Standard English Braille Cell List (text version)
Most cells have several meanings depending on whether they stand
alone, appear at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a
word. Many can appear with indicator cells to form multiple cell
symbols for a group of letters. We give only the single cell primary
meaning in this list.
- Alphabet:
[dot 1] a
[dot 1 2] b
[dot 1 4] c
[dot 1 4 5] d
[dot 1 5] e
[dot 1 2 4] f
[dot 1 2 4 5] g
[dot 1 2 5] h
[dot 2 4] i
[dot 2 4 5] j
[dot 1 3] k
[dot 1 2 3] l
[dot 1 3 4] m
[dot 1 3 4 5] n
[dot 1 3 5] o
[dot 1 2 3 4] p
[dot 1 2 3 4 5] q
[dot 1 2 3 5] r
[dot 2 3 4] s
[dot 2 3 4 5] t
[dot 1 3 6] u
[dot 1 2 3 6] v
[dot 2 4 5 6] w
[dot 1 3 4 6] x
[dot 1 3 4 5 6] y
[dot 1 3 5 6] z
- Punctuation marks:
[dot 2] ,
[dot 2 3] ;
[dot 2 5] :
[dot 2 5 6] .
[dot 2 3 5] !
[dot 3 5 6] ? (at end of word)
[dot 3] '
[dot 36] -
[dot 2 3 6] open double quote, when at beginning of word
[dot 3 5 6] close double quote
[dot 2 3 5 6] parenthesis, ( when on left, ) when on right
- Full-word signs:
[dot 1 2 3 4 6] and
[dot 1 2 3 4 5 6] for
[dot 1 2 3 5 6] of
[dot 2 3 4 6[ the
[dot 2 3 4 5 6] with
- Letter combinations:
[dot 1 6] CH
[dot 1 2 6] GH
[dot 1 4 6] SH
[dot 1 4 5 6] TH
[dot 1 5 6] WH
[dot 1 2 4 6] ED
[dot 1 2 4 5 6] ER
[dot 1 2 5 6] OU
[dot 2 4 6] OW
[dot 2 6] EN
[dot 3 5] IN
[dot 3 4] ST
[dot 3 4 5] AR
[dot 3 4 6] ING
- Indicators, always appear in combination with other cells:
[dot 3 4 5 6] number indicator (also used as internal contraction for "ble")
[dot 6] capitalization and internal contraction indicator
[dot 5 6] letter and internal contraction indicator
[dot 5] second internal contraction indicator
[dot 4 6] third internal contraction indicator
[dot 4 5 6] general contraction indicator
[dot 4 5] second general contraction indicator
[dot 4] accented letter indicator (follows letter)
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