Translingual

The 59th character of the braille script.

Symbol

⠸

1. (English Braille) A logogram prefix:

   ⠸⠉ cannot, ⠸⠍ many, ⠸⠓ had, ⠸⠮ their, ⠸⠎ spirit, ⠸⠺ world

2. (English Braille) Marks a long or stressed syllable
3. (Unified English Braille) Line marker (as in poetry)
4. (French Braille) The emphasis marker (bold, italic, underline)
5. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) (parenthetical; used to supply a synonym)

Usage notes

• (English Braille) Metrical use abolished in Unified English Braille.

Letter

⠸

1. (Hungarian Braille) A letter rendering the print digraph ly
2. (Slovak Braille) ľ
3. (Bharati braille) ḷa
4. (Chinese Braille) The rime yun/-ün
5. (Taiwan Braille) The rime wang/-uang
6. (Cantonese Braille) The rime am

Punctuation mark

⠸

1. (Czech Braille)|
2. (IPA Braille) Marks non-combining modifiers, such as prosody marks and tone letters

   ⠸⠃ ˈ◌, ⠸⠆ ˌ◌, ⠸⠳|, ⠸⠿ ‖, ⠸⠇ ◌‿◌, ⠸⠮ ꜜ, ⠸⠫ ꜛ, ⠸⠙ ↗, ⠸⠴ ↘

   ⠸⠈⠉ ˥, ⠸⠉ ˦, ⠸⠒ ˧, ⠸⠤ ˨, ⠸⠠⠤ ˩, ⠸⠌ ˩˥, ⠸⠡ ˥˩, ⠸⠊ ˧˥, ⠸⠔ ˩˧, ⠸⠑ ˥˧ (?), ⠸⠢ ˧˩ (?), ⠸⠲ ˨˦˨, ⠸⠚ ˦˨˦ (?)

   ⠸⠕ →

See also

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

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤  

⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔  

⠇   ⠸   ⠎   ⠱   ⠣   ⠜   ⠪   ⠕  

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

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵  

⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶  

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⠸:  ⡸   ⢸  ⣸