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“joy” in braille

⠚⠕⠽3 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, joy in braille is j-o-y, one cell for each letter: ⠚⠕⠽.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Jdots 2-4-5
  2. 2. Odots 1-3-5
  3. 3. Ydots 1-3-4-5-6

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, JOY, 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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