title: Braille pattern dots-2356
text: # Braille pattern dots-2356
  
  6-dot braille cells :
  
  The Braille pattern dots-2356 ( ⠶ ) is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle and both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle and both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2836, and in Braille ASCII with the number 7.
  
  Character information :
  
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  | Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2356 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-2356 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex |
  | Unicode | 10294 | U+2836 |
  | UTF-8 | 226 160 182 | E2 A0 B6 |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10294; | &#x2836; |
  | Braille ASCII | 55 | 37 |
  
  ## Unified Braille
  
  In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-2356 is used for punctuation, or otherwise as needed.
  
  ### Table of unified braille values
  
  | French Braille | " (quote mark), math) = (equal sign), -gn-, "été" |
  | - | - |
  | English Braille | (, ) (parentheses), -gg- |
  | English Contraction | were |
  | German Braille | eh |
  | Bharati Braille | [, |
  
  (brackets)
  
  |- ! align=left| IPA Braille | square diacritic sign |- ! align=left| Russian Braille | (, ) (parentheses) |- ! align=left| Slovak Braille | " (quote mark) |- ! align=left| Arabic Braille | [, |} (brackets) |-
  
  |- ! align=left| Thai Braille | ๊ (tone 3) |-
  
  ## Other braille
  
  | Japanese Braille | (, ) (parentheses) |
  | - | - |
  | Korean Braille | -ng / ㅇ |
  | Mainland Chinese Braille | wang, -uang |
  | Taiwanese Braille | wai, -uai / ㄨㄞ |
  | Two-Cell Chinese Braille | pi- |
  | Nemeth Braille | 7 |
  | Gardner Salinas Braille | ? (question mark) |
  
  ## Plus dots 7 and 8
  
  Related to Braille pattern dots-2356 are Braille patterns 23567, 23568, and 235678, 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-23567 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23567 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23568 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23568 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-235678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-235678 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
  | Unicode | 10358 | U+2876 | 10422 | U+28B6 | 10486 | U+28F6 |
  | UTF-8 | 226 161 182 | E2 A1 B6 | 226 162 182 | E2 A2 B6 | 226 163 182 | E2 A3 B6 |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10358; | &#x2876; | &#10422; | &#x28B6; | &#10486; | &#x28F6; |
  | | dots 23567 | dots 23568 | dots 235678 |
  | Gardner Salinas Braille | ~ | ≈ (approximately equal) | = (equal sign) |
  
  ## Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
  
  In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 3678, 13678, 34678, and 134678 are the patterns related to Braille pattern dots-2356, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 02356, 23567, and 023567 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-3678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-3678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-13678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-34678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134678 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-134678 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
  | Unicode | 10468 | U+28E4 | 10469 | U+28E5 | 10476 | U+28EC | 10477 | U+28ED |
  | UTF-8 | 226 163 164 | E2 A3 A4 | 226 163 165 | E2 A3 A5 | 226 163 172 | E2 A3 AC | 226 163 173 | E2 A3 AD |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10468; | &#x28E4; | &#10469; | &#x28E5; | &#10476; | &#x28EC; | &#10477; | &#x28ED; |
  
  ### Kantenji using braille patterns 3678, 13678, 34678, or 134678
  
  This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-2356 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
  
  * - 囲
  
  **Variants and thematic compounds**
  
  * - selector 1 + 囗 = 伐
  * - selector 2 + 囗 = 戎
  * - selector 3 + 囗 = 弋
  * - selector 4 + 囗 = 戈
  * - selector 5 + 囗 = 冂
  * - selector 6 + 囗 = 亶
  * - 囗 + selector 1 = 我
  * - 囗 + selector 2 = 式
  * - 囗 + selector 3 = 用
  * - 囗 + selector 4 = 或
  * - 囗 + selector 5 = 戔
  * - 囗 + selector 6 = 角
  * - 比 + 囗 = 凹
  
