U+2822 "⠢" Braille Pattern Dots-26 Unicode Character

U+2822 "⠢" Braille Pattern Dots-26 is a Braille pattern that represents a cell with only the top left dot (dot 2) and the middle left dot (dot 6) raised, which are the two positions in the left column of the standard six dot Braille grid. This pattern is used in various Braille systems around the world, often corresponding to a specific letter, contraction, or punctuation mark depending on the language or context. In Unified English Braille, for example, it stands for the period or full stop, while in other Braille codes it can represent a vowel or a word sign, highlighting the flexibility and importance of dot combinations within the tactile writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2822
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-26
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 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2822
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002822
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2822

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