U+285C "⡜" Braille Pattern Dots-3457 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+285C "⡜" Braille Pattern Dots-3457 is a specific braille cell from the standardized Unicode Braille Patterns block, representing a raised dot configuration where dots 3, 4, 5, and 7 are raised while all other dots remain flat. This pattern is part of the eight-dot braille system, which extends the classic six-dot braille to include dots 7 and 8 for additional characters, often used in computer notation or advanced braille transcription. In practical use, this particular combination can represent a letter, punctuation mark, or special symbol depending on the braille table or language context, such as in the Nemeth braille code for mathematics or in encoding for digital text displays. It serves as a visual or tactile representation of data within the broader framework of braille encoding for accessibility.

General Properties

Code Point U+285C
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-3457
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 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x285C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000285C
C/C++/Java Escape \u285c

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