Letter 14 of 26
The letter N in braille
N is dots 1, 3, 4 and 5.
Dots 1-3-4-5
Unicode ⠝ — U+281D
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 3, 4 and 5. n is d plus dot 3 and is one of the busier cells; readers usually recognise it by the gap at dot 2 rather than by counting.
How this cell is built
N belongs to decade 2. It is the letter d with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
ddot 3n
Easily confused with
These letters differ from N 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 N, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
not
new
name
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, N means “not”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter n. See the contraction reference for the full list.