title: Braille pattern dots-12
text: # Braille pattern dots-12
  
  6-dot braille cells :
  
  The Braille pattern dots-12 ( ⠃ ) is a 6-dot or 8-dot braille cell with the top two left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2803, and in Braille ASCII with "B".
  
  Character information :
  
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  | Unicode name | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-12 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex |
  | Unicode | 10243 | U+2803 |
  | UTF-8 | 226 160 131 | E2 A0 83 |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10243; | &#x2803; |
  | Braille ASCII | 66 | 42 |
  
  ## Unified Braille
  
  In unified international braille, the braille pattern dots-12 is used to represent a voiced bilabial plosive, ie /b/, and is otherwise assigned as needed. It is also used for the number 2.
  
  ### Table of unified braille values
  
  | Italian Braille | B |
  | - | - |
  | French Braille | B, "bien" |
  | English Braille | B |
  | English Contraction | but |
  | German Braille | B |
  | Bharati Braille | ब / ਬ / બ / ব / ବ / బ / ಬ / ബ / බ / ب ‎ |
  | Icelandic Braille | B |
  | IPA Braille | /b/ |
  | Russian Braille | Б |
  | Slovak Braille | B |
  | Arabic Braille | ب |
  | Persian Braille | ب |
  | Irish Braille | B |
  | Thai Braille | ั |
  | Luxembourgish Braille | b (minuscule) |
  
  ## Other braille
  
  | Japanese Braille | i / い / イ |
  | - | - |
  | Korean Braille | -b / -ㅂ |
  | Mainland Chinese Braille | b |
  | Taiwanese Braille | ch-, ㄔ |
  | Two-Cell Chinese Braille | h- -ì/-ù/-ǜ/tone 4 |
  | Nemeth Braille | not an independent symbol |
  | Gardner Salinas Braille | "b" |
  | Algerian Braille | ب ‎ |
  
  ## Plus dots 7 and 8
  
  Related to Braille pattern dots-12 are Braille patterns 127, 128, and 1278, 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-127 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-127 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-128 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-128 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1278 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1278 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
  | Unicode | 10307 | U+2843 | 10371 | U+2883 | 10435 | U+28C3 |
  | UTF-8 | 226 161 131 | E2 A1 83 | 226 162 131 | E2 A2 83 | 226 163 131 | E2 A3 83 |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10307; | &#x2843; | &#10371; | &#x2883; | &#10435; | &#x28C3; |
  | | dots 127 | dots 128 | dots 1278 |
  | Gardner Salinas Braille | B (capital) | β (beta) | |
  | Luxembourgish Braille | B (capital) | | |
  
  ## Related 8-dot kantenji patterns
  
  In the Japanese kantenji braille, the standard 8-dot Braille patterns 23, 123, 234, and 1234 are the 8-dot braille patterns related to Braille pattern dots-12, since the two additional dots of kantenji patterns 012, 127, and 0127 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-23 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-23 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-234 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1234 | BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1234 |
  | Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
  | Unicode | 10246 | U+2806 | 10247 | U+2807 | 10254 | U+280E | 10255 | U+280F |
  | UTF-8 | 226 160 134 | E2 A0 86 | 226 160 135 | E2 A0 87 | 226 160 142 | E2 A0 8E | 226 160 143 | E2 A0 8F |
  | Numeric character reference | &#10246; | &#x2806; | &#10247; | &#x2807; | &#10254; | &#x280E; | &#10255; | &#x280F; |
  
  ### Kantenji using braille patterns 23, 123, 234, or 1234
  
  This listing includes kantenji using Braille pattern dots-12 for all 6349 kanji found in JIS C 6226-1978.
  
  * - 糸
  
  **Variants and thematic compounds**
  
  * - い/糹/#2 + selector 2 = 丼
  * - selector 2 + い/糹/#2 = 韋
  * - selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 離
     * - selector 4 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 隹
  * - selector 5 + い/糹/#2 = 井
  * - selector 6 + い/糹/#2 = 尹
  * - 数 + #2 = 二
  * - 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 弐
  * - ん/止 + い/糹/#2 = 正
  * - せ/食 + い/糹/#2 = 生
  
