U+2821 "⠡" Braille Pattern Dots-16 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⠡
U+2821 "⠡" Braille Pattern Dots-16 is a representation of a braille cell with raised dots in positions one and six, forming a specific tactile pattern for a complete cell. In the standard Unified English Braille system, this character corresponds to the letter "ch" or may serve as a contraction for "character" depending on the context and grade of braille. As a digital character, it belongs to the Braille Patterns block within Unicode, allowing it to be displayed as a visual symbol on screens or processed in text for representing braille in electronic documents and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2821 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-16 |
| 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 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2821 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002821 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2821 |
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 |