U+283B "⠻" Braille Pattern Dots-12456 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+283B "⠻" Braille Pattern Dots-12456 is a Braille symbol composed of six raised dots in the standard two by three Braille cell, with dots at positions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 activated, excluding only dot 3. In the Unified English Braille system, this character can represent the letter combination "ow" when used as a contraction, while in other Braille codes it may correspond to specific phonemes or be part of a logical or phonetic mapping. As part of the Unicode Braille Patterns block, it is primarily used in digital text to encode Braille for tactile reading by visually impaired individuals, ensuring compatibility across devices and software that support Braille input and output.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+283B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-12456 |
| 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 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x283B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000283B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u283b |
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 |