U+28A9 "⢩" Braille Pattern Dots-1468 Unicode Character

U+28A9 "⢩" Braille Pattern Dots-1468 is a specific Braille symbol representing the raised dots at positions one, four, six, and eight within a standard six or eight dot Braille cell. This character is part of the Braille Patterns Unicode block, which encodes tactile writing system characters used primarily for visually impaired readers. The pattern Dots-1468 corresponds to a unique combination of raised embossed points that can be interpreted as a particular letter, contraction, or punctuation mark depending on the Braille standard and language in use, such as English, German, or other systems that employ eight dot Braille for computer input or musical notation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+28A9
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-1468
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 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x28A9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000028A9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u28a9

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