  **Compounds of 囲 and 囗**
  
  * - 囗 + な/亻 = 囚
     * - に/氵 + 囗 + な/亻 = 泅
  * - 囗 + れ/口 = 回
     * - 囗 + 囗 + れ/口 = 囘
     * - な/亻 + 囗 + れ/口 = 嗇
        * - へ/⺩ + 囗 = 牆
        * - つ/土 + 囗 + れ/口 = 墻
        * - き/木 + 囗 + れ/口 = 檣
        * - ふ/女 + 囗 + れ/口 = 艢
        * - 心 + 囗 + れ/口 = 薔
     * - ゆ/彳 + 囗 + れ/口 = 徊
     * - て/扌 + 囗 + れ/口 = 擅
     * - ね/示 + 囗 + れ/口 = 禀
     * - の/禾 + 囗 + れ/口 = 稟
        * - る/忄 + 囗 + れ/口 = 懍
        * - よ/广 + 囗 + れ/口 = 廩
     * - く/艹 + 囗 + れ/口 = 茴
     * - む/車 + 囗 + れ/口 = 蛔
     * - ひ/辶 + 囗 + れ/口 = 迴
     * - お/頁 + 囗 + れ/口 = 顫
  * - 囗 + け/犬 = 因
     * - れ/口 + 囗 + け/犬 = 咽
     * - も/門 + 囗 + け/犬 = 氤
     * - 火 + 囗 + け/犬 = 烟
     * - く/艹 + 囗 + け/犬 = 茵
  * - 囗 + て/扌 = 団
     * - 囗 + 囗 + て/扌 = 團
  * - 囗 + ほ/方 = 囮
  * - 囗 + き/木 = 困
     * - る/忄 + 囗 + き/木 = 悃
     * - き/木 + 囗 + き/木 = 梱
  * - 囗 + 龸 = 図
     * - 囗 + 囗 + 龸 = 圖
  * - 囗 + ろ/十 = 固
     * - な/亻 + 囗 = 個
     * - 氷/氵 + 囗 + ろ/十 = 凅
     * - に/氵 + 囗 + ろ/十 = 涸
     * - や/疒 + 囗 + ろ/十 = 痼
     * - か/金 + 囗 + ろ/十 = 錮
  * - 囗 + へ/⺩ = 国
     * - 囗 + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 國
        * - し/巿 + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 幗
        * - ⺼ + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 膕
     * - て/扌 + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 掴
     * - き/木 + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 椢
  * - 囗 + さ/阝 = 圏
     * - 囗 + 囗 + さ/阝 = 圈
  * - 囗 + え/訁 = 園
     * - く/艹 + 囗 + え/訁 = 薗
  * - く/艹 + 囗 = 菌
  * - selector 1 + 囗 + へ/⺩ = 囗
  * - 囗 + 仁/亻 + ろ/十 = 囹
  * - 囗 + ろ/十 + ら/月 = 囿
  * - 囗 + 龸 + ほ/方 = 圀
  * - 囗 + 宿 + ほ/方 = 圃
  * - 囗 + ら/月 + れ/口 = 圄
  * - 囗 + つ/土 + か/金 = 圉
  * - 囗 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 圍
  * - 囗 + 宿 + る/忄 = 圜
  * - に/氵 + 宿 + 囗 = 溷
  * - の/禾 + 宿 + 囗 = 穡
  * - ち/竹 + 龸 + 囗 = 箘
  * - さ/阝 + 宿 + 囗 = 鄙
  * - 囗 + そ/馬 + 比 = 麕
  
  **Compounds of 伐**
  
  * - ね/示 + 囗 = 袋
  * - を/貝 + 囗 = 貸
  * - も/門 + 囗 = 閥
  * - 仁/亻 + 囗 = 代
     * - つ/土 + 仁/亻 + 囗 = 垈
     * - や/疒 + 仁/亻 + 囗 = 岱
     * - へ/⺩ + 仁/亻 + 囗 = 玳
     * - し/巿 + 仁/亻 + 囗 = 黛
  * - ち/竹 + 宿 + 囗 = 筏
  
  **Compounds of 戎**
  
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + 囗 = 絨
  
  **Compounds of 弋**
  
  * - 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 弐
     * - selector 1 + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 弍
        * - 囗 + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 貳
           * - ⺼ + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 膩
  * - 囗 + ん/止 = 武
     * - 龸 + 囗 + ん/止 = 斌
        * - を/貝 + 囗 + ん/止 = 贇
     * - か/金 + 囗 + ん/止 = 錻
  * - ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 幾
     * - き/木 + 囗 = 機
     * - ま/石 + 囗 = 磯
     * - え/訁 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 譏
     * - せ/食 + ゐ/幺 + 囗 = 饑
  * - 囗 + ゐ/幺 = 畿
  * - き/木 + 龸 + 囗 = 杙
  * - 囗 + 龸 + せ/食 = 鵡
  
