List of Characters in American Literary Braille

Unicode Char. Number Dots Braille Form Braille ASCII Meaning
0x2800 none char 0x2800 = ⠀ ⠀   < > (space)
0x2801 1 char 0x2801 = ⠁ ⠁ a <a>, <1> (one)
0x2802 2 char 0x2802 = ⠂ ⠂ 1 <ea>, <,> (comma)
0x2803 12 char 0x2803 = ⠃ ⠃ b <b>, <2>, "but"
0x2804 3 char 0x2804 = ⠄ ⠄ ' <'> (apostrophe)
0x2805 13 char 0x2805 = ⠅ ⠅ k <k>, "knowledge"
0x2806 23 char 0x2806 = ⠆ ⠆ 2 <-bb->, <;> (semicolon)
0x2807 123 char 0x2807 = ⠇ ⠇ l <l> (ell), "like"
0x2808 4 char 0x2808 = ⠈ ⠈ @ {accent indicator}
0x2809 14 char 0x2809 = ⠉ ⠉ c <c>, <3>, "can"
0x280a 24 char 0x280a = ⠊ ⠊ i <i>, <9>
0x280b 124 char 0x280b = ⠋ ⠋ f <f>, <6>, "from"
0x280c 34 char 0x280c = ⠌ ⠌ / <st>, </> (slash), "still"
0x280d 134 char 0x280d = ⠍ ⠍ m <m>, "more"
0x280e 234 char 0x280e = ⠎ ⠎ s <s>, "so"
0x280f 1234 char 0x280f = ⠏ ⠏ p <p>, "people"
0x2810 5 char 0x2810 = ⠐ ⠐ " {contraction5} (a contraction prefix)
0x2811 15 char 0x2811 = ⠑ ⠑ e <e>, "every"
0x2812 25 char 0x2812 = ⠒ ⠒ 3 <-cc->, <con->, <:> (colon)
0x2813 125 char 0x2813 = ⠓ ⠓ h <h>, <8>, "have"
0x2814 35 char 0x2814 = ⠔ ⠔ 9 <in>
0x2815 135 char 0x2815 = ⠕ ⠕ o <o> (letter oh)
0x2816 235 char 0x2816 = ⠖ ⠖ 6 <!> (excl. mark), "to"
0x2817 1235 char 0x2817 = ⠗ ⠗ r <r>, "rather"
0x2818 45 char 0x2818 = ⠘ ⠘ ^ {contraction45} (a contraction prefix)
0x2819 145 char 0x2819 = ⠙ ⠙ d <d>, <4>, "do"
0x281a 245 char 0x281a = ⠚ ⠚ j <j>, <0> (zero), "just"
0x281b 1245 char 0x281b = ⠛ ⠛ g <g>, <7>, "go"
0x281c 345 char 0x281c = ⠜ ⠜ > <ar>
0x281d 1345 char 0x281d = ⠝ ⠝ n <n>, "not"
0x281e 2345 char 0x281e = ⠞ ⠞ t <t>, "that"
0x281f 12345 char 0x281f = ⠟ ⠟ q <q>, "quite"
0x2820 6 char 0x2820 = ⠠ ⠠ , {capital}, {contraction6}
0x2821 16 char 0x2821 = ⠡ ⠡ * <ch>, "child"
0x2822 26 char 0x2822 = ⠢ ⠢ 5 <en>
0x2823 126 char 0x2823 = ⠣ ⠣ < <gh>
0x2824 36 char 0x2824 = ⠤ ⠤ - <com->, <-> (hyphen
0x2825 136 char 0x2825 = ⠥ ⠥ u <u>, "us"
0x2826 236 char 0x2826 = ⠦ ⠦ 8 "his", <"> (open-quote)
0x2827 1236 char 0x2827 = ⠧ ⠧ v <v>, "very"
0x2828 46 char 0x2828 = ⠨ ⠨ . {italic}, <.> (decimal point), {contraction46}
0x2829 146 char 0x2829 = ⠩ ⠩ % <sh>
0x282a 246 char 0x282a = ⠪ ⠪ [ <ow>
0x282b 1246 char 0x282b = ⠫ ⠫ $ <ed>
0x282c 346 char 0x282c = ⠬ ⠬ + <ing>
0x282d 1346 char 0x282d = ⠭ ⠭ x <x>, "it"
0x282e 2346 char 0x282e = ⠮ ⠮ ! <the->, "the"
0x282f 12346 char 0x282f = ⠯ ⠯ & <and>
0x2830 56 char 0x2830 = ⠰ ⠰ ; {letter}, {contraction56}
0x2831 156 char 0x2831 = ⠱ ⠱ : <wh>
0x2832 256 char 0x2832 = ⠲ ⠲ 4 <dis->, <-dd->, <.> (period)
0x2833 1256 char 0x2833 = ⠳ ⠳ \ <ou>, "out"
0x2834 356 char 0x2834 = ⠴ ⠴ 0 "was", "by", <"> (close-quote)
0x2835 1356 char 0x2835 = ⠵ ⠵ z <z>, "as"
0x2836 2356 char 0x2836 = ⠶ ⠶ 7 <(>, <)> (parens), <-gg->
0x2837 12356 char 0x2837 = ⠷ ⠷ ( "of"
0x2838 456 char 0x2838 = ⠸ ⠸ _ {contraction456}
0x2839 1456 char 0x2839 = ⠹ ⠹ ? <th>
0x283a 2456 char 0x283a = ⠺ ⠺ w <w>, "will"
0x283b 12456 char 0x283b = ⠻ ⠻ ] <er>
0x283c 3456 char 0x283c = ⠼ ⠼ # {number}, <#>, <-ble>
0x283d 13456 char 0x283d = ⠽ ⠽ y <y>, "you"
0x283e 23456 char 0x283e = ⠾ ⠾ ) "with"
0x283f 123456 char 0x283f = ⠿ ⠿ = "for"
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