  **Compounds of 糸**
  
  * - い/糹/#2 + さ/阝 = 糾
  * - い/糹/#2 + き/木 = 紀
  * - い/糹/#2 + も/門 = 約
     * - く/艹 + い/糹/#2 + も/門 = 葯
  * - い/糹/#2 + か/金 = 紆
  * - い/糹/#2 + ふ/女 = 純
  * - い/糹/#2 + ろ/十 = 紘
  * - い/糹/#2 + ん/止 = 紙
  * - い/糹/#2 + ゐ/幺 = 級
  * - い/糹/#2 + り/分 = 紛
  * - い/糹/#2 + ほ/方 = 紡
  * - い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ = 細
     * - い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + selector 4 = 紬
     * - い/糹/#2 + た/⽥ + ゐ/幺 = 縲
  * - い/糹/#2 + し/巿 = 紳
  * - い/糹/#2 + ぬ/力 = 紹
  * - い/糹/#2 + す/発 = 終
  * - い/糹/#2 + そ/馬 = 組
  * - い/糹/#2 + は/辶 = 絆
  * - い/糹/#2 + け/犬 = 経
  * - い/糹/#2 + ち/竹 = 絞
  * - い/糹/#2 + れ/口 = 絡
  * - い/糹/#2 + と/戸 = 絣
  * - い/糹/#2 + 囗 = 給
  * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 = 統
     * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ち/竹 = 纐
     * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + ゐ/幺 = 絃
  * - い/糹/#2 + え/訁 = 絵
  * - い/糹/#2 + ら/月 = 絹
     * - す/発 + い/糹/#2 + ら/月 = 羂
  * - い/糹/#2 + の/禾 = 継
     * - い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + た/⽥ = 繙
     * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + の/禾 = 繼
  * - い/糹/#2 + つ/土 = 続
     * - い/糹/#2 + つ/土 + れ/口 = 纈
     * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + つ/土 = 續
  * - い/糹/#2 + ゆ/彳 = 綱
  * - い/糹/#2 + こ/子 = 総
     * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + こ/子 = 總
  * - い/糹/#2 + 氷/氵 = 線
  * - い/糹/#2 + ま/石 = 締
  * - い/糹/#2 + へ/⺩ = 編
  * - い/糹/#2 + 仁/亻 = 緩
  * - い/糹/#2 + ひ/辶 = 練
  * - い/糹/#2 + め/目 = 縄
  * - い/糹/#2 + ⺼ = 縊
  * - い/糹/#2 + て/扌 = 縛
  * - い/糹/#2 + よ/广 = 縦
     * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + よ/广 = 縱
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 = 縮
  * - い/糹/#2 + る/忄 = 縷
  * - い/糹/#2 + を/貝 = 績
     * - い/糹/#2 + を/貝 + け/犬 = 纉
  * - い/糹/#2 + や/疒 = 繃
  * - い/糹/#2 + み/耳 = 繊
     * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + み/耳 = 纖
  * - い/糹/#2 + 日 = 織
  * - い/糹/#2 + せ/食 = 繕
  * - い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 = 繰
  * - い/糹/#2 + む/車 = 繭
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 = 絲
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + け/犬 = 經
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + め/目 = 繩
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + え/訁 = 繪
  * - い/糹/#2 + selector 6 + し/巿 = 絏
  * - い/糹/#2 + selector 6 + み/耳 = 絽
  * - い/糹/#2 + selector 4 + な/亻 = 紿
  * - い/糹/#2 + selector 4 + の/禾 = 緞
  * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + selector 3 = 紊
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + を/貝 = 糺
  * - い/糹/#2 + 比 + し/巿 = 紂
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + 比 = 紕
  * - い/糹/#2 + ほ/方 + そ/馬 = 紗
