Translingual

The 47th character of the braille script

Punctuation mark

⠶

1. (English Braille, German Braille) ( or ) (parenthesis)
2. (French Braille) « or » (quotation mark)

Usage notes

Use of this mark as a parenthesis is archaic in French Braille, and was abolished in Unified English Braille.

Synonyms

• ⠐⠣, ⠐⠜

Derived terms

• ⠠⠶, ⠶⠄

Letter

⠶

1. (English Braille) A letter rendering the print sequence -gg-
2. (Tibetan Braille) ང (nga)
3. (Chinese Braille) The rime wang/-uang
4. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) The onset pi-
5. (Taiwan Braille) The rime wai/-uai
6. (Cantonese Braille) The rime eng
7. (Thai Braille) tone ๊ (3)
8. (Korean Braille) Final ㅇ ‎(ng)

Usage notes

In English Braille, this symbol cannot appear at the beginning or end of a word.

Logogram

⠶

1. (English Braille) were

Symbol

⠶

1. (archaic, French Braille, in the context of the number sign ⠼) = (the equal sign)

See also

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

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤  

⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔  

⠇   ⠸   ⠎   ⠱   ⠣   ⠜   ⠪   ⠕  

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

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵  

⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶  

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⠶:  ⡶   ⢶  ⣶