Shortform
“rejoice” in braille
Written r-j-c — 7 letters cut to 3 letters of abbreviation, then written in 3 cells. That is 4 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 1-2-3-5, then dots 2-4-5, then dots 1-4
Unicode ⠗⠚⠉ — 7 letters in 3 cells
How to recognise it
r-j-c, and it is the only shortform that takes -ful. Rejoices, rejoiced, rejoicer and rejoiceful all keep it; “rejoicement” does not.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “rejoice” loses 4 letters — e, o, i, e — to become rjc. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | rejoice | 7 cells |
| Abbreviated | rjc | 3 letters |
| Written | 3 cells |
Endings it keeps
Of the 6 English words that begin with these letters, the reference keeps the shortform in 5 of them. The endings that survive are -s, -d, -r, -ful. Everything else is spelled out.
| Word | In braille | Ending | Cells |
|---|---|---|---|
| rejoices | -s | 4 cells | |
| rejoiced | -d | 4 cells | |
| rejoicer | -r | 4 cells | |
| rejoiceful | -ful | 5 cells |
Words that only look like it
The one form the reference refuses. It begins with the same letters and is written out in full.
| Word | In braille | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| rejoicement | 9 cells |
What these 3 cells mean elsewhere
Every cell here has other jobs, which is where misreadings come from:
| Cell | Dots | What it is elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2-3-5 | the letter r; the word “rather” standing alone | |
| 2-4-5 | the letter j; the word “just” standing alone | |
| 1-4 | the letter c; the word “can” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “rejoice” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“rejoice” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: rjc in 3 cells, not 7 letters.
