U+28C7 "⣇" Braille Pattern Dots-12378 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⣇
U+28C7 "⣇" Braille Pattern Dots-12378 is a specific cell within the Unicode Braille Patterns block, representing a configuration where dots at positions 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 are raised. This pattern is derived from the standard six-dot braille cell, extended to an eight-dot system used in computer braille and more advanced tactile notation. Like all Unicode braille characters, it does not carry inherent meaning but serves as a graphical representation that can be assigned significance within a particular braille encoding, such as for Grade 2 braille contractions or specialized codes in mathematics, music, or foreign languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28C7 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-12378 |
| 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 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28C7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028C7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28c7 |
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 |