U+2818 "⠘" Braille Pattern Dots-45 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⠘
U+2818 "⠘" Braille Pattern Dots-45 is a Braille cell that exclusively raises the dots in positions four and five of the standard six dot matrix. In the Unified English Braille system, this specific pattern does not represent a standalone letter or common punctuation mark by itself but frequently functions as an important format indicator, most notably serving as the prefix for capital letters or as a component in larger Braille contractions and sequences. Its presence visually appears as two vertical dots on the right side of the cell, distinguishing it from other dot combinations and enabling precise written communication for Braille readers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2818 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-45 |
| 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 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2818 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002818 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2818 |
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 |