Letter 24 of 26
The letter X in braille
X is dots 1, 3, 4 and 6.
Dots 1-3-4-6
Unicode ⠭ — U+282D
How to recognise it
Dots 1, 3, 4 and 6. x is c plus dots 3 and 6, giving a cell with all four corners raised and the middle row empty — a very distinctive frame shape.
How this cell is built
X belongs to decade 3. It is the letter c with dots 3 and 6 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
cdots 3 and 6x
Easily confused with
These letters differ from X 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 X, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
box
next
mix
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, X means “it”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter x. See the contraction reference for the full list.