U+280C "⠌" Braille Pattern Dots-34 Unicode Character

U+280C "⠌" Braille Pattern Dots-34 is a tactile writing symbol representing a specific Braille cell configuration, where dots 3 and 4 (counting from the top left and top right of the six-dot cell) are raised. This character is part of the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which encodes all 256 possible combinations of raised and unraised dots within the standard six-dot Braille system. While its meaning is purely orthographic and depends on the Braille language or grade in use, in Unified English Braille, for example, it frequently represents the letter "i" or the short-form word "with."

General Properties

Code Point	U+280C
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-34
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 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0x280C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000280C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u280c

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