Letter 20 of 26

The letter T in braille

T is dots 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Dots 2-3-4-5

Unicode ⠞ — U+281E

How to recognise it

Dots 2, 3, 4 and 5 close the second decade. t is the mirror partner of s in the same way j mirrors h.

How this cell is built

T belongs to decade 2. It is the letter j with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.

jdot 3t

Easily confused with

These letters differ from T by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.

Practice words

Each word below starts with T, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.

the

time

take

In Grade 2 this letter is also a word

Standing alone, T means “that”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter t. See the contraction reference for the full list.