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“thanks” in braille

⠞⠓⠁⠝⠅⠎6 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, thanks in braille is t-h-a-n-k-s, one cell for each letter: ⠞⠓⠁⠝⠅⠎.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Tdots 2-3-4-5
  2. 2. Hdots 1-2-5
  3. 3. Adot 1
  4. 4. Ndots 1-3-4-5
  5. 5. Kdots 1-3
  6. 6. Sdots 2-3-4

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, THANKS, 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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