Built as
盲 ('blind') +
文 ('writing'): 'blind-writing'. The system itself was invented by Louis Braille (
路易·
布莱尔, Lùyì Bùlái'ěr) in France in 1829, using six raised dots in 63 combinations. Chinese braille uses an adapted version of the dot system — typically pinyin-based rather than character-based.
