U+287B "⡻" Braille Pattern Dots-124567 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+287B "⡻" Braille Pattern Dots-124567 is a specific cell in the Braille Patterns block that represents a configuration where all six dots except dot three are raised, corresponding to the binary value of dots 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. This character is part of the standard Braille encoding system used for tactile reading and writing by people who are blind or visually impaired, and it can also serve as a graphic symbol in digital typography or data visualization. Its visual appearance, with six raised dots in a three-by-two grid, allows it to represent a unique tactile pattern that may correspond to a particular letter, contraction, or punctuation mark depending on the specific Braille grade or language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+287B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-124567 |
| 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 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x287B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000287B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u287b |
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 |