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
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