“dog” in braille
⠙⠕⠛3 lettersUncontracted
Written letter by letter, dog in braille is d-o-g, one cell for each letter: ⠙⠕⠛.
Cell by cell
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, DOG, 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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