U+2841 "⡁" Braille Pattern Dots-17 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2841 "⡁" Braille Pattern Dots-17 is a specific braille cell configuration representing the presence of dots at positions 1 and 7 in the standard 2 by 3 braille grid, where dot 1 is the top left dot and dot 7 is the bottom left dot of the 8 dot braille system. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block, which encodes all possible combinations of raised and unraised dots for tactile reading systems used by visually impaired individuals. In most literary braille codes, such as English Grade 2 braille, this pattern does not have a fixed alphabetic meaning on its own and is instead used as a component in longer multi cell sequences, often representing contractions, punctuation, or special formatting indicators depending on the context of the text.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
⡁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
⡁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE2 0xA1 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x2841 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00002841 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u2841 |
Unicode Properties