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.