U+288B "⢋" Braille Pattern Dots-1248 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+288B "⢋" Braille Pattern Dots-1248 is a specific braille symbol that represents a pattern of raised dots in positions one, two, four, and eight within a standard six or eight dot braille cell. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block in Unicode, which encodes the visual representation of braille dot configurations as used in various braille systems around the world. While it does not inherently carry a specific alphabetic or phonetic meaning, its interpretation depends entirely on the braille code or language context in which it is used, such as literary braille, computer braille, or mathematical notation. The dot numbering follows the traditional braille cell layout, where dots are numbered from top to bottom and left to right, and dots 1248 correspond to the upper left, middle left, upper right, and lower left positions respectively.

General Properties

Code Point U+288B
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-1248
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 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x288B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000288B
C/C++/Java Escape \u288b

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