Grade 2 braille contractions
Most braille in books and signs is Grade 2 (contracted): one cell can stand for a whole word or a group of letters, which makes it shorter and quicker to read. These are the first ones learners meet in Unified English Braille.
Alphabetic wordsigns
A letter standing alone as a word means a whole word.
- butthe letter b on its own
- canthe letter c on its own
- dothe letter d on its own
- everythe letter e on its own
- fromthe letter f on its own
- gothe letter g on its own
- havethe letter h on its own
- justthe letter j on its own
- knowledgethe letter k on its own
- likethe letter l on its own
- morethe letter m on its own
- notthe letter n on its own
- peoplethe letter p on its own
- quitethe letter q on its own
- ratherthe letter r on its own
- sothe letter s on its own
- thatthe letter t on its own
- usthe letter u on its own
- verythe letter v on its own
- willthe letter w on its own
- itthe letter x on its own
- youthe letter y on its own
- asthe letter z on its own
Strong contractions and groupsigns
One cell for a common word or a group of letters.
- anddots 1-2-3-4-6
- fordots 1-2-3-4-5-6
- ofdots 1-2-3-5-6
- thedots 2-3-4-6
- withdots 2-3-4-5-6
- chdots 1-6
- ghdots 1-2-6
- shdots 1-4-6
- thdots 1-4-5-6
- whdots 1-5-6
- eddots 1-2-4-6
- erdots 1-2-4-5-6
- oudots 1-2-5-6
- owdots 2-4-6
- stdots 3-4
- ardots 3-4-5
- ingdots 3-4-6