U+28B3 "⢳" Braille Pattern Dots-12568 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28B3 "⢳" Braille Pattern Dots-12568 is a specific braille symbol defined within the Unicode Standard's Braille Patterns block, which encompasses the 256 possible dot configurations for the tactile writing system used by individuals who are blind or visually impaired. This particular pattern is composed of raised dots at positions 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 within an eight-dot braille cell, where dots are numbered from top to bottom and left to right. While the exact linguistic or mathematical meaning of this character depends on the specific braille code in use, such as literary braille, computer braille, or Nemeth code for mathematics, it serves as a visual or digital representation of a tactile dot configuration for electronic display, text encoding, or accessibility purposes.

General Properties

Code Point U+28B3
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-12568
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 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28B3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028B3
C/C++/Java Escape \u28b3

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