U+28AF "⢯" Braille Pattern Dots-123468 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+28AF "⢯" Braille Pattern Dots-123468 is a tactile writing symbol used in the Braille system, specifically representing a configuration of six raised dots arranged in a two by three grid where dots at positions one, two, three, four, six, and eight are filled. This character belongs to the Braille Patterns block of Unicode, which encodes the full set of dot combinations for Braille, and it corresponds to a specific pattern that can represent a letter, contraction, or punctuation mark in various Braille languages and codes depending on the context. Its visual appearance may vary by font, but it consistently denotes the unique dot arrangement described by its name.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28AF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-123468 |
| 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 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28af |
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 |