Unicode: Braille ⠮

Braille Dot Names

Each Braille dot is named by their numerical order counting from left column first, top to bottom, starting with 1.

1 4 2 5 3 6

And a braille character is named by a sequence of their dot names. For example, this braille ⠋ is identified as 124.

6-Dots Braille, All Together

Sort by unicode codepoint:

⠀

⠁ ⠂ ⠃ ⠄ ⠅ ⠆ ⠇ ⠈ ⠉ ⠊ ⠋ ⠌ ⠍ ⠎ ⠏ ⠐ ⠑ ⠒ ⠓ ⠔ ⠕ ⠖ ⠗ ⠘ ⠙ ⠚ ⠛ ⠜ ⠝ ⠞ ⠟ ⠠ ⠡ ⠢ ⠣ ⠤ ⠥ ⠦ ⠧ ⠨ ⠩ ⠪ ⠫ ⠬ ⠭ ⠮ ⠯ ⠰ ⠱ ⠲ ⠳ ⠴ ⠵ ⠶ ⠷ ⠸ ⠹ ⠺ ⠻ ⠼ ⠽ ⠾ ⠿

Sort by name (named by dot position):

⠁ ⠃ ⠇ ⠏ ⠟ ⠿ ⠯ ⠗ ⠷ ⠧ ⠋ ⠛ ⠻ ⠫ ⠓ ⠳ ⠣ ⠅ ⠍ ⠝ ⠽ ⠭ ⠕ ⠵ ⠥ ⠉ ⠙ ⠹ ⠩ ⠑ ⠱ ⠡ ⠂ ⠆ ⠎ ⠞ ⠾ ⠮ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠊ ⠚ ⠺ ⠪ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠄ ⠌ ⠜ ⠼ ⠬ ⠔ ⠴ ⠤ ⠈ ⠘ ⠸ ⠨ ⠐ ⠰ ⠠

Sort by dot count:

⠁ ⠂ ⠄ ⠈ ⠐ ⠠ ⠃ ⠅ ⠉ ⠑ ⠡ ⠆ ⠊ ⠒ ⠢ ⠌ ⠔ ⠤ ⠘ ⠨ ⠰ ⠇ ⠋ ⠓ ⠣ ⠍ ⠕ ⠥ ⠙ ⠩ ⠱ ⠎ ⠖ ⠦ ⠚ ⠪ ⠲ ⠜ ⠬ ⠴ ⠸ ⠏ ⠗ ⠧ ⠛ ⠫ ⠳ ⠝ ⠭ ⠵ ⠹ ⠞ ⠮ ⠶ ⠺ ⠼ ⠟ ⠯ ⠷ ⠻ ⠽ ⠾ ⠿

8-Dots Braille

In addition to the standard braille of 3 rows. Unicode has braille of 4 rows. 8-Dots braille is rarely used. They were used to encode music, or fast shorthand, or for Japanese, or possibly for math.

ISO/TR 11548 (released in 2001) defines the characters for eight-dot braille for Latin-based character sets.

When you have 6 dots, each is on/off, you have 2^6 = 64 possibilities. When you have 8 dots, you have 2^8 = 256 possibilities.

Each dot is also given a name, like this:

1 4 2 5 3 6 7 8

Braille cells with 7th dot:

⡀ ⡁ ⡂ ⡃ ⡄ ⡅ ⡆ ⡇ ⡈ ⡉ ⡊ ⡋ ⡌ ⡍ ⡎ ⡏ ⡐ ⡑ ⡒ ⡓ ⡔ ⡕ ⡖ ⡗ ⡘ ⡙ ⡚ ⡛ ⡜ ⡝ ⡞ ⡟ ⡠ ⡡ ⡢ ⡣ ⡤ ⡥ ⡦ ⡧ ⡨ ⡩ ⡪ ⡫ ⡬ ⡭ ⡮ ⡯ ⡰ ⡱ ⡲ ⡳ ⡴ ⡵ ⡶ ⡷ ⡸ ⡹ ⡺ ⡻ ⡼ ⡽ ⡾ ⡿

Braille cells with 8th dot:

⢀ ⢁ ⢂ ⢃ ⢄ ⢅ ⢆ ⢇ ⢈ ⢉ ⢊ ⢋ ⢌ ⢍ ⢎ ⢏ ⢐ ⢑ ⢒ ⢓ ⢔ ⢕ ⢖ ⢗ ⢘ ⢙ ⢚ ⢛ ⢜ ⢝ ⢞ ⢟ ⢠ ⢡ ⢢ ⢣ ⢤ ⢥ ⢦ ⢧ ⢨ ⢩ ⢪ ⢫ ⢬ ⢭ ⢮ ⢯ ⢰ ⢱ ⢲ ⢳ ⢴ ⢵ ⢶ ⢷ ⢸ ⢹ ⢺ ⢻ ⢼ ⢽ ⢾ ⢿

Braille cells with both 7th and 8th dot:

⣀ ⣁ ⣂ ⣃ ⣄ ⣅ ⣆ ⣇ ⣈ ⣉ ⣊ ⣋ ⣌ ⣍ ⣎ ⣏ ⣐ ⣑ ⣒ ⣓ ⣔ ⣕ ⣖ ⣗ ⣘ ⣙ ⣚ ⣛ ⣜ ⣝ ⣞ ⣟ ⣠ ⣡ ⣢ ⣣ ⣤ ⣥ ⣦ ⣧ ⣨ ⣩ ⣪ ⣫ ⣬ ⣭ ⣮ ⣯ ⣰ ⣱ ⣲ ⣳ ⣴ ⣵ ⣶ ⣷ ⣸ ⣹ ⣺ ⣻ ⣼ ⣽ ⣾ ⣿