U+2888 "⢈" Braille Pattern Dots-48 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⢈
U+2888 "⢈" Braille Pattern Dots-48 is a specific cell within the Braille Patterns block, representing a combination of dots 4 and 8 in the standard six dot Braille grid. This character appears as a raised dot in the fourth position of the left column and the second position of the right column, and it is used primarily in braille transcription systems to represent certain letters, contractions, or punctuation marks depending on the language and context. As part of the larger braille encoding set, it allows for digital representation of tactile reading material, supporting accessibility in text communication and computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2888 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-48 |
| 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 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2888 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002888 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2888 |
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 |