Translingual

The 41st character of the braille script

Punctuation mark

⠂

1. (Braille) the comma (,)
2. (Thai Braille) the reduplication mark, ๆ
3. (Bharati braille) avagraha

Usage notes

• (Thai Braille) When combined with ⠗ r or ⠇ l, it produces the former syllabic consonants, ⠗⠂ ฤ rue and obsolete ⠇⠂ ฦ lue.

Letter

⠂

1. (English Braille) A letter rendering the print sequence -ea-.
2. (Arabic Braille) ـَ‎ (a)
3. (Chinese, Taiwanese Braille) Tone 2
4. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) The suffix 们 -men
5. (Cantonese Braille) Tone 6
6. (Korean Braille) Final ㄹ ‎(l)

Usage notes

• (English Braille) Cannot appear at the beginning or end of a word.

Logogram

⠂ ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) The suffix 们 -men

Symbol

⠂

1. (English Braille) A prefix marking non-Latin letters. For example:

   α ⠂⠁, β ⠂⠃, γ ⠂⠛, δ ⠂⠙, ε ⠂⠑, ζ ⠂⠵, η ⠂⠱, θ ⠂⠹, ι ⠂⠊, κ ⠂⠅, λ ⠂⠇, μ ⠂⠍, ν ⠂⠝, ξ ⠂⠭, ο ⠂⠕, π ⠂⠏, ρ ⠂⠗, σ ⠂⠎, τ ⠂⠞, υ ⠂⠥, φ ⠂⠋, χ ⠂⠯, ψ ⠂⠽, ω ⠂⠺

Usage notes

• This is read as a comma when followed by a space, as a non-Latin-script indicator when not. The script is determined by context. The examples above would only be Greek letters if that were established.
• Abolished in Unified English Braille.

See also

• ⠐⠂

(Braille script):  ⠀   ⠁   ⠂   ⠄   ⠈   ⠐   ⠠  

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤  

⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔  

⠇   ⠸   ⠎   ⠱   ⠣   ⠜   ⠪   ⠕  

⠋   ⠙   ⠓   ⠚   ⠍   ⠩   ⠥   ⠬   ⠖   ⠲   ⠦   ⠴  

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵  

⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶  

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⠂:  ⡂   ⢂  ⣂