⠁
⠁ - Translingual
A character of the braille script, standardized internationally as the letter a and the digit 1.
Letter
⠁
- (Braille) a
- (Braille, often preceded by capital sign ⠠) Upper-case A
- (Greek Braille) α (a)
- (Yugoslav Braille) a / а
- (Russian Braille) а (a)
- (Hebrew Braille) א (aleph: ’)
- (Arabic Braille) ا (alif: ʾ)
- (Bharati braille) a (only written when initial in a word); अ / ਅ / અ / অ / ଅ / అ / ಅ / അ / அ / අ
- (Tibetan Braille) ཨ (a)
- (Chinese Braille) Tone 1
- (Chinese Two-Cell Braille) The onset g- or the rime -èn (-ìn, -ùn, -ǜn)
- (Taiwan Braille) Tone 0, onset zh [dubious]
- (Cantonese Braille) Tone 2
- (Thai Braille) The vowel ◌ะ short a (same as in Japanese Braille)
- (Korean Braille) Final ㄱ (g)
Usage notes
- (Thai Braille) As in print, this is combined with many other vowels to indicate they are short.
Numeral
⠁
⠁ - English
Article
⠁ (a)
- (Braille) a
Usage notes
- Sources disagree on whether to treat this as a word sign, or simply as the letter ⟨⠁⟩. It makes only a pedagogical difference.
⠁ - Japanese
Syllable
⠁ (romaji a)