U+2834 "⠴" Braille Pattern Dots-356 Unicode Character

U+2834 "⠴" Braille Pattern Dots-356 is a tactile writing symbol representing the specific combination of raised dots in positions three, five, and six of a standard six dot braille cell. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block in Unicode, which encodes all 64 possible dot configurations for use in digital text. Depending on the braille standard being used, such as Unified English Braille or regional literary codes, this dot pattern may represent a distinct letter, a contraction, a punctuation mark, or a part of a word. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that visually impaired individuals can read and write this character consistently across electronic devices and software.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2834
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-356
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 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2834
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002834
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2834

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