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“friend” in braille

⠋⠗⠊⠑⠝⠙6 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, friend in braille is f-r-i-e-n-d, one cell for each letter: ⠋⠗⠊⠑⠝⠙.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Fdots 1-2-4
  2. 2. Rdots 1-2-3-5
  3. 3. Idots 2-4
  4. 4. Edots 1-5
  5. 5. Ndots 1-3-4-5
  6. 6. Ddots 1-4-5

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, FRIEND, 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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