U+2838 "⠸" Braille Pattern Dots-456 Unicode Character

U+2838 "⠸" Braille Pattern Dots-456 is a specific braille cell configuration that features raised dots in positions four, five, and six of the standard six dot braille grid. In the Unified English Braille code and many other braille systems, this pattern often serves as a punctuation indicator or a format marker, commonly used as the opening sign for a capital letter following in a word, or in some contexts as a composition sign to alter the meaning of subsequent characters. Visually, it occupies the lower section of the braille cell and is distinct from patterns using only the top or middle dots, providing a crucial role in rendering complex text structures for braille readers.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2838
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-456
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 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2838
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002838
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2838

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