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + え/訁 = 紜
  * - い/糹/#2 + き/木 + を/貝 = 紮
  * - い/糹/#2 + ろ/十 + よ/广 = 紲
  * - い/糹/#2 + 数 + て/扌 = 紵
  * - い/糹/#2 + 囗 + れ/口 = 絅
  * - い/糹/#2 + よ/广 + こ/子 = 絋
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + ゆ/彳 = 絎
  * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + selector 2 = 絖
  * - い/糹/#2 + 仁/亻 + ゆ/彳 = 絛
  * - い/糹/#2 + 日 + す/発 = 絢
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + 囗 = 絨
  * - い/糹/#2 + ふ/女 + れ/口 = 絮
  * - い/糹/#2 + の/禾 + ゐ/幺 = 綉
  * - い/糹/#2 + ふ/女 + 龸 = 綏
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + け/犬 = 經
  * - い/糹/#2 + ぬ/力 + 心 = 綛
  * - い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 + ね/示 = 綜
  * - い/糹/#2 + と/戸 + け/犬 = 綟
  * - い/糹/#2 + 囗 + つ/土 = 綢
  * - い/糹/#2 + け/犬 + さ/阝 = 綣
  * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + 囗 = 綫
  * - い/糹/#2 + と/戸 + れ/口 = 綮
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + と/戸 = 綯
  * - い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 + ら/月 = 綰
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + ち/竹 = 綵
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + る/忄 = 綸
  * - い/糹/#2 + け/犬 + か/金 = 綺
  * - い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 + よ/广 = 綻
  * - い/糹/#2 + 日 + と/戸 = 綽
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + す/発 = 綾
  * - い/糹/#2 + ら/月 + た/⽥ = 緇
  * - い/糹/#2 + さ/阝 + 龸 = 緕
  * - い/糹/#2 + ひ/辶 + selector 3 = 緘
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + み/耳 = 緝
  * - い/糹/#2 + み/耳 + ん/止 = 緡
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + よ/广 = 緤
  * - い/糹/#2 + め/目 + selector 4 = 緬
  * - い/糹/#2 + 氷/氵 + ゆ/彳 = 緻
  * - い/糹/#2 + ひ/辶 + ふ/女 = 縅
  * - い/糹/#2 + 日 + ひ/辶 = 縉
  * - い/糹/#2 + そ/馬 + こ/子 = 縒
  * - い/糹/#2 + し/巿 + ろ/十 = 縟
  * - い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 + ま/石 = 縡
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + ま/石 = 縵
  * - い/糹/#2 + に/氵 + ね/示 = 縹
  * - い/糹/#2 + ひ/辶 + む/車 = 縺
  * - い/糹/#2 + 心 + ま/石 = 縻
  * - い/糹/#2 + む/車 + selector 2 = 繆
  * - い/糹/#2 + ぬ/力 + ゆ/彳 = 繍
  * - い/糹/#2 + ら/月 + 氷/氵 = 繖
  * - い/糹/#2 + も/門 + ら/月 = 繝
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + つ/土 = 繞
  * - い/糹/#2 + ゆ/彳 + む/車 = 繦
  * - い/糹/#2 + ち/竹 + え/訁 = 繧
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + め/目 = 繩
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 + え/訁 = 繪
  * - い/糹/#2 + ち/竹 + の/禾 = 繻
  * - い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 + を/貝 = 繽
  * - い/糹/#2 + す/発 + ⺼ = 繿
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + さ/阝 = 纃
  * - い/糹/#2 + 龸 + み/耳 = 纎
  * - い/糹/#2 + ふ/女 + を/貝 = 纓
  * - い/糹/#2 + ぬ/力 + 宿 = 纔
  * - い/糹/#2 + め/目 + す/発 = 纜
  
