U+289E "⢞" Braille Pattern Dots-23458 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⢞
U+289E "⢞" Braille Pattern Dots-23458 is a specific encoding within the Braille Patterns block, representing a tactile cell configuration where dots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 are raised. This character is part of the eight-dot Braille system, an extension of the traditional six-dot Braille used for representing additional symbols, contractions, or technical notations. While the six-dot system uses dots 1 through 6, the eight-dot version includes dots 7 and 8, allowing for a total of 256 possible patterns, with U+289E serving as one such combinatorial representation in digital and text-based contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+289E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-23458 |
| 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 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x289E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000289E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u289e |
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 |