Translingual

The 50th character of the braille script

Punctuation mark

⠴

1. (English Braille) ”, (German Braille) “ (closing quotation mark)
2. (French Braille) ) (closing parenthesis)

Usage notes

Usage (1) is archaic in French Braille.

Derived terms

• ⠴⠄

Letter

⠴

1. (Amharic Braille) ዠ (ž)
2. (Bharati braille) jha
3. (Tibetan Braille) subscript ཡ (ya) (see ⠚)
4. (Chinese Braille) The rime en
5. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) The onset ru-
6. (Taiwan Braille) The rime ei
7. (Cantonese Braille) The rime ing
8. (Thai Braille) the virama ์
9. (Korean Braille) Final ㅎ ‎(h)
10. (IPA Braille) Modifies the following letter; equivalent to a cross-bar in print IPA

    ⠴⠊ ɨ, ⠴⠕ ɵ, ⠴⠥ ʉ

Logogram

⠴

1. (English Braille) by

Usage notes

Joins with the following word to distinguish it from was. Abolished in Unified English Braille.

Logogram

⠴

1. (English Braille) was

See also

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

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤  

⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔  

⠇   ⠸   ⠎   ⠱   ⠣   ⠜   ⠪   ⠕  

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

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵  

⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶  

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⠴:  ⡴   ⢴  ⣴

Japanese

Syllable

⠴ ‎(romaji n)

1. The hiragana syllable ん ‎(n) or the katakana syllable ン ‎(n) in Japanese braille.