Translingual

The 62nd character of the braille script

Symbol

⠰

1. (English Braille) The letter marker.
2. (Unified English Braille) The Grade-1 (uncontracted) braille marker.
3. (English Braille) A prefix marking various letter sequences:

   ⠰⠛ -ong, ⠰⠇ -ful, ⠰⠞ -ment, ⠰⠑ -ence, ⠰⠎ -ness, ⠰⠝ -tion, ⠰⠽ -ity

4. (Czech Braille) The marker for ALL CAPS
5. (Persian Braille) A prefix for mathematical symbols
6. (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) Marks foreign script
7. (IPA Braille) Marks national orthography (once for one letter, doubled for a passage, until ended with ⟨⠰⠆⟩.)

Usage notes

• (English Braille) Used to indicate that a Braille character stands for its literal value, and not as a digit or word.
• As a sequence marker, it cannot occur at the beginning of a word.
• (Unified English Braille) Used to indicate that a Braille character does not stand a sequence ("contraction"); for example, ⠰⠳ clarifies that the ⠳ is an arrow icon rather than the sequence ou.

Punctuation mark

⠰

1. (Arabic Braille) semicolon
2. (Chinese Braille) semicolon

Letter

⠰

1. (Bharati braille) anusvara
2. (Tamil braille) ṉa      [and maybe Malayalam?]
3. (Cantonese Braille) The rime ong
4. (Vietnamese Braille) tone ◌̀
5. (Korean Braille) Initial ㅊ ‎(ch)

See also

(Braille script):  ⠀   ⠁   ⠂   ⠄   ⠈   ⠐   ⠠  

⠃   ⠅   ⠆   ⠘   ⠨   ⠰   ⠉   ⠒   ⠤  

⠑   ⠡   ⠢   ⠊   ⠌   ⠔  

⠇   ⠸   ⠎   ⠱   ⠣   ⠜   ⠪   ⠕  

⠋   ⠙   ⠓   ⠚   ⠍   ⠩   ⠥   ⠬   ⠖   ⠲   ⠦   ⠴  

⠏   ⠹   ⠧   ⠼   ⠫   ⠝   ⠮   ⠵  

⠺   ⠗   ⠞   ⠳   ⠛   ⠭   ⠶  

⠟   ⠻   ⠷   ⠾   ⠯   ⠽   ⠿

• • Braille eight-dot extensions from ⠰:  ⡰   ⢰  ⣰