“red” in braille

⠗⠑⠙3 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, red in braille is r-e-d, one cell for each letter: ⠗⠑⠙.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Rdots 1-2-3-5
  2. 2. Edots 1-5
  3. 3. 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, RED, 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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