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“water” in braille

⠺⠁⠞⠑⠗5 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, water in braille is w-a-t-e-r, one cell for each letter: ⠺⠁⠞⠑⠗.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Wdots 2-4-5-6
  2. 2. Adot 1
  3. 3. Tdots 2-3-4-5
  4. 4. Edots 1-5
  5. 5. Rdots 1-2-3-5

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, WATER, 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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