点字(てんじ)

てんじ
noun
Braille
languagehealth
1. Braille
A writing system of raised dots read by touch, used by blind and partially sighted people.
点字(てんじ)を読(よ)めるようになりたい。
I want to learn to read Braille.
The elevator buttons have Braille on them.
Even station ticket machines and beer cans carry Braille labels.

Japanese Braille writes kana by sound, six dots to a cell; it was devised by 石川倉次(いしかわくらじ) and adopted in 1890. Everyday Braille does not represent kanji.

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