Translingual

The diacritic for the 3rd decade of the braille script, now sorted as the 56th character

Punctuation mark

⠤

1. (Braille) - (hyphen)

Usage notes

When words or letters are replaced by ————— or ------ in print, in braille ⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤ is used, with one ⠤ for every letter.

Derived terms

In the United States:

• ⠤⠤
• ⠤⠤⠤
• ⠤⠤⠤⠤

Symbol

⠤

1. (English Braille) Sets off a change in capitalization or emphasis within a word.
2. (English Braille) Marks the end of a metrical foot.

Usage notes

Compare the termination sign ⠠⠄, which is used in hyphenated words.

Metrical use abolished in Unified English Braille.

Derived terms

• ⠤⠤

Letter

⠤

1. (Vietnamese Braille) tone ◌̃

Prefix

⠤

1. (English Braille) com-

Usage notes

Unlike other English Braille prefixes, ⠤ can also stand for the sequence com-, as long as in occurs at the beginning of a word, such as come or comb. However, it cannot come in contact with a hyphen or apostrophe.

Abolished in Unified English Braille.

Symbol

⠤

1. (archaic, French Braille, in the context of the number sign ⠼) − (the minus sign)

See also

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

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤  

⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔  

⠇   ⠸   ⠎   ⠱   ⠣   ⠜   ⠪   ⠕  

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

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵  

⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶  

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⠤:  ⡤   ⢤  ⣤