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“work” in braille

⠺⠕⠗⠅4 lettersUncontracted

Written letter by letter, work in braille is w-o-r-k, one cell for each letter: ⠺⠕⠗⠅.

Cell by cell

  1. 1. Wdots 2-4-5-6
  2. 2. Odots 1-3-5
  3. 3. Rdots 1-2-3-5
  4. 4. Kdots 1-3

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, WORK, 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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