U+28BA "⢺" Braille Pattern Dots-24568 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+28BA "⢺" Braille Pattern Dots-24568 is a specific braille cell that represents a combination of raised dots at positions 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 within the standard 2x4 braille grid. It is part of the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which encodes all possible dot configurations used in braille writing systems for various languages, mathematics, and music notation. The six-dot braille system typically labels its dots 1 through 6, while the eight-dot system includes dots 7 and 8 for more advanced encoding; this pattern, which uses five raised dots, often corresponds to a specific character, symbol, or contraction in a given braille script, depending on the linguistic or contextual conventions in use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28BA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-24568 |
| 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28ba |
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 |