  **Compounds of 戈**
  
  * - と/戸 + 囗 = 戒
     * - え/訁 + と/戸 + 囗 = 誡
  * - れ/口 + 囗 = 戦
     * - れ/口 + れ/口 + 囗 = 戰
  * - す/発 + 囗 = 戯
     * - す/発 + す/発 + 囗 = 戲
  * - selector 4 + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 貮
  * - を/貝 + selector 4 + 囗 = 戝
  * - ろ/十 + selector 4 + 囗 = 戟
  * - む/車 + selector 4 + 囗 = 戮
  * - や/疒 + selector 4 + 囗 = 戳
  * - て/扌 + selector 4 + 囗 = 找
  * - お/頁 + 宿 + 囗 = 戛
  * - お/頁 + 龸 + 囗 = 戞
  * - も/門 + 宿 + 囗 = 戡
  
  **Compounds of 冂**
  
  * - ろ/十 + 囗 = 再
     * - selector 1 + ろ/十 + 囗 = 冉
        * - く/艹 + ろ/十 + 囗 = 苒
  * - た/⽥ + 囗 = 冑
  * - 囗 + 仁/亻 = 内
     * - れ/口 + 囗 + 仁/亻 = 吶
     * - ⺼ + 囗 + 仁/亻 = 肭
     * - む/車 + 囗 + 仁/亻 = 蚋
     * - ね/示 + 囗 + 仁/亻 = 衲
     * - え/訁 + 囗 + 仁/亻 = 訥
     * - と/戸 + 囗 + 仁/亻 = 靹
  * - 囗 + ね/示 = 剛
  * - 囗 + と/戸 = 同
     * - 囗 + り/分 = 興
        * - 火 + 囗 + り/分 = 爨
        * - せ/食 + 囗 + り/分 = 釁
     * - る/忄 + 囗 + と/戸 = 恫
     * - に/氵 + 囗 + と/戸 = 洞
     * - の/禾 + 囗 + と/戸 = 粡
  * - 囗 + こ/子 = 向
     * - せ/食 + 囗 + こ/子 = 餉
  * - 囗 + つ/土 = 周
     * - 囗 + う/宀/#3 = 彫
        * - ち/竹 + 囗 + う/宀/#3 = 簓
     * - 氷/氵 + 囗 + つ/土 = 凋
     * - る/忄 + 囗 + つ/土 = 惆
     * - の/禾 + 囗 + つ/土 = 稠
     * - い/糹/#2 + 囗 + つ/土 = 綢
     * - む/車 + 囗 + つ/土 = 蜩
  * - 囗 + の/禾 = 奥
     * - る/忄 + 囗 = 懊
     * - つ/土 + 囗 + の/禾 = 墺
     * - 囗 + 囗 + の/禾 = 奧
     * - に/氵 + 囗 + の/禾 = 澳
     * - 火 + 囗 + の/禾 = 燠
     * - ま/石 + 囗 + の/禾 = 礇
     * - も/門 + 囗 + の/禾 = 粤
     * - ね/示 + 囗 + の/禾 = 襖
  * - 囗 + ゆ/彳 = 岡
     * - や/疒 + 囗 + ゆ/彳 = 崗
     * - き/木 + 囗 + ゆ/彳 = 棡
     * - 囗 + 囗 + ゆ/彳 = 堽
  * - 囗 + め/目 = 爾
     * - ゆ/彳 + 囗 + め/目 = 彌
        * - 氷/氵 + 囗 + め/目 = 瀰
     * - に/氵 + 囗 + め/目 = 濔
     * - ね/示 + 囗 + め/目 = 禰
  * - 囗 + 宿 + え/訁 = 冏
     * - 火 + 囗 + れ/口 = 烱
  * - い/糹/#2 + 囗 + れ/口 = 絅
  * - ひ/辶 + 囗 + こ/子 = 迥
  * - 火 + 宿 + 囗 = 炯
  * - ひ/辶 + 宿 + 囗 = 邇
  * - 囗 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 雕
  
