U+289B "⢛" Braille Pattern Dots-12458 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+289B "⢛" Braille Pattern Dots-12458 is a specific Braille pattern representing the presence of raised dots at positions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 within the standard six or eight-dot Braille cell grid. This character belongs to the Braille Patterns Unicode block, which encodes all possible combinations of raised dots for tactile reading systems used by the visually impaired. The dots are numbered in a specific order, with positions 1, 2, 3 in the top row left to right, 4, 5, 6 in the bottom row left to right, and dots 7 and 8 for additional characters in the eight-dot system. When displayed, this pattern creates a unique tactile symbol that can represent a specific letter, contraction, or word in various Braille languages and codes, such as English Braille, where it might stand for a certain consonant combination or punctuation mark. This encoding allows digital text to be accurately converted into tactile forms for assistive technologies like refreshable Braille displays.

General Properties

Code Point U+289B
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-12458
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 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x289B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000289B
C/C++/Java Escape \u289b

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