U+28A4 "⢤" Braille Pattern Dots-368 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⢤
U+28A4 "⢤" Braille Pattern Dots-368 is a specific Braille cell that represents a pattern of raised dots in positions 3, 6, and 8 of the standard 2x4 Braille grid, with each dot corresponding to a specific location in the cell. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block in Unicode, which includes all 256 possible dot combinations used in various Braille systems worldwide. As a pattern of dots, it has no inherent letter or meaning on its own, but in a particular Braille code, such as English Braille or a mathematical notation, it may represent a specific character, contraction, or symbol depending on the context.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28A4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-368 |
| 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 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28A4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28a4 |
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 |