U+2882 "⢂" Braille Pattern Dots-28 Unicode Character

U+2882 "⢂" Braille Pattern Dots-28 is a specific graphical representation within the Braille Patterns block, which encodes the six-dot Braille cell used in tactile writing systems. This particular pattern corresponds to the presence of raised dots at positions 2 and 8 in the standard Braille dot numbering system, where dot 2 is typically the top middle dot and dot 8 is the bottom right dot in an eight-dot Braille cell. It is primarily used in computer applications and digital displays to represent Braille characters for visual rendering, often serving as a building block for encoding text in languages that utilize Braille, such as English or French, though the exact meaning depends on the specific Braille standard or translation table in use.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2882
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-28
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 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2882
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002882
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2882

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