“car” in braille

⠉⠁⠗3 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, car in braille is c-a-r, one cell for each letter: ⠉⠁⠗.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Cdots 1-4
  2. 2. Adot 1
  3. 3. Rdots 1-2-3-5

Capitals

Braille letters are lower case unless marked. To start with a capital, as at the start of a sentence, put the capital sign, dot 6, before the first letter: ⠠⠉⠁⠗. For the whole word in capitals, CAR, use two capital signs: ⠠⠠⠉⠁⠗.

Grade 1 and Grade 2

This is uncontracted (Grade 1) braille, every letter written out, which is where learners start. Books, signs and labels mostly use Grade 2, where common letter groups and words take a single cell, so some words come out shorter there. See the Grade 2 contractions.

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