“Friday” in braille

⠠⠋⠗⠊⠙⠁⠽6 lettersUncontracted

Friday starts with a capital, so in braille the capital sign (dot 6) goes before the F, then the letters F-R-I-D-A-Y one cell each: ⠠⠋⠗⠊⠙⠁⠽.

Now read one yourself

⠠⠍⠕⠝⠙⠁⠽

Which word is this? Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday.

Cell by cell

  1. Capitaldot 6
  2. 1. Fdots 1-2-4
  3. 2. Rdots 1-2-3-5
  4. 3. Idots 2-4
  5. 4. Ddots 1-4-5
  6. 5. Adot 1
  7. 6. Ydots 1-3-4-5-6

Capitals

Braille letters are lower case unless marked. Days and months take the capital sign, dot 6, before their first letter (⠠⠋⠗⠊⠙⠁⠽). In all capitals, FRIDAY, two capital signs mark the whole word: ⠠⠠⠋⠗⠊⠙⠁⠽. More on capital letters in braille.

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.

Remember it, don't just look it up

Days and months are spelled letter by letter, so the alphabet is what to learn. Braille a Day brings it back tomorrow to answer from memory, then again just before you'd forget. Five minutes a day.

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