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“school” in braille

⠎⠉⠓⠕⠕⠇6 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, school in braille is s-c-h-o-o-l, one cell for each letter: ⠎⠉⠓⠕⠕⠇.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Sdots 2-3-4
  2. 2. Cdots 1-4
  3. 3. Hdots 1-2-5
  4. 4. Odots 1-3-5
  5. 5. Odots 1-3-5
  6. 6. Ldots 1-2-3

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, SCHOOL, 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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