Translingual

The 49th character of the braille script

Letter

⠔

1. (English Braille) A letter rendering the print sequence in
2. (Igbo Braille) ị
3. (Turkish Braille) ı
4. (Arabic Braille) ـٍ‎ (-in)
5. (Bharati braille) ī
6. (Chinese Braille) The rime a
7. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) The onset r- or the erhua suffix -r
8. (Taiwan Braille) The rime wa/-ua
9. (Cantonese Braille) The rime at
10. (Vietnamese Braille) tone ◌́
11. (Thai Braille) tone ่(1)
12. (Korean Braille) Final ㄷ ‎(d/t)
13. (IPA Braille) Modifies the following letter; equivalent to small capitals in print IPA

    ⠔⠃ ʙ, ⠔⠛ ɢ, ⠔⠓ ʜ, ⠔⠇ ʟ, ⠔⠝ ɴ, ⠔⠪ ɶ, ⠔⠗ ʀ, ⠔⠼ ʁ, ⠔⠽ ʏ

    ⠔⠚ ɟ, ⠔⠆ ʢ

Logogram

⠔ ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (English Braille) in

Derived terms

• ⠔⠖

Symbol

⠔

1. (French Braille) (marks the end of emphasis—italics, bold, underlining, etc.—within a word)
2. (Spanish Braille) (asterisk or emphasis)
3. (Czech Braille) (asterisk)
4. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) (footnote)

Usage notes

Usage as an asterisk is archaic in French Braille.

See also

• ⠔⠔

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

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤  

⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔  

⠇   ⠸   ⠎   ⠱   ⠣   ⠜   ⠪   ⠕  

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

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵  

⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶  

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⠔:  ⡔   ⢔  ⣔

Japanese

Syllable

⠔ ‎(romaji o)

1. The hiragana syllable を ‎(o) or the katakana syllable ヲ ‎(o) in Japanese braille.