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

Code Point U+2841
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-17
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 0xA1 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2841
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002841
C/C++/Java Escape \u2841

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