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Braille Reference Sheet

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD)
Updated on Dec 16, 2008

Letter

Whole World Sign

Dot 5 Words

Short Form Words

Part World Signs

and, for, the, of , the, with

Dot 45

Dot 456

Lower Signs

Finel Letter

A

A

 

     ab (about); abv (above); ac (according); acr (across); af (after); afn (afternoon); afw (afterward); ag (again); agst* (against); alm (almost); alr (already); al (also); alth (although); alt (altogether); alw (always)

ar

>

 

 and

&

      

ally ,y

ance .e

ation ,n

 

B

       B

 

 but   bec (because); bef (before); beh (behind);        bel (below); ben (beneath);bes (beside); bey (beyond); brl (braille); bl (blind)

ble

#

 

      

be 2

bb 2

by 0

 

  

C

      C

 

 can   cd (could); concv (conceive); concvg (conceiving)       cannot

con 3

cc 3

com -

 

  
Ch * child Character chn (children) ch *      

dis 4

dd 4

 

  

D

      D

 

 do Day dcl (declare); dclg (declaring); dcv (deceive); dcvg (deceiving);            

E

      E

every

(en (enough))

 

 ever ei (either)

er }

ed $

 

      

en 5

ea 1

 

ence

;e

 
F F from father

fst (first); fr (friend)

 

   for =     ff  6 ful  ;l
G G go  

gd (good); grt (great)

 

 gh<       gg 7  
H H have here herf (herself); hm (him); hmf (himself)       had his8  

I

       I		     imm (immediate); itf (itself); its (its) ing+      

in 9

into 96

 

ity

;y

 
J J just                
K k knowledge know              
L l like lord lr (letter); ll (little)           less .s
M m more mother mch (much); mst (must); myf (myself)       many   ment ;t
N n not name nec (necessary); nei (neither);           ness ;s

O

     o		   one

o'c (o'clock); onef (oneself)

 

ow

{

 

ow

{

 

      

ount .t

ong ;g

ound .d

 
Ou | out ought ourvs (ourselves)            
P p people part pd (paid); percv (perceive); perh(perhaps)            
Q q quite question qk (quick)            

R

r

 

 rather right rcv (receive); rcvg (receiving); rjc (rejoice);   rjcg (rejoicing)            

S

s

 

 so some

sd (said); sch(such)

 

       sperit   sion .n

T

T

 

 that time td (today); tgr (together); tm (tomorrow); tn (tonight);       to6   tion ;n
Th ? though         those      
The ! there   themvs (themselves); thyf (thyself);   the ! these their    
U u us under       upon      
V  V very                

W

W

 

 will work wd (would)  

with

)

 

 word world

was 0

were 7

 

  
Wh  : which ware       whose      
X x it   its (its); itf(itself)            
Y Y you young yr (your); yrf (yourself); yrvs (yourselves)            
Z z as                

 

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