U+28B7 "⢷" Braille Pattern Dots-123568 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28B7 "⢷" Braille Pattern Dots-123568 is a specific cell in the Braille Patterns block, representing a tactile configuration where the raised dots are positioned at the top left (dot 1), middle left (dot 2), bottom left (dot 3), top right (dot 5), middle right (dot 6), and bottom right (dot 8) of the standard six dot Braille grid. This character is part of the eight dot Braille system, which extends the traditional six dot format to include two additional dots at the bottom of the cell for encoding more symbols and characters in digital text. It is used in electronic and print formats to represent a unique Braille combination, often corresponding to certain letters, contractions, or symbols in various Braille languages and applications, such as mathematics or music notation.

General Properties

Code Point U+28B7
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-123568
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 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28B7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028B7
C/C++/Java Escape \u28b7

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