U+2859 "⡙" Braille Pattern Dots-1457 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⡙
U+2859 "⡙" Braille Pattern Dots-1457 is a specific dot configuration within the Braille Patterns block, representing a raised dot pattern of dots one, four, five, and seven in the standard six or eight dot Braille cell arrangement. This character is part of the braille encoding system that allows for the digital representation of tactile writing used by individuals who are blind or visually impaired, where each unique dot pattern corresponds to a particular letter, number, punctuation mark, or contraction in various braille languages. Despite its appearance as graphical braille, its meaning is not fixed and depends entirely on the braille table or language variant being used, such as English, Chinese, or mathematical notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2859 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-1457 |
| 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 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2859 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002859 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2859 |
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 |