U+289A "⢚" Braille Pattern Dots-2458 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+289A "⢚" Braille Pattern Dots-2458 is a specific Braille cell that represents a combination of raised dots at positions two, four, and five, and the eighth dot in an eight-dot Braille system, which extends the traditional six-dot cell to support more characters and symbols. This character falls within the Braille Patterns block of Unicode, a standard encoding designed to represent Braille text for tactile reading by visually impaired users, as well as for various digital and print applications. The "⢚" glyph is particularly used in conjunction with other Braille patterns to form words, abbreviations, or specialized notations in languages that employ eight-dot Braille, such as for computer braille or advanced mathematical and musical transcriptions.

General Properties

Code Point U+289A
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-2458
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 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x289A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000289A
C/C++/Java Escape \u289a

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