diff --git a/src/ui/game3/braille.lua b/src/ui/game3/braille.lua
index 6b57685f..bbef92ba 100644
--- a/src/ui/game3/braille.lua
+++ b/src/ui/game3/braille.lua
@@ -236,6 +236,27 @@ local function chars(text)
   return tostring(text or ""):gmatch("[%z\1-\127\194-\244][\128-\191]*")
 end
 
+-- A Unicode braille cell (U+2800-U+283F, dots 1-6 as bits 0-5) is drawn as that
+-- cell: pokefirered/include/characters.h:282 keeps every dot combination in the
+-- braille font, numbered dot 1 = 0x01, 4 = 0x02, 2 = 0x04, 5 = 0x08, 3 = 0x10,
+-- 6 = 0x20.  A mod can hand over a European cart's own braille this way, cells
+-- such as German ä that no Latin character spells included.
+local CELL_BIT = { 0x01, 0x04, 0x10, 0x02, 0x08, 0x20 }
+
+local function unicode_cell(ch)
+  local b1, b2, b3 = ch:byte(1, 3)
+  if #ch ~= 3 or b1 ~= 0xE2 or b2 ~= 0xA0 or not b3 or b3 < 0x80 or b3 > 0xBF then
+    return nil
+  end
+  local dots, code = b3 - 0x80, 0
+  for dot = 1, 6 do
+    if dots % 2 == 1 then code = code + CELL_BIT[dot] end
+    dots = math.floor(dots / 2)
+  end
+  return code
+end
+Braille.unicodeCell = unicode_cell
+
 local encodeCache = {}
 local encodeCacheN = 0
 
@@ -252,9 +273,13 @@ function Braille.encode(text)
       cur = lines[#lines]
       inNumber = false
     elseif ch ~= "\r" then
-      local digit = Braille.DIGIT[ch]
-      local code = Braille.CODE[ch] or RECOVERED[ch]
-      if digit then
+      local cell = unicode_cell(ch)
+      local digit = not cell and Braille.DIGIT[ch]
+      local code = cell or Braille.CODE[ch] or RECOVERED[ch]
+      if cell then
+        -- a cell spells its own number sign, as the carts' braille does
+        inNumber = false
+      elseif digit then
         if not inNumber then
           inNumber = true
           cur[#cur + 1] = Braille.NUMBER
diff --git a/tests/engine/game3_braille_unicode_test.lua b/tests/engine/game3_braille_unicode_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7920f2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/game3_braille_unicode_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+-- Braille.encode draws a Unicode braille cell (U+2800-U+283F) as that very cell,
+-- so a mod can hand over a European cart's braille unchanged: the braille font
+-- holds every dot combination (pokefirered/include/characters.h:282), and some
+-- carts use cells no Latin character spells (German ä, dots 3-4-5).
+
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+love = require("tests.love_stub")
+
+local T = require("tests.harness")
+local check = T.check
+
+local Braille = require("src.ui.game3.braille")
+
+local function cell(dots)
+  local bits = 0
+  for d in dots:gmatch("%d") do bits = bits + 2 ^ (tonumber(d) - 1) end
+  return string.char(0xE2, 0xA0, 0x80 + bits)
+end
+
+-- The standard braille alphabet, dot numbers per letter.
+local LETTERS = {
+  A = "1", B = "12", C = "14", D = "145", E = "15", F = "124", G = "1245", H = "125",
+  I = "24", J = "245", K = "13", L = "123", M = "134", N = "1345", O = "135", P = "1234",
+  Q = "12345", R = "1235", S = "234", T = "2345", U = "136", V = "1236", W = "2456",
+  X = "1346", Y = "13456", Z = "1356",
+}
+local same = 0
+for letter, dots in pairs(LETTERS) do
+  if Braille.encode(cell(dots))[1][1] == Braille.encode(letter)[1][1] then same = same + 1 end
+end
+check(same == 26, "each Unicode letter cell is the cart's cell for that letter (" .. same .. "/26)")
+
+local seen, distinct = {}, 0
+for bits = 0, 63 do
+  local code = Braille.encode(string.char(0xE2, 0xA0, 0x80 + bits))[1][1]
+  if type(code) == "number" and code >= 0 and code < Braille.NUM_CHARS and not seen[code] then
+    seen[code] = true
+    distinct = distinct + 1
+  end
+end
+check(distinct == 64, "the 64 Unicode cells reach the 64 cells of the font (" .. distinct .. ")")
+
+check(Braille.encode(cell("345"))[1][1] == 0x1A, "German ä (dots 3-4-5) is drawn, which no Latin letter reaches")
+
+local line = Braille.encode(cell("3456") .. cell("1") .. cell("12"))[1]
+check(#line == 3 and line[1] == Braille.NUMBER,
+  "a cart's own number sign stays one cell, with no second one added")
+
+check(Braille.width(cell("1") .. cell("12") .. "\n" .. cell("1")) == 2 * Braille.GLYPH_WIDTH,
+  "the width counts cells, not UTF-8 bytes")
+local latin = Braille.encode("DIG HERE")[1]
+check(#latin == 8 and latin[1] == 0x0B, "Latin text still spells as before")
+
+-- pokefirered/src/scrcmd.c:1558 braillemessage: the script's text reaches the
+-- font through TextIR.toPlain, which must keep the cells a mod's IR carries.
+local TextIR = require("src.core.game3.scripting.text_ir")
+local plain = TextIR.toPlain({ { t = "text", s = cell("125") .. cell("1") .. cell("136") .. cell("2345") },
+  { t = "nl" }, { t = "text", s = cell("345") }, { t = "eos" } }, {})
+local lines = Braille.encode(plain)
+check(#lines == 2 and #lines[1] == 4 and lines[2][1] == 0x1A,
+  "a mod's braille message (French HAUT, then German ä) reaches the font cell for cell")
+
+T.finish("game3_braille_unicode_test")