U+2816 "⠖" Braille Pattern Dots-235 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⠖
U+2816 "⠖" Braille Pattern Dots-235 is a specific tactile symbol within the Braille Patterns block, representing a cell with raised dots at positions two, three, and five in the standard six dot braille grid. In Unified English Braille and many other braille systems, this combination of dots corresponds to the letter "f" when used in literary contexts, though its meaning can vary by language and application, such as in mathematics or music notation. As part of the Unicode standard, this character enables digital representation and exchange of braille text across modern devices and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2816 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-235 |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2816 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002816 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2816 |
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 |