U+281C "⠜" Braille Pattern Dots-345 Unicode Character

U+281C "⠜" Braille Pattern Dots-345 is a specific braille cell representation used within the six dot braille system, where raised dots are positioned at the top middle, bottom left, and bottom middle of the cell. This pattern corresponds to dots three, four, and five in standard braille numeration, where dot three is the bottom left of the left column, and dots four and five are the top and middle of the right column respectively. In many braille language tables, this character does not represent a standalone letter but is often used as a contraction or part of a larger braille code, such as in Unified English Braille where it can signify the word "and" or represent a specific punctuation or abbreviation depending on context.

General Properties

Code Point	U+281C
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-345
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 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding	0x281C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000281C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u281c

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