U+2880 "⢀" Braille Pattern Dots-8 Unicode Character

U+2880 "⢀" Braille Pattern Dots-8 is a specific Braille pattern symbol that represents a cell containing only the single dot at position eight, which is the lower rightmost dot in an eight dot Braille cell system. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block in Unicode, which encodes all 256 possible combinations of the eight standard Braille dots. In the six dot Braille system, dot eight is not used, but in the extended eight dot system it allows for the representation of additional characters, mathematical symbols, and specialized tactile notations. The U+2880 pattern is often utilized in computer Braille translation and refreshable Braille displays to encode unique values or as a formatting marker in digital Braille documents.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2880
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-8
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 0xA2 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2880
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002880
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2880

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