  **Compounds of 亶**
  
  * - 龸 + 囗 = 壇
  * - 心 + 龸 + 囗 = 檀
  * - 囗 + selector 4 + せ/食 = 氈
  * - そ/馬 + 龸 + 囗 = 羶
  
  **Compounds of 我**
  
  * - そ/馬 + 囗 = 義
     * - や/疒 + そ/馬 + 囗 = 嶬
     * - 日 + そ/馬 + 囗 = 曦
     * - ま/石 + そ/馬 + 囗 = 礒
     * - ふ/女 + そ/馬 + 囗 = 艤
  * - む/車 + 囗 = 蛾
  * - え/訁 + 囗 = 議
  * - せ/食 + 囗 = 餓
  * - な/亻 + 囗 + selector 1 = 俄
  * - れ/口 + 囗 + selector 1 = 哦
  * - ふ/女 + 囗 + selector 1 = 娥
  * - や/疒 + 囗 + selector 1 = 峨
  * - 心 + 囗 + selector 1 = 莪
  * - 囗 + selector 1 + せ/食 = 鵝
  * - や/疒 + 宿 + 囗 = 峩
  * - 囗 + 宿 + せ/食 = 鵞
  
  **Compounds of 式**
  
  * - ゑ/訁 + 囗 = 試
  * - む/車 + 囗 + selector 2 = 軾
  * - 囗 + め/目 + の/禾 = 弑
  * - て/扌 + 宿 + 囗 = 拭
  
  **Compounds of 用**
  
  * - よ/广 + 囗 = 庸
     * - な/亻 + よ/广 + 囗 = 傭
     * - る/忄 + よ/广 + 囗 = 慵
  * - む/車 + 囗 + selector 3 = 蛹
  
  **Compounds of 或**
  
  * - 囗 + 心 = 惑
  * - も/門 + 囗 + selector 4 = 閾
  * - 囗 + お/頁 + selector 4 = 馘
  
  **Compounds of 戔**
  
  * - ほ/方 + 囗 = 残
     * - ほ/方 + ほ/方 + 囗 = 殘
  * - に/氵 + 囗 = 浅
     * - に/氵 + に/氵 + 囗 = 淺
  * - お/頁 + 囗 = 賎
     * - に/氵 + お/頁 + 囗 = 濺
  * - み/耳 + 囗 = 践
     * - み/耳 + み/耳 + 囗 = 踐
  * - か/金 + 囗 = 銭
     * - か/金 + か/金 + 囗 = 錢
  * - き/木 + 宿 + 囗 = 桟
  * - き/木 + selector 4 + 囗 = 棧
  * - へ/⺩ + 宿 + 囗 = 牋
  * - 囗 + 宿 + ⺼ = 盞
  * - ち/竹 + selector 4 + 囗 = 箋
  * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + 囗 = 綫
  * - を/貝 + 宿 + 囗 = 賤
  * - せ/食 + 宿 + 囗 = 餞
  
  **Compounds of 角**
  
  * - 囗 + そ/馬 = 解
     * - よ/广 + 囗 + そ/馬 = 廨
     * - る/忄 + 囗 + そ/馬 = 懈
     * - む/車 + 囗 + そ/馬 = 蟹
     * - ひ/辶 + 囗 + そ/馬 = 邂
     * - 囗 + そ/馬 + selector 2 = 觧
  * - 囗 + む/車 = 触
     * - 囗 + 囗 + む/車 = 觸
  * - 囗 + 数 = 觴
  * - れ/口 + 囗 + selector 6 = 嘴
  * - つ/土 + 囗 + selector 6 = 埆
  * - き/木 + 囗 + selector 6 = 桷
  * - 心 + 囗 + selector 6 = 槲
  * - 囗 + 比 + と/戸 = 斛
  * - む/車 + 龸 + 囗 = 蠏
  * - 囗 + 宿 + こ/子 = 觚
  * - 囗 + 比 + selector 4 = 觜
  * - 囗 + selector 1 + ん/止 = 觝
  * - 囗 + う/宀/#3 + せ/食 = 鵤
  
