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“hello” in braille

⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕5 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, hello in braille is h-e-l-l-o, one cell for each letter: ⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Hdots 1-2-5
  2. 2. Edots 1-5
  3. 3. Ldots 1-2-3
  4. 4. Ldots 1-2-3
  5. 5. Odots 1-3-5

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, HELLO, 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.

Remember it, don't just look it up

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