U+288C "⢌" Braille Pattern Dots-348 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+288C "⢌" Braille Pattern Dots-348 is a specific Braille symbol representing a pattern of raised dots in positions three, four, and eight within a standard 2x4 Braille cell, though in practice it uses the eight-dot Braille system where dots are numbered from top to bottom and left to right. This particular combination, with dots at the bottom left (dot 3), bottom middle left (dot 4), and top right (dot 8), does not correspond to a letter in standard six-dot literary Braille but is used in eight-dot Braille codes for computer notation, mathematics, or specialized contexts such as representing specific characters or formatting markers in digital text. Its appearance as a small pattern of filled circles in a rectangular grid can vary by font, but it always serves as a tactile or visual representation of data in Braille-based communication systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+288C
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-348
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 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x288C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000288C
C/C++/Java Escape \u288c

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