U+28C3 "⣃" Braille Pattern Dots-1278 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⣃
U+28C3 "⣃" Braille Pattern Dots-1278 is a specific glyph within the Unicode Braille Patterns block, representing a tactile cell that combines dots at positions 1, 2, 7, and 8 in the standard six or eight dot braille grid. This character is used in braille transcription systems to encode letters, contractions, or symbols depending on the language and braille grade, with dots 1 and 2 occupying the top left column and dots 7 and 8 representing the lower left and right additions in eight dot braille. Its appearance is a rectangular arrangement of raised dots, and it serves as a functional element in digital braille text for accessibility and data processing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28C3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-1278 |
| 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 0xA3 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28C3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028C3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28c3 |
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 |