U+2808 "⠈" Braille Pattern Dots-4 Unicode Character

U+2808 "⠈" Braille Pattern Dots-4 is a specific braille cell that represents only the single dot in the upper right position of the standard six dot braille grid, numbered dot 4. In many braille systems, this character often serves as a formatting marker, such as a capital letter sign when used before another braille character, or it can represent the letter "l" in some specialized codes. It belongs to the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which maps the 64 possible configurations of the six dot braille cell, and its presence as a single dot underscores how braille relies on the precise arrangement of raised dots to convey meaning.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2808
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-4
Block	Braille Patterns
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⠈
HTML Hex Encoding	⠈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xA0 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2808
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002808
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2808

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Braille
Script Extensions	Braille
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other