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This braille table lists all the seventy-five shortforms found in the UEB (Unified English Braille) tables.
| Braille | Contraction | |
|---|---|---|
| about | ⠁⠃ | ab |
| above | ⠁⠃⠧ | abv |
| according | ⠁⠉ | ac |
| across | ⠁⠉⠗ | acr |
| after | ⠁⠋ | af |
| afternoon | ⠁⠋⠝ | afn |
| afterward | ⠁⠋⠺ | afw |
| again | ⠁⠛ | ag |
| against | ⠁⠛⠌ | agst |
| almost | ⠁⠇⠍ | alm |
| already | ⠁⠇⠗ | alr |
| also | ⠁⠇ | al |
| although | ⠁⠇⠹ | alth |
| altogether | ⠁⠇⠞ | alt |
| always | ⠁⠇⠺ | alw |
| because | ⠆⠉ | bec |
| before | ⠆⠋ | bef |
| behind | ⠆⠓ | beh |
| below | ⠆⠇ | bel |
| beneath | ⠆⠝ | ben |
| beside | ⠆⠎ | bes |
| between | ⠆⠞ | bet |
| beyond | ⠆⠽ | bey |
| blind | ⠃⠇ | bl |
| braille | ⠃⠗⠇ | brl |
| children | ⠡⠝ | chn |
| conceive | ⠒⠉⠧ | concv |
| conceiving | ⠒⠉⠧⠛ | concvg |
| could | ⠉⠙ | cd |
| deceive | ⠙⠉⠧ | dcv |
| deceiving | ⠙⠉⠧⠛ | dcvg |
| declare | ⠙⠉⠇ | dcl |
| declaring | ⠙⠉⠇⠛ | dclg |
| either | ⠑⠊ | ei |
| first | ⠋⠌ | fst |
| friend | ⠋⠗ | fr |
| good | ⠛⠙ | gd |
| great | ⠛⠗⠞ | grt |
| herself | ⠓⠻⠋ | herf |
| him | ⠓⠍ | hm |
| himself | ⠓⠍⠋ | hmf |
| immediate | ⠊⠍⠍ | imm |
| its | ⠭⠎ | xs |
| itself | ⠭⠋ | xf |
| letter | ⠇⠗ | lr |
| little | ⠇⠇ | ll |
| much | ⠍⠡ | mch |
| must | ⠍⠌ | mst |
| myself | ⠍⠽⠋ | myf |
| necessary | ⠝⠑⠉ | nec |
| neither | ⠝⠑⠊ | nei |
| oneself | ⠐⠕⠋ | onef |
| ourselves | ⠳⠗⠧⠎ | ourvs |
| paid | ⠏⠙ | pd |
| perceive | ⠏⠻⠉⠧ | percv |
| perceiving | ⠏⠻⠉⠧⠛ | percvg |
| perhaps | ⠏⠻⠓ | perh |
| quick | ⠟⠅ | qk |
| receive | ⠗⠉⠧ | rcv |
| receiving | ⠗⠉⠧⠛ | rcvg |
| rejoice | ⠗⠚⠉ | rjc |
| rejoicing | ⠗⠚⠉⠛ | rjcg |
| said | ⠎⠙ | sd |
| should | ⠩⠙ | shd |
| such | ⠩⠡ | sch |
| themselves | ⠮⠍⠧⠎ | themvs |
| thyself | ⠹⠽⠋ | thyf |
| today | ⠞⠙ | td |
| together | ⠞⠛⠗ | tgr |
| tomorrow | ⠞⠍ | tm |
| tonight | ⠞⠝ | tn |
| would | ⠺⠙ | wd |
| your | ⠽⠗ | yr |
| yourself | ⠽⠗⠋ | yrf |
| yourselves | ⠽⠗⠧⠎ | yrvs |