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“strong” in braille

⠎⠞⠗⠕⠝⠛6 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, strong in braille is s-t-r-o-n-g, one cell for each letter: ⠎⠞⠗⠕⠝⠛.

Now read one yourself

⠕⠏⠑⠝

Which word is this? peace, exit, open.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Sdots 2-3-4
  2. 2. Tdots 2-3-4-5
  3. 3. Rdots 1-2-3-5
  4. 4. Odots 1-3-5
  5. 5. Ndots 1-3-4-5
  6. 6. Gdots 1-2-4-5

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, STRONG, 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

Every word in uncontracted braille is its letters, so short words are where reading starts. Braille a Day brings it back tomorrow to answer from memory, then again just before you'd forget. Five minutes a day.

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