Letter 21 of 26
The letter U in braille
U is dots 1, 3 and 6.
Dots 1-3-6
Unicode ⠥ — U+2825
How to recognise it
The third decade begins: u is a plus dots 3 and 6, so the bottom row is full and the top-left is raised. From here on, every cell has dot 6.
How this cell is built
U belongs to decade 3. It is the letter a with dots 3 and 6 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
adots 3 and 6u
Easily confused with
These letters differ from U 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 U, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
up
under
until
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, U means “us”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter u. See the contraction reference for the full list.