Letter 18 of 26
The letter R in braille
R is dots 1, 2, 3 and 5.
Dots 1-2-3-5
Unicode ⠗ — U+2817
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 2, 3 and 5. r is e plus dot 3 plus dot 2, and its full left column with a single middle-right dot is a distinctive shape.
How this cell is built
R belongs to decade 2. It is the letter h with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
hdot 3r
Easily confused with
These letters differ from R 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 R, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
run
read
right
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, R means “rather”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter r. See the contraction reference for the full list.