U+2828 "⠨" Braille Pattern Dots-46 Unicode Character

U+2828 "⠨" Braille Pattern Dots-46 is a specific braille cell configuration that represents the raised dots located at positions four and six in a standard six dot braille grid. In literary braille systems, this pattern often serves as a formatting or indicator symbol, such as a capital sign or an emphasis marker, rather than representing a single letter of the alphabet. Its usage varies across different braille languages and codes, but it remains a fundamental component of braille encoding for conveying structural and semantic information in tactile reading. This character is part of the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which encodes all possible combinations of raised dots to support global braille communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2828
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-46
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 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2828
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002828
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2828

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