U+28AD "⢭" Braille Pattern Dots-13468 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28AD "⢭" Braille Pattern Dots-13468 is a specific cell within the standardized Braille Patterns block that represents a tactile configuration of six or eight dots arranged in a two by four grid, in this case with dots at positions 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 raised and all other dots flat. This pattern is not assigned a predefined literary meaning on its own, as Braille encoding is context dependent, and it may correspond to a particular letter, contraction, symbol, or numeric value depending on the specific Braille system or language in use, such as English, mathematics, or computer Braille. The character is encoded primarily for digital representation and interchange, allowing text to be rendered or translated into physical Braille for tactile reading. It serves as a building block within the larger Unicode standard, ensuring that the full range of dot combinations used in Braille around the world can be reliably stored, transmitted, and reproduced across different devices and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+28AD
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-13468
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 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28AD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028AD
C/C++/Java Escape \u28ad

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