U+2846 "⡆" Braille Pattern Dots-237 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⡆
U+2846 "⡆" Braille Pattern Dots-237 is a tactile writing symbol from the Braille Patterns block, encoding the specific configuration of raised dots in positions 2, 3, and 7 of a standard 2x4 Braille cell. This pattern represents a cell where the top-middle dot, the bottom-left dot, and the bottom-right dot from the cell's regular ordering are raised, leaving all other dot positions flat. In the context of Braille, it is used as part of a larger system for representing letters, contractions, or notation in various languages and specialized fields such as mathematics or music; its specific meaning depends entirely on the Braille standard (e.g., Grade 1, Grade 2, or computer Braille) and the language in which it appears.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2846 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-237 |
| 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 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2846 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002846 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2846 |
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 |