  **Compounds of 凹**
  
  * - い/糹/#2 + 比 + 囗 = 雋
  
  **Compounds of 口**
  
  * - う/宀/#3 + 囗 = 亮
     * - れ/口 + う/宀/#3 + 囗 = 喨
  * - さ/阝 + 囗 = 叩
  * - ぬ/力 + 囗 = 召
     * - ぬ/力 + ぬ/力 + 囗 = 劭
     * - そ/馬 + ぬ/力 + 囗 = 貂
     * - ひ/辶 + ぬ/力 + 囗 = 迢
     * - さ/阝 + ぬ/力 + 囗 = 邵
     * - ま/石 + ぬ/力 + 囗 = 韶
  * - り/分 + 囗 = 合
     * - て/扌 + 囗 = 拾
     * - ち/竹 + 囗 = 答
     * - れ/口 + り/分 + 囗 = 哈
     * - ふ/女 + り/分 + 囗 = 姶
     * - や/疒 + り/分 + 囗 = 峇
     * - る/忄 + り/分 + 囗 = 恰
     * - て/扌 + り/分 + 囗 = 拿
     * - ん/止 + り/分 + 囗 = 歙
     * - に/氵 + り/分 + 囗 = 洽
     * - ⺼ + り/分 + 囗 = 盒
     * - ち/竹 + り/分 + 囗 = 箚
     * - の/禾 + り/分 + 囗 = 粭
     * - 心 + り/分 + 囗 = 荅
        * - と/戸 + り/分 + 囗 = 鞳
     * - む/車 + り/分 + 囗 = 蛤
     * - ね/示 + り/分 + 囗 = 袷
     * - も/門 + り/分 + 囗 = 閤
     * - ま/石 + り/分 + 囗 = 龕
  * - し/巿 + 囗 = 吊
  * - ふ/女 + 囗 = 否
     * - や/疒 + ふ/女 + 囗 = 痞
  * - け/犬 + 囗 = 呑
  * - つ/土 + 囗 = 喜
     * - な/亻 + つ/土 + 囗 = 僖
     * - る/忄 + つ/土 + 囗 = 憙
     * - き/木 + つ/土 + 囗 = 橲
     * - 火 + つ/土 + 囗 = 熹
     * - ね/示 + つ/土 + 囗 = 禧
     * - せ/食 + つ/土 + 囗 = 鱚
  * - 氷/氵 + 囗 = 淳
  * - や/疒 + 囗 = 癌
  * - の/禾 + 囗 = 粘
  * - い/糹/#2 + 囗 = 給
  * - ⺼ + 囗 = 膈
  * - 囗 + 囗 = 呟
  * - 囗 + 宿 = 呪
  * - 囗 + か/金 = 呵
  * - 囗 + ぬ/力 = 喫
  * - 囗 + ⺼ = 嘲
  * - 囗 + し/巿 = 噂
  * - 囗 + み/耳 = 囁
  * - 囗 + ひ/辶 = 邑
     * - よ/广 + 囗 + ひ/辶 = 廱
        * - や/疒 + 囗 + ひ/辶 = 癰
     * - る/忄 + 囗 + ひ/辶 = 悒
     * - と/戸 + 囗 + ひ/辶 = 扈
        * - に/氵 + 囗 + ひ/辶 = 滬
  * - 囗 + お/頁 = 頷
  * - 囗 + せ/食 = 鳴
  * - ⺼ + 囗 + け/犬 = 臙
  * - れ/口 + 宿 + 囗 = 串
  * - 囗 + ま/石 + し/巿 = 啻
  * - 囗 + 宿 + ん/止 = 嗽
  * - 囗 + ゐ/幺 + や/疒 = 嚮
  * - 囗 + ん/止 + の/禾 = 齠
  
  **Other compounds**
  
  * - 囗 + ま/石 = 函
     * - 囗 + 囗 + ま/石 = 凾
     * - に/氵 + 囗 + ま/石 = 涵
  * - 囗 + 比 = 麗
     * - な/亻 + 囗 + 比 = 儷
     * - に/氵 + 囗 + 比 = 灑
     * - そ/馬 + 囗 + 比 = 驪
  * - ひ/辶 + 囗 + め/目 = 迩
  * - む/車 + 宿 + 囗 = 輿
  * - と/戸 + ぬ/力 + 囗 = 髫
  