U+2887 "⢇" Braille Pattern Dots-1238 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⢇
U+2887 "⢇" Braille Pattern Dots-1238 is a specific cell in the Braille Patterns block, representing a tactile reading symbol that has its top left dot, its middle left dot, its bottom left dot, and its top right dot raised, corresponding to dots 1, 2, 3, and 8 in the standard six or eight dot braille matrix. This character is part of the 8 dot braille system, which extends the traditional 6 dot braille to include additional dots for computer and technical notation. As a result, the cell may be used in specialized braille contexts to represent a particular letter, contraction, or computer code, depending on the specific braille table or application being employed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2887 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-1238 |
| 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 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2887 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002887 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2887 |
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 |