  **Compounds of 韋**
  
  * - な/亻 + い/糹/#2 = 偉
  * - 心 + い/糹/#2 = 葦
  * - ひ/辶 + い/糹/#2 = 違
  * - ゐ/幺 + い/糹/#2 = 緯
  * - 囗 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 圍
  * - し/巿 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 幃
  * - え/訁 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 諱
  * - ろ/十 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 韓
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + ぬ/力 = 韜
  
  **Compounds of 離 and 隹**
  
  * - に/氵 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 漓
  * - へ/⺩ + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 璃
  * - お/頁 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 魑
  * - の/禾 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 黐
  * - う/宀/#3 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 寉
  * - 囗 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 雕
  * - ち/竹 + selector 4 + い/糹/#2 = 霍
  * - 仁/亻 + い/糹/#2 = 催
  * - 氷/氵 + い/糹/#2 = 准
     * - も/門 + 氷/氵 + い/糹/#2 = 匯
  * - れ/口 + い/糹/#2 = 唯
  * - つ/土 + い/糹/#2 = 堆
  * - け/犬 + い/糹/#2 = 奪
  * - し/巿 + い/糹/#2 = 帷
  * - る/忄 + い/糹/#2 = 惟
     * - る/忄 + い/糹/#2 + 火 = 憔
  * - み/耳 + い/糹/#2 = 截
  * - て/扌 + い/糹/#2 = 推
  * - ま/石 + い/糹/#2 = 確
  * - の/禾 + い/糹/#2 = 稚
  * - い/糹/#2 + い/糹/#2 = 維
     * - す/発 + い/糹/#2 = 羅
        * - 心 + す/発 + い/糹/#2 = 蘿
        * - ひ/辶 + す/発 + い/糹/#2 = 邏
        * - か/金 + す/発 + い/糹/#2 = 鑼
  * - え/訁 + い/糹/#2 = 誰
  * - か/金 + い/糹/#2 = 錐
  * - ほ/方 + い/糹/#2 = 雀
  * - め/目 + い/糹/#2 = 雅
  * - き/木 + い/糹/#2 = 集
     * - ね/示 + き/木 + い/糹/#2 = 襍
  * - と/戸 + い/糹/#2 = 雇
  * - 比 + い/糹/#2 = 雌
  * - 龸 + い/糹/#2 = 雑
     * - 龸 + 龸 + い/糹/#2 = 雜
  * - む/車 + い/糹/#2 = 雖
  * - も/門 + い/糹/#2 = 雛
  * - く/艹 + い/糹/#2 = 難
     * - な/亻 + く/艹 + い/糹/#2 = 儺
     * - て/扌 + く/艹 + い/糹/#2 = 攤
     * - に/氵 + く/艹 + い/糹/#2 = 灘
  * - い/糹/#2 + ゑ/訁 = 隻
     * - め/目 + い/糹/#2 + ゑ/訁 = 矍
  * - ろ/十 + い/糹/#2 = 雄
  * - い/糹/#2 + 火 = 焦
     * - 心 + い/糹/#2 + 火 = 蕉
     * - き/木 + い/糹/#2 + 火 = 樵
  * - れ/口 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 售
  * - や/疒 + う/宀/#3 + い/糹/#2 = 崔
     * - て/扌 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 摧
  * - る/忄 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 懼
  * - 心 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 椎
  * - に/氵 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 淮
  * - ま/石 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 碓
  * - ち/竹 + う/宀/#3 + い/糹/#2 = 籬
  * - 心 + う/宀/#3 + い/糹/#2 = 藺
  * - ゆ/彳 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 衢
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + ろ/十 = 隼
  * - い/糹/#2 + 比 + 囗 = 雋
     * - か/金 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 鐫
     * - な/亻 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 儁
  * - め/目 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 雎
  * - そ/馬 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 騅
  * - い/糹/#2 + 宿 + せ/食 = 鷦
  
  **Compounds of 井**
  
  * - た/⽥ + selector 5 + い/糹/#2 = 畊
  * - こ/子 + い/糹/#2 = 耕
  * - い/糹/#2 + う/宀/#3 + り/分 = 穽
  * - ほ/方 + selector 5 + い/糹/#2 = 舛
     * - き/木 + selector 5 + い/糹/#2 = 桝
  
  **Compounds of 尹**
  
  * - ち/竹 + selector 6 + い/糹/#2 = 笋
  * - い/糹/#2 + な/亻 = 伊
  
  **Compounds of 二**
  
  * - ち/竹 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 竺
  
  **Compounds of 弐**
  
  * - selector 1 + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 弍
     * - ⺼ + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 膩
     * - 囗 + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 貳
  * - selector 4 + 囗 + い/糹/#2 = 貮
  
  **Compounds of 正**
  
  * - ゆ/彳 + い/糹/#2 = 征
  * - や/疒 + い/糹/#2 = 症
  * - ゑ/訁 + い/糹/#2 = 証
  * - 心 + ん/止 + い/糹/#2 = 柾
  * - ふ/女 + ん/止 + い/糹/#2 = 歪
  * - か/金 + ん/止 + い/糹/#2 = 鉦
  
  **Compounds of 生**
  
  * - ふ/女 + い/糹/#2 = 姓
  * - 日 + い/糹/#2 = 星
     * - せ/食 + 日 + い/糹/#2 = 醒
     * - る/忄 + 日 + い/糹/#2 = 惺
     * - け/犬 + 日 + い/糹/#2 = 猩
     * - ⺼ + 日 + い/糹/#2 = 腥
  * - そ/馬 + い/糹/#2 = 牲
  * - よ/广 + い/糹/#2 = 産
  * - ゆ/彳 + せ/食 + い/糹/#2 = 徃
  * - ほ/方 + せ/食 + い/糹/#2 = 旌
  * - な/亻 + せ/食 + い/糹/#2 = 甦
  * - ち/竹 + せ/食 + い/糹/#2 = 笙
  
  **Other compounds**
  
  * - た/⽥ + い/糹/#2 = 対
     * - た/⽥ + た/⽥ + い/糹/#2 = 對
  * - う/宀/#3 + い/糹/#2 = 彙
  * - は/辶 + い/糹/#2 = 拝
     * - は/辶 + は/辶 + い/糹/#2 = 拜
        * - に/氵 + は/辶 + い/糹/#2 = 湃
  * - に/氵 + い/糹/#2 = 湿
  * - ⺼ + い/糹/#2 = 胤
  * - さ/阝 + い/糹/#2 = 降
  * - ゑ/訁 + ゑ/訁 + い/糹/#2 = 證
  * - に/氵 + に/氵 + い/糹/#2 = 濕
  * - さ/阝 + 宿 + い/糹/#2 = 隰
  