8D |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10308; | &#x2844; | &#10309; | &#x2845; | &#10316; | &#x284C; | &#10317; | &#x284D; |
  
  ### Kantenji using braille patterns 37, 137, 347, or 1347
  
  This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-23 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
  
  * - 系
  
  **Variants and thematic compounds**
  
  * - selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 乃
  * - selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 及
  * - selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 亥
  * - ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 幼
  * - ゐ/幺 + selector 3 = 幺
  * - ゐ/幺 + selector 4 = 幻
  * - 比 + ゐ/幺 = 左
  
  **Compounds of 系**
  
  * - な/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 係
  * - こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 孫
     * - ひ/辶 + こ/子 + ゐ/幺 = 遜
  * - 氷/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 潔
  * - へ/⺩ + ゐ/幺 = 素
  * - ろ/十 + ゐ/幺 = 索
  * - た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 累
     * - や/疒 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 瘰
     * - い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 縲
     * - む/車 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 螺
     * - そ/馬 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 騾
  * - は/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 繁
  * - む/車 + ゐ/幺 = 繋
  * - ち/竹 + ゐ/幺 = 纂
  * - ゐ/幺 + こ/子 = 紅
  * - ゐ/幺 + 龸 = 紋
  * - ゐ/幺 + 仁/亻 = 納
  * - ゐ/幺 + ひ/辶 = 紐
  * - ゐ/幺 + る/忄 = 紺
  * - ゐ/幺 + れ/口 = 結
  * - ゐ/幺 + し/巿 = 絶
  * - ゐ/幺 + ゆ/彳 = 網
  * - ゐ/幺 + ゑ/訁 = 綴
  * - ゐ/幺 + め/目 = 綿
  * - ゐ/幺 + す/発 = 緊
  * - ゐ/幺 + 火 = 緋
  * - ゐ/幺 + 日 = 緒
  * - ゐ/幺 + い/糹/#2 = 緯
  * - ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 縁
     * - 心 + ゐ/幺 + そ/馬 = 櫞
  * - ゐ/幺 + ら/月 = 縋
  * - ゐ/幺 + え/訁 = 縞
  * - ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 = 縫
  * - ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ = 繹
  * - ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纏
     * - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + よ/广 = 纒
  * - め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 県
     * - め/目 + め/目 + ゐ/幺 = 縣
  * - ゆ/彳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 徽
  * - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + め/目 = 緜
  * - ゐ/幺 + へ/⺩ + は/辶 = 纛
  * - せ/食 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鯀
  * - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + こ/子 = 絳
  * - ゐ/幺 + 龸 + ゑ/訁 = 綬
  * - ゐ/幺 + ほ/方 + そ/馬 = 緲
  * - ら/月 + け/犬 + ゐ/幺 = 縢
  * - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ろ/十 = 繚
  * - む/車 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 辮
  
  **Compounds of 乃**
  
  * - の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 秀
     * - い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 綉
     * - え/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 誘
     * - ひ/辶 + ゐ/幺 = 透
     * - 心 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 莠
     * - か/金 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 銹
  * - ゐ/幺 + て/扌 = 携
  * - な/亻 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 仍
  * - こ/子 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 孕
  * - き/木 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 朶
     * - み/耳 + selector 1 + ゐ/幺 = 躱
  * - ゐ/幺 + 宿 + ⺼ = 盈
  
  **Compounds of 及**
  
  * - て/扌 + ゐ/幺 = 扱
  * - れ/口 + ゐ/幺 = 吸
  * - い/糹/#2 + ゐ/幺 = 級
  * - や/疒 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 岌
  * - に/氵 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 汲
  * - ち/竹 + selector 4 + ゐ/幺 = 笈
  
  **Compounds of 亥**
  
  * - き/木 + ゐ/幺 = 核
  * - ゑ/訁 + ゐ/幺 = 該
  * - か/金 + ゐ/幺 = 骸
  * - ゐ/幺 + ね/示 = 刻
  * - ゐ/幺 + ぬ/力 = 劾
  * - つ/土 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 垓
  * - こ/子 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 孩
  * - そ/馬 + selector 5 + ゐ/幺 = 駭
  * - れ/口 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 咳
  
  **Compounds of 幼**
  
  * - て/扌 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 拗
  * - う/宀/#3 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 窈
  * - し/巿 + ゐ/幺 + selector 1 = 黝
  
  **Compounds of 幺**
  
  * - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 幽
  * - ゆ/彳 + ゐ/幺 = 後
  * - に/氵 + ゐ/幺 = 滋
  * - 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 玄
     * - や/疒 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 痃
     * - め/目 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 眩
     * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 絃
     * - ふ/女 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 舷
     * - ゆ/彳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 衒
     * - か/金 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 鉉
  * - 囗 + ゐ/幺 = 畿
  * - ま/石 + ゐ/幺 = 磁
  * - 日 + ゐ/幺 = 楽
     * - く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 薬
        * - く/艹 + く/艹 + ゐ/幺 = 藥
     * - 日 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 樂
        * - て/扌 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 擽
        * - 火 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 爍
        * - ま/石 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 礫
        * - む/車 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 轢
        * - か/金 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 鑠
     * - 心 + 日 + ゐ/幺 = 檪
  * - み/耳 + ゐ/幺 = 蹊
  * - ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 幾
     * - え/訁 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 譏
     * - せ/食 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 饑
  * - ゐ/幺 + 心 = 慈
  * - ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 郷
     * - ゐ/幺 + ま/石 = 響
     * - せ/食 + ゐ/幺 = 饗
     * - 囗 + ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 嚮
  * - ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 渓
     * - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + に/氵 = 溪
  * - ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鶏
     * - ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 + せ/食 = 鷄
  * - お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顕
     * - お/頁 + お/頁 + ゐ/幺 = 顯
  * - く/艹 + ゐ/幺 + ゐ/幺 = 茲
  * - こ/子 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 孳
  * - み/耳 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 聨
  * - み/耳 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 聯
  * - ゐ/幺 + た/⽥ + selector 1 = 谿
  * - せ/食 + 宿 + ゐ/幺 = 酳
  * - ゐ/幺 + 心 + ま/石 = 麼
  
  **Compounds of 左**
  
  * - 仁/亻 + ゐ/幺 = 佐
  
  **Other compounds**
  
  * - つ/土 + ゐ/幺 = 報
  * - ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 服
     * - ち/竹 + ら/月 + ゐ/幺 = 箙
  * - そ/馬 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 羲
  