U+28CE "⣎" Braille Pattern Dots-23478 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⣎
U+28CE "⣎" Braille Pattern Dots-23478 is part of the Braille Patterns block and represents a specific combination of raised dots in a standard 2x4 Braille cell, corresponding to dots 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 when read from the top left. This visual pattern does not have a fixed linguistic meaning on its own; instead, it can be used in various Braille systems as part of a larger character, symbol, or contraction, depending on the language and context. It may also serve in digital or visual representations of Braille for purposes such as education, accessibility, or creative typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28CE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-23478 |
| 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 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28CE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028CE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28ce |
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 |