U+28CF "⣏" Braille Pattern Dots-123478 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28CF "⣏" Braille Pattern Dots-123478 is a specific braille cell in the Unicode Standard that represents a configuration of raised dots at positions one, two, three, four, seven, and eight within the standard six dot or extended eight dot braille grid. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block, which encodes all possible combinations of dots in an eight dot braille cell, allowing for the representation of characters in various braille systems and scripts around the world. While in traditional six dot braille the dots are numbered one through six, the extended eight dot format accommodates additional symbols for computer braille or specialized notation, and the specific pattern 123478 might correspond to a particular letter, contraction, or punctuation mark depending on the language and braille table being used.

General Properties

Code Point U+28CF
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-123478
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 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28CF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028CF
C/C++/Java Escape \u28cf

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