U+28D0 "⣐" Braille Pattern Dots-578 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⣐
U+28D0 "⣐" Braille Pattern Dots-578 is a specific braille cell representation that corresponds to the tactile system developed by Louis Braille for reading and writing by individuals who are blind or visually impaired. This character is defined within the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which encodes all possible dot configurations of a 2x3 braille cell, and its name "Dots-578" indicates that the raised dots are at positions 5, 7, and 8 in the standard braille dot numbering system. As a digital text symbol, it allows for the accurate electronic display and interchange of braille content, facilitating accessibility in computing environments such as screen readers and braille embossers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28D0 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-578 |
| 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 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28D0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028D0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28d0 |
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 |