U+2809 "⠉" Braille Pattern Dots-14 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⠉
U+2809 "⠉" Braille Pattern Dots-14 is a tactile writing symbol representing a cell with raised dots in positions one and four of the standard six dot Braille grid. This specific pattern corresponds to the letter 'c' in English Grade 1 Braille and is used within the broader Unicode Braille Patterns block, which encodes all 256 possible dot configurations for digital text representation. As a visual representation of a tactile code, it facilitates communication and accessibility for blind and visually impaired individuals across various languages and text based systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2809 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-14 |
| 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 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2809 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002809 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2809 |
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 |